’nuff said

I’ve been finding it really difficult to maintain this blog. Not that there’s nothing happening in my MBA journey - on the contrary, there’s too much on right now…

Application for the LBS-HSBC loan: its just too much paperwork!
Planning the UK student visa (which can’t happen till the loan does…)
My last few days at my job – I [...]

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Wow

That says it all… 

Thank you everyone – Clearadmit, Fellow bloggers (esp. Curlybee, for predicting this post), readers and commenters, all B school adcoms for providing the ammunition, my parents for you-know-what, my friends & colleagues for you-don’tknow-what, wordpress for letting me host the blog, Vincent Cerf for creating the internet, my dog for not existing, my… Stop! STOP! Have [...]

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And the winners are…

Ladies & Gentlemen,The honors for today go to…
GOLD: Happybunny
SILVER: Tinydancer
BRONZE: Julydream
And if you haven’t guessed it yet, they are the

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The Silver lining

Every dark cloud has a silver lining…
I got my silver lining with all your comments on my previous post – it really helped me get back on track and look at everything I’ve gained in the last ten months (so many new friends & well-wishers in the blogsphere) rather than what I lost out on [...]

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Keeping track (Part II)

Dates on my radar…
Wharton final decision: 27th Mar (anytime after 7th Mar?)
ChiGSB final decision: 26th Mar (anytime after 7th Mar?)
HBS interview decision: 26th Mar (expected Ding!)
LBS final decision: 28th Mar
Columbia interview decision: anytime (hope dies in a week!)
On another note, I have finally crossed 100 posts (this one is the 101st) – surprising bcoz I wasnt sure initially whether this attempt at blogging would [...]

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What to do when you are D.I.N.G.E.D.

Now that a lot of Round One decisions have started, many people have a great holiday season to look ahead to… but thats only half the story.
A larger number are in the process of fine-tuning their balance applications, maybe even overhauling entire essays!
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I found a nice blog post with advice on how to approach Round Two… check it [...]

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Congratulations… and Celebrations…

A big round of congratulations to all R1 admits, especially fellow bloggers…
bschoolbound: Wharton
mbarunnergirl: Chicago, Columbia
tinydancer: Wharton
mbabound08: Kellogg
chaos: ISB
powerleveler: INSEAD

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And some fresh interview calls:

mbabound08: Berkeley
julydream: Darden
achilles: Stern
usha: ISB
chaos: Tuck
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I’m sure there are many more admits in our blogosphere, which will be posted once the partying is thru… way to go, guys! For the waitlisters, I’m sure you [...]

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Invited to interview :-)

I received my Tuck interview invite! Yippee!!!
Dear Oops,
The Admissions Committee has received your application and would like to offer you the opportunity to interview with us.
A Tuck Admissions Associate (second year student interviewer) will be in touch via email to schedule a time for a phone interview. If you have not been contacted within a [...]

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What they say, What they mean

Follow-up on my previous ‘300‘ analysis, I got thinking about various blogger IDs and blog titles (the ones that were a bit different from the MBA, Bschool, etc variety) – what they actually might mean, maybe in a

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300

I just opened my blog, and was so surprised to see 14300 cumulative hits; why? because I sorta remembered it being ~13800 yesterday, which itself was a surprise SHOCK! I recall having started the blog sometime in May (though active blogging happened only from end July!) and my thoughts then

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