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Dinged for Haas Round 2 After Interview
It’s hard to describe how I feel right now. Part of me is hurt by the fact that I felt this school would have been a great fit for me. Part of me feels my chances of getting in to at least one school...
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Post Ding Depression
Getting through work was tough last week. Out of the five schools I’ve applied to, two of them have dinged me already, and since I haven’t heard a peep out of Stanford, I assume that’s a ding as well....
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FAFSA Requirement: Finish Your 2010 Tax Filing
I filed my taxes this weekend using H&R Block At Home Deluxe. H&R Block is typically considered the simpler of the two mainstream options available, (the other being Turbo Tax) but since I...
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Surviving the Wait Game
One of the comments on my “depression” post last week, made by JustShip, really stood out to me: “… focus on other things.” I’ve been so used to giving it my all, and setting tough goals for myself...
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Feeling Old
The other night I was watching a recap show of American Idol on Hulu. The theme for that specific episode was for each singer to perform a song from the year they were born. Okay, I thought, this...
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How Quicken Beat Out MS Money is Still Beyond Me
I recently got an upgrade notice from Quicken, with an offer to purchase the 2011 edition of their software at a discounted price. Since I recently switched to Quicken 2010 from MS Money Plus, and...
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Waitlisted for Wharton Round 2
“I put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There’s only one thing you should know…” – Linkin Park It’s technically not true, but in my opinion, getting waitlisted is in a lot of ways...
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Accepted to UCLA Anderson Round 2
One of the first things I do when I wake up in the morning and feel groggy is check all of my email accounts – usually there’s something in there that stresses me out and helps wake me up. When my...
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Shout Out to My Fellow MBA Bloggers
As my blog has gotten older, I’ve noticed that a number of fellow MBA bloggers have listed my site on their blogroll. I honestly haven’t been very good about keeping my own blogroll up to date. The...
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UCLA Anderson Admit Package Unboxing
If you can’t tell, I’m having difficulty finding inspiration to blog right now. Before I get a comment about my “post quality”, please note that this is a natural progression for every MBA applicant...
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UCLA Anderson Admit Weekend 2011
I spent this past weekend in LA enjoying my very first admit weekend. For the most part, the event played out the way I expected, but there were definitely a few things that I stood out to me, which...
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Another MBA Blogger Link Roundup
Just another quick post about more referrers I found through Google Analytics. Below are the blogs that I’ve recently added to my blogroll. If you are an MBA / GMAT blogger and want to do a link...
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Depressed MBA Admissions
Within my WordPress dashboard setup, I have a Google Analytics widget that displays key website metrics over the past month. I’m always interested in seeing which search terms led to inbound traffic...
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Wharton Waitlist Etiquette
After taking the GMAT, writing essays, and conducting interviews, navigating the waitlist is yet another progressively ambiguous stage of the admissions process. Based on the research I’ve done so...
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Sell Your GMAT Books on Amazon
Six months after taking the test, I’ve finally sold all of my GMAT books to Amazon. Selling these books was just one of those tasks that was difficult to prioritize with essays and interviews hanging...
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Applications Open for the 2011 Beat the GMAT Scholarship
Beat the GMAT is holding its annual scholarship competition once again. As some of you may know, BTG assisted me early on in my application process, by giving me free access to the BTG Practice...
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UCLA Anderson Student Housing Options Guide
UCLA provides a limited number of student housing options for all of it’s students. For grad students specifically, the housing is done by lottery and the priority deadline for submitting your housing...
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Second Place for Clear Admit’s Best of Blogging
I recently got an email informing me that I had won second place in Clear Admit’s Best of Blogging awards. I was pretty shocked to receive this news given that: I didn’t know I had even been nominated...
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Advice for Future MBA Bloggers
It’s that time of the year once again – prime time to start studying for the GMAT and begin the long journey known as MBA applications. While the majority of MBA applicants choose not to, I know from...
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Waitlisted Again for Wharton
So I guess I’m going to Anderson. As D-Day part two approached, I refused to make a big deal about this decision. I didn’t stay up at night thinking about it. I wasn’t checking my email every five...
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