What to do between R1 submission & Interview invite??

Question

My phone was showing 1:00 AM (EST) when I pressed the "Submit" button on Darden MBA's application page..I went to bed & had a sound sleep after a long time..
Waking up late on next day(sunday) morning I prepared my tea & sat on my porch staring in oblivion thinking what to do now..I mean I have a decent job which keeps me occupied for 65 hr/week but the significant portion of my daily schedule was devoted to applications during last 3 months..
I just wanted to ask you guys what are you guys doing now a days while waiting for the interview invite??
Preparing for interview, working on R2 app, chilling with your beer, protesting on wall street :?:

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spacecurves · Answer

I know how you feel, its hard to throttle down MBA application mode from 110% to 0%. I'm polishing up my MIT Sloan application, but that is pretty much done and its my last app to do. After that, I guess I'll be "forced" to do nothing B-school wise for a couple weeks at least until interviews hopefully start coming in. Every time I reach a milestone in this process I tell myself, whew, the worst is over. But having completed applications I'm now realizing how much prep goes into interviews, and waiting in uncertainty will be really stressful. Man, this doesn't get any easier until you get an acceptance does it?

rgupta83 · Answer

Being a re-applicant this year, the one thing I learned from last year is that it is hard to pick-up again for R2 if you dial it down to much. I would use the free time to get back into a life grind and re-connect with friends. But I would also use the large gap to start on R2 essays. The way I look at it, if i get it to an R1 school and do not have to submit, I wasted a few hours maybe only on weekends working on essays. If i do not get into a R1 school or the decision is released after R2 deadlines I won't have to go into as much of a crunch as I did with R1 as I spend this time working on my apps. Just my two cents.

Belyok · Answer

I think the best strategy is to start working on the interview question, compile typical answers to typical questions..
And then customize the list for every school once the invitations come in.

I submitted my last app on 7 October and am still struggling with myself to start preparing for the interviews. The essays have completely exhausted me..

MSDHONI · Answer

Yup...Thing is the moment you reach the summit of one peak you realize another mountain in front of you..

MSDHONI · Answer

Ya application procedure seems like a never ending excursion...isn't it??BTW when does IMD roll out interview invites??

MSDHONI · Answer

Sounds like a plan..BTW on which part, of your application, you worked on this year compared to last??

rgupta83 · Answer

I applied last year and did not get in. So I am re-applying to some schools this year, and applying to net new schools as well.

MSDHONI · Answer

Best of luck for this year man..I wish, you get whatever you want..

What to do between R1 submission & Interview invite??

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