{"id":573,"date":"2009-04-28T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T20:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=573"},"modified":"2009-05-05T16:23:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T00:23:37","slug":"best-of-blogging-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/best-of-blogging-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Blogging Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clear Admit announced its <a title=\"https:\/\/blog.clearadmit.com\/2009\/04\/best-of-blogging-2008-2009-results\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.clearadmit.com\/2009\/04\/best-of-blogging-2008-2009-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best of Blogging awards<\/a> for 2008-09\u00a0for those MBA applicant and student bloggers \"who have made significant contributions to the online MBA community over the last year.\" The winners were chosen by a vote among the Clear Admit staff, nominated bloggers, and\u00a0celebrity <a title=\"https:\/\/blog.clearadmit.com\/2009\/04\/best-of-blogging-awards-celebrity-judges-announced\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.clearadmit.com\/2009\/04\/best-of-blogging-awards-celebrity-judges-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\">judges <\/a>Dawna Clarke, Director of Admissions at the\u00a0<a title=\"Tuck School of Business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tuck.dartmouth.edu\/mba\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tuck School of Business<\/a>, Eric Bahn of\u00a0Beat The GMAT, and Brad Garrison (a.k.a.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hella.opencoder.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hella<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Here are the winners:<\/p>\n<p>1. TienyChesney -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mbaveggie.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mbaveggie.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n2. D.G. -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.managingmagic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.managingmagic.com<\/a><br \/>\n3. Ahembeea -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trystwithmba.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">trystwithmba.wordpress.com<\/a><br \/>\n4. MissionMBA -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/missionmba.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">missionmba.wordpress.com<\/a><br \/>\n5. Soni -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sonismbaadventure.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">sonismbaadventure.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n6. PaloAltoForAwhile -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paloaltoforawhile.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">paloaltoforawhile.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n7. Choc Heaven -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dreamer-choc.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">dreamer-choc.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n8. Helen -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lifelessordinary.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">lifelessordinary.typepad.com\/my_weblog<\/a><br \/>\n9. Samantha -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bestmbablogever.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">bestmbablogever.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n10. OMGParisHilton -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omgmbaapps.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">omgmbaapps.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most Entertaining Applicant Blog<br \/>\nOMGParisHilton<\/p>\n<p>Best GMAT Preparation Advice<br \/>\nSoni<\/p>\n<p>Best School Selection Advice<br \/>\nAlex -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pinchthebubble.blogspot.com\/\">pinchthebubble.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best Essay Advice (tie)<br \/>\nMissionMBA<br \/>\nThe Teacher -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pulyanithinks.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">pulyanithinks.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best Interview Advice (tie)<br \/>\nChocHeaven &amp; D.G.<\/p>\n<p>Best Single Post by an Applicant<br \/>\nAhembeea:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trystwithmba.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/27\/mba-applications-lessons-from-the-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\">MBA Applications - Lessons from the journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Ten Student Blogs<\/strong><br \/>\n1. MaybeMBA -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tombaornot.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">tombaornot.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n2. JulyDream -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/julydream.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">julydream.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n3. Paragon2Pieces -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paragon2pieces.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">paragon2pieces.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n4. Hairtwirler -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mbajamey.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mbajamey.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n5. Iday -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i4iday.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">i4iday.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n6. TinyDancer -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tinydancermba.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">tinydancermba.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n7. CS -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.computersexy.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.computersexy.com\/blog<\/a><br \/>\n8. Andrew -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewmchoi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.andrewmchoi.com<\/a><br \/>\n9. Mandy -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mandylozano.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mandylozano.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n10. M@ -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/speedywithchicken.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">speedywithchicken.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most Entertaining Student Blog<br \/>\nJuly Dream<\/p>\n<p>Best Resource for Applicants<br \/>\nIday<\/p>\n<p>Best Job\/Internship Advice<br \/>\nMaybeMBA<\/p>\n<p>Best Representation of Academics<br \/>\nMaybeMBA<\/p>\n<p>Best Representation of Student Life<br \/>\nMaybeMBA<\/p>\n<p>Best Single Post by a Student<br \/>\nMaybeMBA had a number of posts recognized, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tombaornot.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/farewell.html\" target=\"_blank\">Farewell<\/a> was particularly popular<\/p>\n<p>Congrautulations to the winners and thanks to Clear Admit for having the contest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clear Admit announced its Best of Blogging awards for 2008-09\u00a0for those MBA applicant and student bloggers &#8220;who have made significant contributions to the online MBA community over the last year.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11,3,6,8,10],"tags":[242,51,39],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat","category-mba","category-b-school-life","category-current-events","category-fun-stuff","category-interviews","tag-best-of-blogging","tag-dartmouth-tuck","tag-mba-admissions","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}