missionmba on November 16th, 2008

A couple of regular readers of this blog have dropped me mails asking me for the updates at my end. I agree that I was missing in action for quite some time. The reason for this is that there has been no significant update on the apping or result front for me since my last [...]

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missionmba on October 28th, 2008

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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missionmba on October 27th, 2008

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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missionmba on October 21st, 2008

“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 [...]

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missionmba on October 15th, 2008

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 [...]

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missionmba on October 10th, 2008

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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missionmba on October 6th, 2008

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, [...]

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missionmba on September 27th, 2008

A big update from my side:: I’m pushing Ross to R2. For the last few days, I had been swamped with work at office, some events on the extra-curricular front and then, of course, MBA apps. I was finding it tough to manage Ross and Tuck together. For Tuck,I am relatively in quite advanced stage and I’m [...]

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missionmba on September 20th, 2008

As I said in the last post, I had sent my essays to my reviewers: a couple of friends, a senior from college-days and one of my recommenders. The reviews have started coming in and they vary greatly in response. Reviewer 1 really liked my essays.. He has reviewed a number of essays in last [...]

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missionmba on September 14th, 2008

FInally, my first set of drafts for my first school are ready.. Exceeded the personal deadline set by myself by a day, but still I’m happy that at last, I’ve some thing ready.. I’ve sent these essays to my reviewers:: two of my close college-friends and one of my recommenders. Have also written to a [...]

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