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04 Dec 2007, 10:17
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jpjazzman
Did it during interview invites too.
I must admit that you do form an immediate attachment to the first school you get into. Since I found out I got into kellogg I have thought hard about what it would be like and read more on it...heck I think I would put a better app together now. It is smart for a school to let people in before others, as soon as you get in you start picturing yourself in that school, so if you wait a month to find out from another school then your may have made your mind up already.
For all his GSB speak, Rhyme had a thread last year (K vs GSB) and it was interesting to see his progression towards his decision. I doubt he will admit it but up until that point I felt like his top pick was Kellogg and was waiting to see.
rhyme
He is right, you definitely do create a connection because your dream has become a reality and you no longer think about what B-school will be like in general but what it would be like at the school you got into. I am doing what Rhyme attempted to last year, wait and see and after I find out good or bad then I will really sit down and make a decision. Its tough at times because I still dont want to get my hopes up with GSB, I feel my profile is a love it or hate it...its very different so a school will either really value that or they wont.
04 Dec 2007, 11:29
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I think it was just a case of "grass is greener" -- I had an admit from GSB, I wanted one from Kellogg. Odds are, I'd have been having the same exact debate the other way around if Kellogg had admitted me first. You are however absolutely correct that when I started the admissions process in July/August... Kellogg was most decidedly ahead of the GSB. Mostly because I thought the GSB was all finance, all quant, all dork, all work, etc. Fall Preview last year showed me just how far off base I really was with that view.
Your point about forming an attachment is absolutely true. By the time Kellogg got back to me, I had already interacted with maybe a hundred people at the GSB - met with maybe two or three dozen local admits -- talked with career services, met a 2nd year, talked about the career prospects, etc. By then, I'd been wrapped into the fold quite well, and any school would have had a hard time winning me back. I was invited into a family, and I didn't want to betray it. Odds are, you'll end up feeling that way about Kellogg and you'll end up there.
That said, I'm glad I ended up here. The faculty are un-friking believable, the academics truly are stellar, the sheer RAW intellectual power/curiosity running through people here is awesome, and I'm having the time of my life. Short of my summer months when I was 16 or so and running around like nuts in Europe spending all night on beaches and running around on a scooter, this has been the best time of my life. I never want it to end. I'm learning everything I want to learn, experiencing a million different things, tackling things I know nothing about, and proving to myself that I can stand next to the brightest minds in this country and hold my own - something that I never thought I could do (and if I just stop typing this post and go back to studying, I might actually get a 4.0 this quarter). I'm being courted by every top firm I could ever wish for - they are all here - and I'm meeting and developing networks and bonds that reach a thousand times deeper and farther than anything I could have ever dreamed. I'm surrounded by people with experiences that blow my mind - an olympic medalist, a museum curator, a 25 year old multi-millionaire entrepreneur, a pastry chef, a UN volunteer from Africa - it's such a fascinating and transformative experience. I'm becoming a better speaker, I'm learning how to manage relationships, tackle difficult issues, and manage a "personal brand" -- skills that will serve me the rest of my life. I can see myself becoming less like my previous peers, and more like my previous directors. In short, I have only one complaint: I want to start over and do this quarter all over again.
04 Dec 2007, 11:38
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Very well written, rhyme. I think I know why there's such a spike in the number of applications for Chicago this year. It's all because of Rhyme's salesmanship.
- tis only T minus 15 days as of yet..........we dont reach the hallowed T min 13 point till the 6th of Dec
