Reverse the ding!

I dinged Columbia!
They were taking too much time with the application, so I withdrew from the process – so thats one less variable for my decisions. Though I am still not sure if I’m going for an MBA, I am now sure that if I do, I’ll take LBS over Columbia – even if Columbia [...]

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Decisions Decisions

Now comes the big thing – actually making a big decision in my life!
First decision point: Do I want an MBA at this stage? Now before anyone questions that this should have been the first decision and not the last, I agree. But being the ultimate procrastinator, I had pushed this

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4 ‘dings aint no funeral

3/3 dings from my R1 apps!
1/5 (ie. HBS) in R2… but I’m still optimistic
ChiGSB calls have started, and though I’ve yet to receive one, I’d rather wait for 9am CST tomorrow before jumping to conclusions!
Next are Wharton (27th) and LBS (28th) – whatta week this is going to be
And Columbia is still to [...]

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I’m Back :-p

Some word-associations for the last fortnight…
Wait, Travel, Hectic, Wait, Friends, Tension, Wait, Beer, Campus-visits, Wait!
Almost 20 days since my last post, and one of my least-blogging months since I started this blog. I am now back in India after 2 weeks of hectic traveling, work and partying!
A quick update (before some more detailed posts later):

Completed my LBS interview [...]

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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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Love is all around

I cannot believe the amount of love I’m getting today! Everywhere!
Sample these… 
Love sample 1: I was traveling today evening to Hyderabad (more on the ‘why’ later) and the airline had a special lucky seat gift for Valentine’s Day. You guessed it! I got the gift out of 200 odd seats, and the gift was, hold your breath…. [...]

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Keeping track

Some dates that matter a lot, nowadays…
Tuck final decision: 8th Feb
LBS interview decision: 12th Feb
ChiGSB interview decision: 20th Feb
Wharton interview decision: 21st Feb
HBS interview decision: 24th Mar (hope dies 15th Feb?)
Columbia interview decision: 12weeks =  2 April (hope dies 29th Feb?)

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Waiting…

Its on in full steam now! The wait for (1) an admit (2) an interview invite (3) or even an update on my R2 submitted applications.
Harvard: submitted on 3rd Jan
No change in the AY application status, but I’ve heard HBS doesn’t believe in that; they rely on email and I’m keeping a close eye on [...]

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Now the ball is in their court…

I am done!!! All EIGHT applications submitted!

Put in Columbia just minutes before midnight 9th to beat the fellowship deadline!
My future is now in the hands of 8 Adcoms “May the Lord bestow upon you the maturity…” – to select me of course
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Now I need to get back to working seriously, I’ve been doing a ’satisfice’ job [...]

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7 down! One left…

Phew! I’m nearing the end of my application marathon after clicking submit on the Chicago GSB. I’ve read and re-read my Wharton and Harvard essays over the last 5 days (I know one should NEVER do that, but curiousity killed the cat!) and I think they’ve turned out really well.
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Downside is that I’m still not [...]

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