Wow, talk about exhausted. It's not even that I'm stressed or anxious, but truly just exhausted. Have not felt this tired from doing excessive work since college.
Here's the quick update:
1) UChicago: Submitted!
2) Columbia: Submitted! (Did NOT realize how heavy the data part of the application would be on this one)
3) MIT: Decided not to apply. 2 more years at a tech-heavy school in cold Boston just do not sound happy to me. And I firmly believe that in order to be successful in school/life you have to be happy wherever you are!
4) Stanford: Totally done, just sleeping on it tonight before I click on submit.
Wow wow wow wow wow. I cannot even believe how close I am to being done. Well, kind of. I obviously have to finish NYU by the end of this week (soft deadline for myself). And then the waiting waiting waiting and hopefully getting an interview. I am worried about not getting one, but I've done the best I could do and it's out of my hands now! It's definitely tough to work a full-time job with lots of hours and apply to business school, but I have to say I'm proud that I did it.
But seriously, am very very very nervous about not getting any interviews.
In becoming a bit introspective about this whole process, I've really realized how much learning I have to do. While researching all the websites and curricula and all, I can't believe how much knowledge is out there. I only wish that everyone in my company had to take some of the courses I will hopefully have the opportunity to take. Applying has definitely made me realize the value of proper training, especially for managers.
Have I mentioned that I'm slightly nervous about not getting any interviews?
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Tell me about nervousness !I was darn nervous about gettting interviews too. Truly I am a little nervous today .
But, do one thing, just try to put your mind off it. I know its difficult but you have to get that done to be sane enough !
Here's wishing you a lot lot of luck ! All the best and congrats on being almost done !
You are the best. How many schools did you complete and submit in this two week window?! Let me buy you a drink if you're ever in the same part of the world as I am....
I usually revise my essays maybe 10 times before the final product? I have family to help me with the revisions. On my own, I probably write 3-5 draft essays then choose to work on the one with the best flow and detail.
Good luck.
:)
Congratulations! =) Did you have time to get your essays reviewed by others? I found that even when I personally thought my essays were absolutely perfect, 3rd parties were able to give me amazing feedback on how I could improve my writing.
you are a rockstar!! i'm probably going to sleep on stanford too - don't trust myself to do a good re-read right now.
don't worry about the interviews for at least a month...take time to celebrate being done!
I'm just worried :|
Your speed scares me - did u get enough time to review and re-work on the essays? Did u get them reviewed by relatives/friends/3rd party individuals.
I hope you did not allow the deadlines to take over ur mind. I hope u submitted kickass essays and i hope u would get interview calls from all the schools you have appplied to :)
All the very best. Speaking of post submission emptiness and anxiety - you can win over them by blogging ;)
wannabe, asinagal and iDay - if aGirlsMBa falls on one end of the spectrum and the rest of the re-viewing-till-death-and-stressing-over-essays MBA applicant world falls on the other, I must say I am more closer to aGirlsMBA!
I had only one person review my essays, plus showed them to one of my recommenders. Once the first draft is ready (2-3 days) I allowed myself 3 drafts (including the 2 third party reviews). The fourth draft has to go under the submit button, I am afraid!
AgirlsMBA - don't let all their concern scare u away (though ther r only 2 more apps to go). I totally understand!
and i forget to mention. all the reused essays about leadreship experiences and professional achievements/failures etc take about 3-4 hrs to tailor to the new app :)
nice work...
you're pretty fast at this.
i still have the conclusion for my first essay to write.
@sudha:
grrrr....
i am no iDay. The name is Iday :)
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