Life goes on..

Life goes on.. and on.. and on.. and the wait stinks...
This weekend was not as eventful as the last 2 weekends. I relaxed a lot and particularly worked on finishing the additional aspect of the applications like recommendations, personal info, filling up the extra-curricular information etc. I would probably collect all my recommendations by the middle of next week and get done with the offline part of the application. TOEFL is also near - but I am quite confident after taking a practice test - this whole TOEFL thing is a joke. Probably planning to submit my Berkeley application by the end of this week and start on Kellogg and Wharton.

This wait really sucks bad - I am more worried about my Round II applications - I have to wait till the end of March before I know anything. The fun thing is that I would know about MIT and Michigan as soon as I come back from my vacation. So it's like this - 3 more weeks - then Thanksgiving - 2 weeks before vacation - back in January beginning - wait a week and then MIT and Michigan. I would come to know about MIT by the middle of December - if I don't get an interview invite I am out ..

I am planning to visit the Michigan campus during my Thanksgiving Holidays - that would be fun. I have visited all the campuses I am applying except Ann Arbor - I heard that it is a great place but would like to check it out myself. And then there is Kellogg interview early in December. I have purposely opted for an on-campus interview so that I can convince the adcomm in person.

Things are really slow for me right now but I still have plenty to work on - just a month's time to finish 99% of my application - I won't enjoy doing my apps during my vacation. One more thing I have consciously avoided discussing any strategy in my blog because I don't want to misguide future applicants unless and until I am totally convinced that my strategy works. So, wait till next year - I would also list down the things every applicant needs to think before applying for an MBA and what should one do two or three years ahead of time.

That's for now...