Cornel Submitted!!

Wow, congrats, 2 days early!

I'm working on Duke at the moment, Cornell awaits tomorrow!

I know, I sorta feel like an idiot for doing it this way, but Cornell has been mostly done for a while and i just really wanted to get it in. It feels good to have it checked off my list, but....

Duke is not so done - all essays written, but two still fairly rough. I am going to sneak out of work for a bit tomorrow and wrap it up. We've got till 11:59, right? That is what I am assuming as I did not see any other time indications.

Next stop: Stanford and Yale. Both due Wed. Yale in better shape than Stanford. Thank God for recycling essays. (Carefully done with much tweaking from one school to the next.)

Off to bed!

Hey, glad I saw your post! Duke is DUE @ 5 PM EST TODAY!

For reference, from a recent Duke e-mail:



Gonna PM you as well. Hope you read this in time.

Holy crap!

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Well, the bad news is that I have to work my a$$ off to get it out on time, but the good news is that it just means more time for Yale and Stanford!

You know, I remember that email, but you would think they would have the same info on their stinking website.

thanks again

they have that same info on the website, when you log in to their online application system.. on the left is your dates.. and on the right is the deadline times...

yep, you're right. I had been looking in the non-logged-in sections. Oh well. I am pretty close.

hey all the best!!!!!!!!

i am sure you will get it in time.. breathe in and breathe out - relax..

Actually, here's what's freaking me out.

I run a free tax preparation program for low-income taxpayers. It's a big operation, including many nonprofit, city, and corporate partners. I expected to do 1500 returns this year, a 50% increase over last year's 1000. I have a team of 3 full-time staff, over 60 volunteers, and a number of interns, etc.

Well, it turns out that TWO of my full-time staff QUIT! One on Saturday, the other this morning. One had only started 2 weeks ago, so I don't really care. The other just completed her one year VISTA term of service and had committed to staying on as the full-time temporary site assistant. She wanted to cry about how bad she felt and how she couldn't let go of a job offer that had unexpectedly come her way, but I don't care about emoting. I have a job to do. A big one. At least all the grad school apps are in on Wed.

Grad school is looking better and better.

Thanks for letting me vent.

ok its work now, atleast not application.. thats still better.. you know how to deal with it..

but if its app work, its harder..its our first time

so get set go and be ready for a new day at work.. as you can see, i am spending so much time here at gmatclub.. shows how interested my work is getting... i cant concentrate onm work anymore!

yes, if it weren't tax season I would be completely screwing off all day here. Ah, how I wish for summer!

Thanks for your encouragement. Yep, I am a get-things-done kind of girl and am certainly ready for this challenge. I suppose it will make good fodder for certain interview questions.

No problem! I am submitting Cornell today - its due at midnight, right?

And I thought I was the only procrastinator to submit apps on last day. Chicago is due by 5pm on Wed. too BTW