FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes the first invite arrives. ,Nice to see that my essays, caught the eye of adcom. By my own admissioon i'll say that essays were far off from the wow factor, which might make it difficult to complete the package. Ross is my dream school and hence i have a good collection of what i'll like to talk in interview.Have sent a mail to alumnus but he is yet to respond.
I'm sure if i can keep my 10% brain out of business, the 10% that makes me nervous, i have the passion and desire to convey to interviewer about hw much can i benefit from Ross and in turn what can i give to ross.
Still waiting for Rotman and belive me i dont think so i can write as good essays as the ones i wrote for rotman again.
Another update is that now i see that Finance may be a big issue. So lets see how things turn up.
Will post my ross interview exp next.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Yeh Viraniyaan...
A month and five days from Date of Submission of Ross, 13 days from Date of Submission of Rotman..i'm all alone..No response.
On PG 56% Ross candidates of R1 have got i/v calls. So that pretty much calls up the day for me. With the sort of essays i wrote ( that i realized only in hindsight) i always knew it was going to be tough and now just waiting for teh D(ing) Mail.
Rotman..ahh that was a good application. Lot more thought went into it. I knew that 1st Nov was going to be the deadline for submission to get F2F i/v during mba fair, but 2nd Nov should have atleast got them interested. But no response, even guys who had not submitted but only initiated got the calls..so right now there is nothing much to be optimistic for.
I've lost the vigor for apps now. Working on Emory and UNC but no response from earlier two submits have really disturbed the flow. Don't know how much more i will put in. Hope so something turns up soon to raise the spirits.
On PG 56% Ross candidates of R1 have got i/v calls. So that pretty much calls up the day for me. With the sort of essays i wrote ( that i realized only in hindsight) i always knew it was going to be tough and now just waiting for teh D(ing) Mail.
Rotman..ahh that was a good application. Lot more thought went into it. I knew that 1st Nov was going to be the deadline for submission to get F2F i/v during mba fair, but 2nd Nov should have atleast got them interested. But no response, even guys who had not submitted but only initiated got the calls..so right now there is nothing much to be optimistic for.
I've lost the vigor for apps now. Working on Emory and UNC but no response from earlier two submits have really disturbed the flow. Don't know how much more i will put in. Hope so something turns up soon to raise the spirits.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Rotman Submission
Well i finally managed to slot in a application. I submitted Rotman application on 3rd Nov at 0130 hrs IST. Well i'm pretty angry with what total wastage of time i did in runup to application. Rotman had Nov 1 as deadline for Priority interviews for Indian candidates, when they join QS MBA Tour in India. Now i'm at the mercy of vacant slots. Even though i submitted my apps late by 1 day as i wanted them to be in perfect shape, i guess i messed up Essay 2. But let bygones be bygones. App as whole looks convincing to me, now lets see what adcoms think of it.Still have a reco pending for it so hopefully it will be done by end of week.
I also submitted Part 1 of UNC-Kenan Flagler the same night.Submission of Part 1 is the requisite for interview invite.i could have done this submission way earlier but as they say 'Vipreet kaale buddhi nashta'. Lets see Adcoms is impressed solely by my resume or i need to throw essays in the ring.
Next up is Emory. Working on first draft as of now. Need to complete it by Sat so that i can get it reviewed and hence subsequently submit it by 9th Nov at the latest. One of my referee will be busy post 9th in his personal function for another 20 odd days. The emory policy of sending out mails to referees only on completion is going to keep me on edge of seat.
Hope to see you again after emory submissions
I also submitted Part 1 of UNC-Kenan Flagler the same night.Submission of Part 1 is the requisite for interview invite.i could have done this submission way earlier but as they say 'Vipreet kaale buddhi nashta'. Lets see Adcoms is impressed solely by my resume or i need to throw essays in the ring.
Next up is Emory. Working on first draft as of now. Need to complete it by Sat so that i can get it reviewed and hence subsequently submit it by 9th Nov at the latest. One of my referee will be busy post 9th in his personal function for another 20 odd days. The emory policy of sending out mails to referees only on completion is going to keep me on edge of seat.
Hope to see you again after emory submissions
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Ross is submitted
I managed to beat the deadline by 7 hrs . Submitted my app at 0223 hrs on 11th Oct IST.
Was it good, was it bad, was it ugly can't say but i am sure of one thing Adcom member wont be jumping up and down after reading my app. Placed a lot of stories,some vague goals some from heart. For everything in world that i'll like to get enrolled in Ross, if Adcom finds better people than me, i can't complain.
Time to focus on other apps.
Thanks a lot to my Chachu and lalith for their invaluable feedback on essays that made them as good as they are. Thanks to Dahuja and Chinta for setting the essay correction rolling. I just can't get feel of how will these learnings impact my other essays. But other essays better be good if i have to realize my dream of Phoren MBA.
Was it good, was it bad, was it ugly can't say but i am sure of one thing Adcom member wont be jumping up and down after reading my app. Placed a lot of stories,some vague goals some from heart. For everything in world that i'll like to get enrolled in Ross, if Adcom finds better people than me, i can't complain.
Time to focus on other apps.
Thanks a lot to my Chachu and lalith for their invaluable feedback on essays that made them as good as they are. Thanks to Dahuja and Chinta for setting the essay correction rolling. I just can't get feel of how will these learnings impact my other essays. But other essays better be good if i have to realize my dream of Phoren MBA.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Not here,Not there, but Everywhere
Thats the way my essays are going. With just 7 days to go for Ross, my dream schools, my essays are heading in all crazy directions. Including too much stuff at times.Just don't know which stories to tell and which stories not too.
the reason for too many stories, well its upto you to guess. But as per my original plan to set up 4 apps in rnd 1 by Nov 1, i'm struggling big time.
The work is still killing,And that is the reason i have not taken to blogging regularly.Once my done with apps i'll surely like to share my zillion exps on this blog.
I have had two drafts of Ross and have currently sent it for reviwe. My recos should come up before the deadline day.i'm still hopefull on that front. Still waiting for my transcripts package as courier service plays truant.
the reason for too many stories, well its upto you to guess. But as per my original plan to set up 4 apps in rnd 1 by Nov 1, i'm struggling big time.
The work is still killing,And that is the reason i have not taken to blogging regularly.Once my done with apps i'll surely like to share my zillion exps on this blog.
I have had two drafts of Ross and have currently sent it for reviwe. My recos should come up before the deadline day.i'm still hopefull on that front. Still waiting for my transcripts package as courier service plays truant.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
TOEFL Done
So finally i'm all done with TOEFL and all my exam requirements are over. With the ball in my court it's my responsibility now to see my applications see through. Well i took Toefl on 30th Aug after booking for 25th Jul which got cancelled due to server connectivity issues. The result is out and i scored 107..Not great but enough to get through min requirements of my target schools. Speaking was disappointing as i had put 60% of my prep time which was less than 15 hours for the Aug 30th one into speaking practice.
IMO there is no reason why you should not score above 110 in Toefl if you speak in english regularly. And almost a year gap between my gmat and toefl did knock out those english fundas out of me. But still Toefl is fun and anyone having an average command over english should sail through it.
With toefl over it is time to get down and get through my essays. only a month and half left for 1st deadlines at most school and i have to push through 5 applications.
I'm a bit confused outside these 5 schools as my list keep changing. All the other schools are excellent it is just that i don't have time and also money to apply to all programs. With work not letting up i really have to do something creative to come up with applications in a comprehensive manner
IMO there is no reason why you should not score above 110 in Toefl if you speak in english regularly. And almost a year gap between my gmat and toefl did knock out those english fundas out of me. But still Toefl is fun and anyone having an average command over english should sail through it.
With toefl over it is time to get down and get through my essays. only a month and half left for 1st deadlines at most school and i have to push through 5 applications.
I'm a bit confused outside these 5 schools as my list keep changing. All the other schools are excellent it is just that i don't have time and also money to apply to all programs. With work not letting up i really have to do something creative to come up with applications in a comprehensive manner
Saturday, September 5, 2009
The Week that was '30th Aug-5th Sep'
The week begun with a blockbuster appearance at TOEFL center. Reading section gave me a hard time.Just hoping for 100+.
Well today on 5th i finally completed first draft of my Kenan flagler essays.
I have had to re jig my lists.My recommenders are real busy and i dont think so i'll be able to get many recos from them.
Ross essays are next on my list. I was able to connect to few students over mail.Lets see how things progress. Really need to speed up now.
Well today on 5th i finally completed first draft of my Kenan flagler essays.
I have had to re jig my lists.My recommenders are real busy and i dont think so i'll be able to get many recos from them.
Ross essays are next on my list. I was able to connect to few students over mail.Lets see how things progress. Really need to speed up now.
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