journey of a jat, the warrior

Completed my Chicago interview today with an alum. The interview was at his office, which is an hour drive from my place. I had been awake since 4:30 AM, so I was a little tired. How could I leave the awesome Black Friday deal ($550 off) on a movie projector at Circuit City :)

Interview took about an hour and was very conversational and unstructured. We talked about GSB, its professors and also my other school choices. He even asked my GMAT score. There were no difficult questions or surprises. I was able to stress on my extracurriculars as the improvement from last year. He was quick enough to submit my interview report today itself. Now the anxious wait till December 20th begins.

After six weeks of submitting and without an interview invite. I had spent maximum time on the CBS application and I am sure it was a strong one, so DWI is very preplexing to me. It does not make sense. Surprisingly, I am not very disappointed. Maybe I wasn't a good fit with the school. Moreover, Chicago invite (GSB is one of my top choices) had already put me in a good mood by the time CBS update came in :)

Hobbes also received the same unfortunate news from CBS today. I know its harder for you buddy since with an interview, you were much closer to getting in. As we already know, these things do happen in this process. Don't despair and hang in there.

I was getting really worried about it. Tomorrow is the last day of invites as well as the day of denial notifications and I got the invite only today. Maybe its not a good idea to submit applications few minutes to the deadline :)

Now the first thing is to decide on-campus vs alum.

Completed my on-campus Yale interview today. It was a blind interview with an assistant director of admissions. A second-year student was also present during the interview, observing the interview. This was kind of a training for these students, who will conduct interviews as Yale sends more invitations. There were no surprise questions - usual why MBA, why Yale, Education and Work-experience. Interviewer seemed to be trying to get to know me and my fit with the school better. Overall, I think it went well, but we will know only when they release the decisions :)

Special thanks to brownoski for giving me some specific pointers on the new curriculum as well as for sneaking me in Prof Oster's Competitor class. You are awesome, man. There was a lot of class participation by students, and I enjoyed this class more than the other class I had attended earlier in the day.

Had a wonderful time at Darden's alumni reception in Philadelphia today. I met quite a few alumni including Steven Silbiger, the author of popular The 10-day MBA. I even shared my darden visit experience with other prospective students. Also connected well with the admissions committe rep, who also gave me a high-five at one point of time. I will take it as a good sign :)

I liked the fact that it was more informal than other schools' recpetions. And yes, free wine and hors d'oeuvres never hurt:)