Calling all Berkeley-Haas Fall 2010 Applicants

Hey fellow applicants,

I'm so proud of you all for giving it your best shot and applying to these schools. Although this is such a difficult and strenuous process and I have experienced every emotion on the spectrum from excitement to sadness, I think in the end I am very happy I went through this entire application season. There have been moments where I thought, "Okay I can do this ..I'm a qualified applicant ..I deserve this .." to moments where I have broken down, crying in the arms of my girlfriend as she consoles me and helps reconstruct my fragile self-confidence. I try everyday not to get swallowed into this endless cycle of checking forums, comparing myself to candidates, wondering if I measure up and watching as people jump to excitement when they get calls/good news and wondering...will that day come for me?

Well anyways, I'm nearing the end. All my results are almost in and out of 7 schools, I'm wait-listed at three, rejected from two, and waiting to hear from two. If its meant to be, it is meant to be. If not, life does and will go on. I'm actually happy that we all are motivated to apply to these schools because that means that we are doing so much in our communities, workplaces, and anywhere else we spend our time and even if the motives are to simply get that golden packet, you know what? Who cares? It still means that we are at the soup kitchens, working with the under-privileged, organizing fundraisers, collecting money for worthy causes or in my case, teaching students how to master the GMAT as a Kaplan instructor.

In the end, all of our efforts, whether they result in fruition or not, still make a HUGE impact on the world and thats really WHAT matters. Not the money, not the success ...but leaving our world in a better way than we found it!

Okay thanks all!