Stress Management During Applications - What Do You Do? How do you manage stress during Application? That involves stress during the application time and also after you have submitted and now waiting for interview invites or application decisions. Previous Polls: What do you do to manage stress? How much time did you spend on each essay? How much Does the Brandname of a School Matter to You ? What is the Most Difficult Application This Year? How Many Schools Are You Applying To? What is the Hardest Part of the Application Process? Most Difficult Application in 2008

Osbourne, you sound like the definition of the talented atypical B-school hire that brings outside perspective to regimented thought processes. That was random, but I couldn't help but comment.

I spent an inordinate amount of time in the GMATClub chat commiserating with fellow applicants. Worked pretty well for my application stress levels, not so much for my productivity at my job. ...all's well that ends well...