Just submitted Darden application. This takes my app count to three. 
My experiences with last 2 apps later.
Too tired and sleepy to write anything else.

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The Duke MBA : Application: Submitted

         Submitted Date: 10/27/2008 4:12:00 PM E.S.T.

With this, my submission count rises to two.
Darden next.. due in another 24 hours..

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“Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has gifted $50 million to Cornell University , his alma mater here, an endowment considered one of the most generous ever received from an international benefactor by an American university..
The gift announced by Cornell president David Skorton during his State of the University address on Friday will help recruit top [...]

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Finally managed to submit my first B-school application of the season.. Recommendations submitted too.. 
Had to some some major changes in the essays and resume over last 2 days.. Content was mostly frozen for both. Editted for language in the essays and formatting for resume.
I am overall quite satisfied with the final effort and I am keeping [...]

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Last week has been a week of confusion for me.. I was forced to drop Darden off my list  due to uncertainty surrounding the availbility of a no-cosigner loan. I had some insightful inputs from Touch, ahembeea and Achyu , which forced me to rethink my decision.  Touch brought forward a very valid point of requesting a [...]

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The financial downturns have started taking a toll on my MBA plans too. Schools have started dropping the no-cosigner loan option for the international students.
Darden used to offer loans upto cost of attendance till last season. I had confirmed this from the school-website as well as current students. So Darden was on my list, till [...]

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