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I am unable to sleep post my interview. Even if I do fall asleep, I find myself getting up to real bad dreams -- I'm handed a ding letter by my mate in the gym -- my application gets lost in the heap of applications and I receive an apology from the school, which encourages me to re-apply by waiving my application fees for next fall -- I don't know what to make of these dreams.

I didn't believe I’d get so absorbed by this process. Oh lord! After slogging my ass for 13hrs in the office, every single day can I not have at least a 4hr peaceful sleep? I wake up in the middle of the night, go to the refrigerator, open a beer and sit in the balcony. Even when I'm drinking, there are moments I feel happy, thinking I have a decent shot. Then there are moments where I feel that my profile is full of BS. Tension, anger and fear fill my head. Was it supposed to be like this? I don’t know. I certainly didn’t think so before I started this process.

Just let me know whatever is the decision. I can’t stand it any longer.
I wanna have my life back. I want to feel the warm Jack Daniels descending down the throat, into my intestines. I want to feel the numbness after the weights session. I want to feel the pain and cry. I want to watch a good comedy movie and laugh. I want to reclaim my life

Dang, you sound like you have it even worse than I do, and that's saying a lot! Fortunately, I don't have nightmares about my applications or wake up in the middle of the night to worry about stuff like this. During the day, though, it's a whole different story. I don't think I spend a waking moment w/o thinking about this, especially with the decision release dates so friggin' close now.

Good luck to us all!
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It was slightly annoying that while actually applying, I was up to my eyebrows in work, I was definitely pulling 60 hour work weeks (not common for marketing folks) and now that I'm done with essays, interviews are done, and the only thing left to do is wait...I now have all this time on my hands at work. I'm actually doing a good job keeping my mind occupied after work - gym, sewing, cooking, reading, friends - but during work, it's painful.
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i think i now know the meaning of addiction.

i come to work with the intention of being productive, but i spend countless time obsessing about bschool
i check my email and gmatclub incessantly
i hit refresh even though google refreshes automatically
i never sign out of bschool related websites and boards
if theres no new or good news (as happens often) i find myself reluctantly clicking on the BW forum even tho it sux
i keep the us news mba rankings page open for no good reason (who doesnt know the rankings by now!)
after a full day of this, i head home and the first thing i do when i get there is check my email and gmatclub.
if i have to do anything away from the computer, i coax myself with the thot that it might increase the likelihood of an invite or an update by the time i get back
i wake up in the middle of the night and check my email and gmatclub, knowing adcoms and posters prolly do have to sleep sometime
i know i need to stop and that its fraying my nerves, but ill wake up the next day and do it all over again.

my friends, i have a problem. and i just had to admit it.

(ok. im joking, but seriously there have been a few days over the past few months exactly like this!)
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i think i now know the meaning of addiction.

i come to work with the intention of being productive, but i spend countless time obsessing about bschool
i check my email and gmatclub incessantly
i hit refresh even though google refreshes automatically
i never sign out of bschool related websites and boards
if theres no new or good news (as happens often) i find myself reluctantly clicking on the BW forum even tho it sux
i keep the us news mba rankings page open for no good reason (who doesnt know the rankings by now!)
after a full day of this, i head home and the first thing i do when i get there is check my email and gmatclub.
if i have to do anything away from the computer, i coax myself with the thot that it might increase the likelihood of an invite or an update by the time i get back
i wake up in the middle of the night and check my email and gmatclub, knowing adcoms and posters prolly do have to sleep sometime
i know i need to stop and that its fraying my nerves, but ill wake up the next day and do it all over again.

my friends, i have a problem. and i just had to admit it.

(ok. im joking, but seriously there have been a few days over the past few months exactly like this!)

You're kidding right?

Because every single day of the last two months has been PRECISELY LIKE THIS for me.

Okay I know you're kidding because I don't actually see you browsing the fora right now. I am literally never not signed out. Or maybe when my computer crashes. But I'm signed in on two computers, so... check it out. And I have considered signing out just to browse anonymously so you can't all see how obsessed I am. But then what if I want to post a reply about how obsessed I am?! Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL.
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I wouldn't mind this at all if I knew I had an acceptance waiting for me at the end of all this. But whats gonna be painful is if, after all this, nothing happens. And it's just a quick letter in the email. No admit weekend. No package in the mail. Nothing exciting. No sense of having accomplished anything and progressed. It would almost be better if Round 1 started up in June, don't you think? So if you got rejected from all your schools, you could look forward to starting all over again with new prospects. What sucks is living through the summer without an acceptance when you expected to be relaxing and celebrating. Warm weather is almost more annoying when you're not in the mood to enjoy it. I'd prefer if we could just apply again the next day after getting rejected. It's the wait that's a killer. At the end of the day, I just want things to move. Yeah yeah it's true that bschool admissions aren't the end of the world. Yeah yeah it's not life or death. But the simple fact of the matter is that rejection is.... boring. It means nothing has changed. Your efforts haven't been converted into anything.



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i think i now know the meaning of addiction.

i come to work with the intention of being productive, but i spend countless time obsessing about bschool
i check my email and gmatclub incessantly
i hit refresh even though google refreshes automatically
i never sign out of bschool related websites and boards
if theres no new or good news (as happens often) i find myself reluctantly clicking on the BW forum even tho it sux
i keep the us news mba rankings page open for no good reason (who doesnt know the rankings by now!)
after a full day of this, i head home and the first thing i do when i get there is check my email and gmatclub.
if i have to do anything away from the computer, i coax myself with the thot that it might increase the likelihood of an invite or an update by the time i get back
i wake up in the middle of the night and check my email and gmatclub, knowing adcoms and posters prolly do have to sleep sometime
i know i need to stop and that its fraying my nerves, but ill wake up the next day and do it all over again.

my friends, i have a problem. and i just had to admit it.

(ok. im joking, but seriously there have been a few days over the past few months exactly like this!)

You're kidding right?

Because every single day of the last two months has been PRECISELY LIKE THIS for me.

Okay I know you're kidding because I don't actually see you browsing the fora right now. I am literally never not signed out. Or maybe when my computer crashes. But I'm signed in on two computers, so... check it out. And I have considered signing out just to browse anonymously so you can't all see how obsessed I am. But then what if I want to post a reply about how obsessed I am?! Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL.
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After the stress from the Kellogg waiting period (interview -> decision), this is my outlook:

Life is not fair. Get over it. B-school is not for everyone no matter how hard you try and force it.
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eerily similar experiences =/

if only we could know that at the end of the tunnel was an acceptance, then it would make incessantly checking gmatclub more acceptable, but unfortunately the more times you click f5 doesn't increase your chances (i'm telling myself as much as i'm telling you guys)

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i think i now know the meaning of addiction.

i come to work with the intention of being productive, but i spend countless time obsessing about bschool
i check my email and gmatclub incessantly
i hit refresh even though google refreshes automatically
i never sign out of bschool related websites and boards
if theres no new or good news (as happens often) i find myself reluctantly clicking on the BW forum even tho it sux
i keep the us news mba rankings page open for no good reason (who doesnt know the rankings by now!)
after a full day of this, i head home and the first thing i do when i get there is check my email and gmatclub.
if i have to do anything away from the computer, i coax myself with the thot that it might increase the likelihood of an invite or an update by the time i get back
i wake up in the middle of the night and check my email and gmatclub, knowing adcoms and posters prolly do have to sleep sometime
i know i need to stop and that its fraying my nerves, but ill wake up the next day and do it all over again.

my friends, i have a problem. and i just had to admit it.

(ok. im joking, but seriously there have been a few days over the past few months exactly like this!)

You're kidding right?

Because every single day of the last two months has been PRECISELY LIKE THIS for me.

Okay I know you're kidding because I don't actually see you browsing the fora right now. I am literally never not signed out. Or maybe when my computer crashes. But I'm signed in on two computers, so... check it out. And I have considered signing out just to browse anonymously so you can't all see how obsessed I am. But then what if I want to post a reply about how obsessed I am?! Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL.
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Eh, that is not true. I have several friends who have forced their way into bschool. You don't have to be brilliant to go to business school. Out of all the things in life, bschool is one of the most "forcable." Maybe not certain top schools. But if you're desperate to go to bschool, some place will take you. It's not one of those things like being a concert pianist or a math genius that you're either born with or without. There are a million things you can do to improve your chances. You can get a higher GMAT score, take an extra math class, do more extracurrics, work on essays, etc.


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After the stress from the Kellogg waiting period (interview -> decision), this is my outlook:

Life is not fair. Get over it. B-school is not for everyone no matter how hard you try and force it.
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i think i now know the meaning of addiction.

i come to work with the intention of being productive, but i spend countless time obsessing about bschool
i check my email and gmatclub incessantly
i hit refresh even though google refreshes automatically
i never sign out of bschool related websites and boards
if theres no new or good news (as happens often) i find myself reluctantly clicking on the BW forum even tho it sux
i keep the us news mba rankings page open for no good reason (who doesnt know the rankings by now!)
after a full day of this, i head home and the first thing i do when i get there is check my email and gmatclub.
if i have to do anything away from the computer, i coax myself with the thot that it might increase the likelihood of an invite or an update by the time i get back
i wake up in the middle of the night and check my email and gmatclub, knowing adcoms and posters prolly do have to sleep sometime
i know i need to stop and that its fraying my nerves, but ill wake up the next day and do it all over again.

my friends, i have a problem. and i just had to admit it.

(ok. im joking, but seriously there have been a few days over the past few months exactly like this!)

You're kidding right?

Because every single day of the last two months has been PRECISELY LIKE THIS for me.

Okay I know you're kidding because I don't actually see you browsing the fora right now. I am literally never not signed out. Or maybe when my computer crashes. But I'm signed in on two computers, so... check it out. And I have considered signing out just to browse anonymously so you can't all see how obsessed I am. But then what if I want to post a reply about how obsessed I am?! Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL.

haha, yeah i'm definitely signed into gmatclub way too much too
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Hehehehe, this is funny. Come on, let's admit it. There's something kind of perversely fun about this. All the lingo, the MBA jargon, forum idiosyncrasies. What would life be without it? :-) Let's admit it. We like being here. Would you rather be relaxed and not care? No, it would take all the fun out of life. If things work out, we will be euphoric. If things don't, it will be a little boring. But to experience the euphoria, you have to undergo this part. Schools know this, so they push you with this process. It's an extended publicity stunt.



"Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL."



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i think i now know the meaning of addiction.

i come to work with the intention of being productive, but i spend countless time obsessing about bschool
i check my email and gmatclub incessantly
i hit refresh even though google refreshes automatically
i never sign out of bschool related websites and boards
if theres no new or good news (as happens often) i find myself reluctantly clicking on the BW forum even tho it sux
i keep the us news mba rankings page open for no good reason (who doesnt know the rankings by now!)
after a full day of this, i head home and the first thing i do when i get there is check my email and gmatclub.
if i have to do anything away from the computer, i coax myself with the thot that it might increase the likelihood of an invite or an update by the time i get back
i wake up in the middle of the night and check my email and gmatclub, knowing adcoms and posters prolly do have to sleep sometime
i know i need to stop and that its fraying my nerves, but ill wake up the next day and do it all over again.

my friends, i have a problem. and i just had to admit it.

(ok. im joking, but seriously there have been a few days over the past few months exactly like this!)

You're kidding right?

Because every single day of the last two months has been PRECISELY LIKE THIS for me.

Okay I know you're kidding because I don't actually see you browsing the fora right now. I am literally never not signed out. Or maybe when my computer crashes. But I'm signed in on two computers, so... check it out. And I have considered signing out just to browse anonymously so you can't all see how obsessed I am. But then what if I want to post a reply about how obsessed I am?! Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL.

haha, yeah i'm definitely signed into gmatclub way too much too
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"Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL."

Hmmm, there are some diehard Gclubbers out there, but I don't think anyone is going to outlast rhyme... :wink:
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Argh, this wait is killing me! I think I'm going insane, if not already. Another week of nothing but stress.
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soo um when are you all telling your boss you are leaving
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soo um when are you all telling your boss you are leaving

Told them 6 months ago so they could write me stellar recommendations and work with HR to seek and hire a replacement over a manageable time-frame.

Although I understand that's not really an option for some of us. However, If I were a manager, I'd want to know as soon as possible so I could prepare. Holding an applicant's ambition against him/her or sandbagging at the office is a terrible waste of energy for a superior.
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OMG, the wait is killing me!
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Told them 6 months ago so they could write me stellar recommendations and work with HR to seek and hire a replacement over a manageable time-frame.

Although I understand that's not really an option for some of us. However, If I were a manager, I'd want to know as soon as possible so I could prepare. Holding an applicant's ambition against him/her or sandbagging at the office is a terrible waste of energy for a superior.
I did the same thing. It being so public was probably a good thing because it would have looked terrible if they had held it against me. I even got promoted after my announcement (in fairness, I told them well over a year ago given my c/o 2011 R2 application).

I also knew my superiors were trustworthy people of character.
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You're kidding right?

Because every single day of the last two months has been PRECISELY LIKE THIS for me.

Okay I know you're kidding because I don't actually see you browsing the fora right now. I am literally never not signed out. Or maybe when my computer crashes. But I'm signed in on two computers, so... check it out. And I have considered signing out just to browse anonymously so you can't all see how obsessed I am. But then what if I want to post a reply about how obsessed I am?! Try me. I am here. I am never not here. Try me.

I WILL OUTLAST YOU ALL.

Haha, I am also signed in on 3 machines, but I am also signed in chat during all working hours (hurts productivity a bit, but I consider productivity at work a sunk cost during this process). Come keep us chatters company sometime if you're not doing anything anyway :-D
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