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Venting Thread 04 Jan 2010, 14:19
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Funny how lurking the board last year, I said to myself "how can people ask such trivial questions? why are they sweating bullets over the smallest things?"

now i find myself fretting over 11pt font, font type, 1.5 spacing, and jumping every time an email from a school comes into my inbox. i promised myself i was going to stay cool, let's see how it goes.
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Oh my god--me too. Also, my boyfriend just completed his MBA this spring, so it's been awhile since he applied (obviously), so I feel like he has forgotten how stressful actually completing & submitting the apps can be and is trying his hardest not to act like he thinks I'm crazy for sweating over the little things.

But then I remember that he was a reapplicant, so he went through this twice so I feel like he was probably freaking out as much but has blocked it out of his memory.

Application #3 is getting submitted tonight and I cannot wait to be 3/4 of the way.
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I think the most frustrating part of me is realizing that R2 is dependent on R1 is a fallacy. Once R1 was all submitted, I went straight to work on R2 essays. Its now first week of Jan, and my R2 deadlines are in the next 8 days. Meanwhile, 1 ding and 1 interview from my 5 R1 schools.

My way of dealing with the stress was adding more schools. Started with 6, ended with 9.
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Venting Thread 04 Jan 2010, 16:27
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Right there with you unhedged. 5 dings in round one and now I'm working on 3-4 more for rd 2. 2 are in, finishing NYU and Columbia now.

This process sucks.
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wow @ you guys doing 6+ applications. that's a lot of work (and money), wish you both the best in RD 2
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Venting Thread 05 Jan 2010, 13:50
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Which MBA program will best prepare me to be a White House party crasher?

Okay, just trying to think about something else. Darn essays!
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The day which used to feel so short, suddenly feels so long

There wasn’t even a single day( except on the Sundays), in the last 6 months, on which I slept before 12:00AM. My job requires me to leave home at 5:30AM and return at 7:00PM. So, effectively, I have been for sleeping not more than 4-5hrs everyday in the last 6 months or so.

The GMAT, the program research, and the essays have stretched my mind and the mental capacity so much that I do not get sleep until 2:00AM because of lack of mental exhaustion. I’m busting myself at the gym everyday to get tired physically so that I can get some sleep.

I don’t know what struck me a couple of days back, I thought of cutting down the time I spend on my mobile talking to my gf and putting the time left to do something productive. In the process, I went through my already submitted applications. And to my horror, I found a very glaring missing piece in all of my essays. I don’t know how important that ‘missing piece’ is. But I fear it might lead to a rejection. The warm feeling I got when my reviewers told me that my essays are good is getting replaced with a cold feeling of an impending reject

AAAHHHHHH. I don’t have the courage to sit in front of my laptop anymore

I’ll sign off with a suggestion DON’T EVER READ YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS


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I think the thing I learned is that nothing could be as bad as this?

In seriousness though, it does give you some perspective - and helps you learn to "live with" things outside your control.

And I agree with whoever said - don't look at your app again...
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God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
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do NOT EVER READ YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Just submitted applications for Ross and Wharton. Still got Kellogg to go. If I don't get in to any of those, I'm really gonna venting!
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So who else out there listens to Slayer while they complete their applications? No one? Damnit ...
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i stopped listening to music (at least, lyrical music) while typing essays back in high school. a few times while listening to rap music, i accidentally typed a word that had just been said on the song. that got embarrassing pretty quick. the only stuff i listen to now during essay-writing time is classical music... occasionally techno, but not so much now
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I don't know if you have come across this, but man getting my essays reviewed was a humiliating exercise. I mean I tried to be so polite and all when asking for review and constructive criticism and the comments I get are like... "what bs is this", "this is crazy sh**", "it's a piece of garbage", "this kind of writing will get you in University of Phoenix", etc.

I am just so pi**ed off ... just wanted to vent out.
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Man, I hate this waiting game. I thought that after I've submitted all my applications, it would be a load off my back, but no, I'm even more stressed out worrying about whether I'll get an interview, whether I'll get accepted, etc. Argh.
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milias, I'm with you on this one. I continuously check the forum and BW for interview invites (especially Columbia)... I have to admit, Booth has done a fantastic job keeping applicants informed... Otherwise, productivity at work is at an all-time low.
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After getting rejected by R1 schools, I am starting to feel I don't belong to anywhere either. I still have more R2 schools to hear back from, and I do feel that my R2 applications are much stronger. Still, it is hard to not be discouraged! Anybody else feels this way?

One word sums it up: "AHHHHHHH".
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milias, I'm with you on this one. I continuously check the forum and BW for interview invites (especially Columbia)... I have to admit, Booth has done a fantastic job keeping applicants informed... Otherwise, productivity at work is at an all-time low.
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I hear you, man. I keep checking this forum and BW, too. I seriously hope Ross's gonna start sending out a lot more invites next week.

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After getting rejected by the three R1 schools, I am starting to feel I don't belong to anywhere either. I still have three more R2 schools to hear back from, and I do feel that my R2 applications are much stronger. Still, it is hard to not be discouraged! Anybody else feels this way?

One word sums it up: "AHHHHHHH".
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Yea, I know what you mean. I got dinged by both of my R1 schools, too, HBS and Sloan. I guess it's better than being rejected by University of Phoenix or Roseanne, but it still hurts. Applied to 3 schools in R2 also. Waiting to hear back and crossing my fingers that I'll do better in R2.
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After getting rejected by the three R1 schools, I am starting to feel I don't belong to anywhere either. I still have three more R2 schools to hear back from, and I do feel that my R2 applications are much stronger. Still, it is hard to not be discouraged! Anybody else feels this way?

One word sums it up: "AHHHHHHH".
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I'm in the same boat buddy. Rejected from Kellogg and Booth Round 1 and submitted to SIX schools Round 2. Now I'm even contemplating adding some more schools for Round 3. Me thinks this is called desperation.........or crazy? At this point I just wanna hear one admit!
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do NOT EVER READ YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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small mistakes are fine, I found a few typo in my Kellogg app~ which didn't seem to drive adcom away.

don't spell the school's name wrong though...hehe
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Good luck, milias and zippy10! My ex-colleague also got rejected from all his R1 schools three years ago, only to get into all his R2 schools (Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg). I remember him telling me that his R2 applications/interviews were much stronger because he had so much practice from R1. So, there is hope! Wishing you guys the best.
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Good luck, milias and zippy10! My ex-colleague also got rejected from all his R1 schools three years ago, only to get into all his R2 schools (Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg). I remember him telling me that his R2 applications/interviews were much stronger because he had so much practice from R1. So, there is hope! Wishing you guys the best.
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Thanks, drzoidberg. Futurama rocks, by the way! I do feel that my R2 apps are stronger than my R1 apps, mostly because I have refined my career goals and have a clearer focus. But the suspense is killing me! Meh! Meh! Meh!
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