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27 Mar 2008, 15:10
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Yeah .. first the schools make you spend almost the entire year researching schools, writing apps, advising recommenders and then if you have to reapply, they want you to have significant improvements from the previous year
Anyway, you still have a lot of time with you. All the best for the next year and for this year's WLs. I am rooting for you! 
Updated on: 29 Apr 2008, 06:52
Originally posted by gixxer1000 on 28 Mar 2008, 11:38.
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1) What school is on your list right now?
HBS, Wharton, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, Haas, Anderson, Cornell, McCombs and Marshall.
I really can't decide east or west coast. At first I was only looking at east coast schools and visited Columbia and NYU and I visit Wharton and HBS next week. But after talking to some people I realized I really should give the west coast schools a look (along with reading all of Kryzak's advertisements
). To make matters worse I'm going into real estate and which school I choose will probably determine where I'll live for the forseeable future. I really need to get out and visit the west coast but I'm in the same situation as some others; I won't be able to make it out there before classes end in spring and it seems hard to make it out in the fall before round 1.
2) What is the state of your current preparations?
Studying for a GMAT retake probably in May.
3) What's the scariest part of the process at this point?
I'm sort of at the point of no return. My background is very non-traditional. I enlisted in the military, served for 5 years then got out, went to school and started working in construction management at the same time as school. So I graduated in '07 but I have been working since '97 and I'll be 29 at matriculation. It's hard becasue I can't compare myself to the traditional canidates and I can't compare myself to the military canidates either.
4) How serious is your pursuit at this point?
As serious as I can get. I'll probably add a couple of safety schools to the later rounds because I have to go somewhere next fall.
HBS, Wharton, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, Haas, Anderson, Cornell, McCombs and Marshall.
I really can't decide east or west coast. At first I was only looking at east coast schools and visited Columbia and NYU and I visit Wharton and HBS next week. But after talking to some people I realized I really should give the west coast schools a look (along with reading all of Kryzak's advertisements
). To make matters worse I'm going into real estate and which school I choose will probably determine where I'll live for the forseeable future. I really need to get out and visit the west coast but I'm in the same situation as some others; I won't be able to make it out there before classes end in spring and it seems hard to make it out in the fall before round 1. 2) What is the state of your current preparations?
Studying for a GMAT retake probably in May.
3) What's the scariest part of the process at this point?
I'm sort of at the point of no return. My background is very non-traditional. I enlisted in the military, served for 5 years then got out, went to school and started working in construction management at the same time as school. So I graduated in '07 but I have been working since '97 and I'll be 29 at matriculation. It's hard becasue I can't compare myself to the traditional canidates and I can't compare myself to the military canidates either.
4) How serious is your pursuit at this point?
As serious as I can get. I'll probably add a couple of safety schools to the later rounds because I have to go somewhere next fall.
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28 Mar 2008, 14:04
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Haha, my ads are working! Yay!
But for real estate, you DEFINITELY have to check out the west coast, Haas (which is Berkeley, btw
), Anderson, and Marshall are good at real estate. Marshall could be a good backup school for you.As for the military background, PM river (I know he loves to get PM-ed
) and see if he can give you some pointers... maybe river will ask you to click on some "special request access" button to get military advice. hee hee hee 
. In all seriousness I actually started looking at Anderson and Marshall first because of Marshall's Joint MBA Real Estate Degree which opened up the door for LA which then lead me to the rest of Cali and of course Haas. 
. If I go to school on the east coast I know I still want to head out to Cali later, but If I go to Cali now I don't think I will want to actually go and live out on the east coast. I just don't know if I'm ready to settle in one place yet. 
