It's been a while ....

since I wrote a post to my dear own MBA blog. A lot happened in the last few months ...

1) My visit to Wharton confirmed that this is the place for me ...
2) I spent quite some time writing the scholarship essay, resume etc for Wharton. After having written so many application essays, I guess I could have re-used some of them . However, in my opinion, this is one essay that you wanna write carefully, not just for the money, but because this is your first post admit writeup, you should bring out the best in yourself
3) Loans, loans and more loans - I did quite some research here from the local banks, to find what deals they have for international folks living in this country who have built some credit history. Not many options, but some are quite nice. I will post my findings in a while

In my next post, I am planning to write about my thought process during the past year when I went through the application process...

I am still there ...

It's been a month since i posted to this blog. Within few days of the Wharton admit news, I went on a vacation trip in December to some places in Asia and also went home to India for a family wedding. The admit news kicked off my trip on a positive note. I couldn't have asked for a better X'mas gift. On another note, i made a lot of observations about the ongoing changes in India, especially Mumbai, which I plan to talk about in a different post. Since I returned, I decided to digg into the post b-school admit phase. But a bad flu attack brought that to a halt. As i am recovering from that, I realize that the following things have become a priority for me on the b-school side:

1) Visa - I would need a visa to pursue to study in the US. Have to figure out the specifics here.
2) FinAid - needless to say, any kind of scholarship/finaid here would be welcome.
3) B-school specifics- this includes everything ranging from visiting the school to housing to ...

I also found that, there are two other admit students from Seattle, who might be heading to W. We have a meet coming up soon on Feb 3rd. I am also excited to be there for the Wharton Winter Welcome weekend. I have never been to Phily. So I plan to explore W as well as check out Phily as a living option for the next two years.

On the schools front, I received a DING from Stanford. When I did not receive an interview invite by early Jan, I expected no better results. That's a bummer for all my hopes on staying on the West Coast and being close to my family here. Haas is still there, however, the class size of Haas is much smaller than that of Stanford. So I don't expect miracles on that end. However, i am very happy with the W news. Because, getting an admit in a top school is tough and a reapplicant at W would know that better.

More to come about my Wharton Winter Welcome visit..

Updates

No, I haven't yet heard from W. Status is unchanged. On another note, someone on admissions411 got an invite from Stanford. Haven't heard about Sloan invites, but the ball is rolling now ....

Countdown....

Harvard, Stanford, Sloan, Haas, .... They all have released their questions.. the countdown has begun. No more delaying now... This is what I must do .. get organized and get cracking on the essays... :-)

stanford questions for mine and your reference:
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/essays_activities.html