Application in Progress

I have kind of started working on some of the applications. Berkeley and Kellogg - I have finished the data sheets and the personal information sections. It would have been great if there was a generic template which could have been used for all the schools. Then I can finish the data sheet/personal information once and for all and just concentrate on the essays. Maybe we should raise this concern in the MBA forum so that it is easier for future applicants. I have also started thinking about the content of the essays for Kellogg and Wharton. HBS application seems to be the most difficult - in this respect MIT wins hands down.

I am approaching each essay separately avoiding the urge of pasting contents from my previous essays. The school's philosophies are so different that you have to think keeping their philosophies in mind without loosing your individuality. One thing for sure, I have learnt a lot about myself from all this introspection and I know clearly what I want in the future. But who knows, everything may go topsy-turvy after a year in business school [ I can hardly wait ].

Ria's workload will be less in the next few weeks - so I am probably hoping to get some help with the applications [ she is already contributing substantially]. I think she is all motivated to finish her PhD at the earliest so that the pressure on me lessens. Obviously it would help me a lot if she works while I am in school - I have asked for a Beamer as a gift after her first salary ;)

Nothing much interesting to write other than that I am working on my applications. I hope to be done by the middle of December and then the ecstasy starts...