I've been spending way too much time on sites like this the last several months. Once in a while someone will say something like, "Don't worry about it too much, business school isn't the end-all and be-all. You shouldn't let it define you, I have a great job and if I don't get in anywhere it's not that big of a deal." Which is all warm and fuzzy and great, but isn't that like telling someone who wants to compete in the Olympics, "Hey it's okay if you don't qualify for the Olympics. You don't need the Olympics to validate your discus-throwing skills. You can always go in your backyard and play with a frisbee and know that you're really good at it." I mean, I didn't spend the last seven months of my life slaving over every little piece of my applications for something that would "be nice to get, but not necessary." At this point I feel like investing so much time in this process has made it so I HAVE to get in or the world will in fact end. Where I am accepted will in fact dictate my future. It will define me. If I don't get accepted somewhere, I might just disappear. My roommates will come home and find my clothes and shoes on the couch, with a stack of open mail on top of them, right where I was sitting before I completely stopped existing. Anybody else feel like this? This is passion baby, you ad-coms listening? I really want this!!

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neo276

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Congratulations !! Necromonger. That's awesome news !!

I am applying for Insead 2008 Jan admit in R1.

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thanks lhotse/neo, I'm starting in Singapore (my first preference for various reasons).

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18 Jan 2007, 21:02

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That's awesome. Congratulations! You ended up just applying to one school right?

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yeah pelihu. Just one. You can understand how anxious I was :)

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thanks lhotse/neo, I'm starting in Singapore (my first preference for various reasons).

Congrats!!

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18 Jan 2007, 22:40

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Congrats Necromonger!!!!

Do stay on board...

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congrats necromonger..great job..

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Cool Congrats

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19 Jan 2007, 03:58

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yeah pelihu. Just one. You can understand how anxious I was

I thought so, that's great. I'm anxious and I applied to a bunch of schools.

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19 Jan 2007, 06:47

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thanks lhotse/neo, I'm starting in Singapore (my first preference for various reasons).

That's great..Way to go!

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thanks lhotse/neo, I'm starting in Singapore (my first preference for various reasons).

congrats necro...hopefully you will still be around..otherwise we will miss your cartoons

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19 Jan 2007, 09:01

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Congrats Necromonger!

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19 Jan 2007, 18:36

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hey thanks everyone,

pelihu - good luck, I have no doubt you'll get into a stellar place. It's a matter of where, not if.

popeye - don't lose heart, target a new bunch of schools and go after them!

I'm going to be around :)

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Yea please hang around. I'm going to need you to teach me accounting next year

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Hey necro time for u to :musband

Nice to know u would still be active member

cheeruios

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23 Jan 2007, 02:16

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Congrats Necro.

Great going 100% hit rate.

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rhyme - sure, you teach me quant ;)

venky/jay - thanks for the wishes. 100% hit rate is "misleading statistics" :) but yeah, it's a relief.

We got access to their online accepted students system - pretty cool (though I don't like that green with verdana font combination >:/ )

Jay/Rhyme - how are your school portals?

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