tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68135182011-12-14T18:37:06.714-08:00Target: MBA Class of 2007! I am trying to Blog my way through the process. aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1162006326791279262006-10-27T20:32:00.000-07:002006-10-27T20:38:22.403-07:00

Probably the best thing about the Johnson School is the Parker Center, which is absolutely unique amongst all the business schools in the US. It is an exact replica of a trading floor and has it all from a moving ticker displays to Bloomberg machines and millions of dollars worth of software on each computer. It is the home of the Cayuga Fund, a long, short market neutral hedge fund, run by 18

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It is hard to focus on the education component of the program, especially after the first year. I am only glad that I am not the only one feeling blasé about this semester, most other second years I have spoken to are in the same boat. The lack of motivation is frightening, but not surprising considering how badly we were burnt in the core. The second semester would have been easier but for this

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Hallelujah! It's alive! I always knew my computer was some sort of sentient silicon life form, despite all refutations by science. How else can you explain the will full slow down in processing power when I needed it the most? How about the 'DATA NOT FOUND' exceptions, the 'Blue screen of Death' (some form of NDE - Near Death Experience for the computer). Finally my paranoia (or at least what

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Photo Credit: ISS Crew, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, JSC, NASA.An image from the ISS taken from an altitude of 211 nautical miles (for the geeks: 1 nautical mile is the angular distance of 1 minute of arc on the earth's surface. As this distance differs slightly due to latitude, it has been standardized to 1852 meters). Notice that there are no sudden sharp boundaries between darkness

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In a classic example of playing the man rather than playing the ball, my last post about my Wharton admission feedback drew the ire of some people who alleged I was being bitter about my ding rather than me calling a spade a spade. To put things in perspective, I felt a follow up post was called for, to answer some pertinent questions about my allegations.1. Am I bitter about being dinged by

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Just got done with my feedback session at Wharton and my first impression of the process was simply terrible. I have no idea why the school offers feedback sessions when they don't have the resources to support a task of this magnitude. The entire process from start to finish was a disaster and showcased Wharton at its worst. It all started with me making a call to the Wharton admissions office

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I finally pulled the trigger on a new laptop today after patiently waiting 6 odd months, for the prices to fall. I could afford the wait mainly because of the surfeit of computers in my life, with a laptop and desktop at home and a couple of computers at work. With this, I just made my most expensive MBA related purchase till date. The computer that will (hopefully) be my faithful companion and

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meme n.A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.Apparently I have been handed the baton by Dave, and asked to list the last 5 books I have read in the recent past. It was interesting receiving this meme, especially since I was just reading about the huge meme floating around (something called

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Despite its uncanny resemblance to another male physiological component the 'drifters' as jellyfish are commonly known are some of the most alluring yet deadly (for some) organisms alive. The above picture encapsulates a what-I-did-over-the-long-weekend post that I had originally planned. Suffice to say, I spent part of the weekend at Monterey Bay aquarium, (Drat! I would have liked to say took

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In a shameless plug for the future Alma Mater, I wanted to draw attention to the "Sustainable Global Business Strategies for 2005 and Beyond" seminar organized by the Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN). The event is being held in NY on Thursday, June 2nd, 2005. Other than the alma mater thing, I think a sustainable business strategy is something every responsible business should follow. With

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These past few weeks have been spent in trying to work out the logistics of our move to Ithaca. I was laboring under the delusion that we could wrap the move inside 3,000 $, boy was I mistaken. We were quoted upwards of 7,000 $ and it just doesn't seem worth it. Oh and this price does not include transporting of the car. So instead of going with long distance movers, (something people should use

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This is a long over due post, that I attempted to complete and send out several times over the last week, but for some reason or the other never could. But enough is enough so here is the post, warts and all. There have been several things on my mind these past couple of weeks involving my blog. I have been chewing on the age old question, whether to maintain my blog once I start business school

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If you haven't seen this already, take a gander. It is a relatively funny take on Star Wars (Revenge of the Sith), but I practically died laughing when I saw the 'deleted scene'. Even if you don't see the extended spoof, don't miss the deleted scene. Don't want to blog about it since it will be a spoiler but do leave me a comment if you see it. May the force be with you!

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Cleaning the study was the tall order of the weekend. In preparation of our move to Ithaca, we decided we would junk most if not all the non essentials. The first on the list were the hundreds of pages of essays that I pain staking wrote out. To give a better perspective, I wrote atleast 10 drafts per essay for Wharton (6 essays), which works out to 60 essays in all. As I went through the

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Behold the Butterfly Planetary Nebula ( Credit: B. Balick (U. Washington) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA). This has got to be one of the prettiest pictures you have ever seen. It is of a star (M2-9) living its final moments (moments in star time account for some 5,000 odd years), before imploding into oblivion. The wings that you see are the result of a gaseous exterior being cast away. In the center,

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It totally slipped my mind that some of the schools, I was dinged at, were offering feedback sessions, until I saw this note I had left for myself a month ago. While I have no intentions of contributing to their coffers next year, having invested so much of my soul, time and energy into the process I want to understand what dragged me down. Call me competitive or just anal, but I hate losing and

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I am still at it, trying to get the problem reported a couple of days ago solved. It never ceases to amaze me at how humans deal with problems, for instance in this case, the first day I was all freaked out at the thought of a severe customer problem that probably has had some repercussions on their bottom line. But after spending a couple of days on the edge, working continuously under the

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It just happens to be one of those days when you wake up from bed and wonder why you bothered too, in the first place. It all started out by seeing Ants. While I am pro nature and I really liked the movie Antz, I draw a line when those pesky creatures decide to make my car their domicile. Seeing them walking on the door frame without a care in the world, triggered of something primal in me. I

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Being a huge Sci-fi buff, had to catch Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy on the first weekend it was released. I found the movie 'interesting', with the usual poetic licenses that directors take while dealing with popular books (a la LOTR and Harry Potter). The audience at the local AMC seemed to be really into the movie, laughing where appropriate without prompting from a laugh track, but I

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I have been having fun playing with anagrams in the midst of a presentation that I was making this morning. As is customary in these events, some people play havoc with the timeline by taking a lot more time than assigned to them. The people waiting their turn are left twiddling their thumbs while waiting for others to read out every word on their over populated slides. What is with these people?

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Had a good time over the weekend. After a long hiatus met all the bloggers from the Bay Area (and some who dropped in to join the party) at a club in SFO. The club had an interesting concept, art gallery by day and a club by night. Though going by the paintings hung for sale, hitting upon the idea of doubling the gallery as a club was probably the only way they could keep the roof over their

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With the decision on the school out of the way, it is now time to focus on the single largest question, "When to quit?". I have been contemplating the dates for a while now and can't seem to make up my mind. On one side, there is this desire to make as much money pre MBA as I can, (considering the costs of the program). On the other there is this need to make the move to Ithaca and settle in

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I am completely and utterly pissed at Avis right now. I am NEVER going to rent a car from them again if I can help it. The story goes something like this, we left Ithaca around 11:00 am sharp and drove to JFK in NYC to catch out flight scheduled for departure at 5:15 pm. With no bags to check in, I figured 5 hours should be more than sufficient to make the trip that usually maps out at 4 and half

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Just got back from Destination Johnson yesterday, and as I dragged my sorry ass into bed Sunday night I realized that I had been continuously on the go for 3 days. But all in all I had an awesome time. I guess at events like this, the school broaches the emergency stash of kool aid and merrily drenches all prospectives to the skin in a rain dance. Having said that, I have to admit I loved it. I

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Here is the full extract of one of the classless letters MIT sent out. (Credit: Anonymous comment left on my blog)March 10, 2005Dear XXXXX:The Admissions Committee of the MIT Sloan MBA Program has considered your application and concluded that we cannot offer you a place in the incoming class.The tentative decision to deny your application was made before you were identified by ApplyYourself as

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The sound of dings have finally stopped echoing in my ears, and it is now time to move on. Got back from my vacation and long hiatus from the blogging world and was plunged into a maelstrom of activity. What with all the piled up work waiting for me on my desk, I also had a couple of tests to take in my accounting class. I am over my jetlag but still suffering from post vacation blues. I just

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Finally! These plans have been in the making for over 6 months, after getting delayed and then delayed again, we are finally leaving tomorrow. These past week has been crazy busy. A lot of pending work needed to be completed, responsibilities shifted and reports written. In addition to the work, I had to prep for my accounting class today, and after the disastrous last class, I couldn't goof off

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What with me going on vacation next week, a regular 12 hour work day is insufficient to deal with the work that I have been inundated with. But I haven't been so busy as to be untouched by the controversy raging in the MBA applicant world. I received an email from HBS the other day that shocked me to some extent and made me clutch my stomach and laugh aloud.We understand that some users of

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I was looking for my library card last week and in the process of turning my bookshelf into a disaster area I stumbled across some books I haven't read in ages. Leaving the demolished bookcase as is, I picked up the first book that caught my eye and it turned out to be Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. I got past the first chapter and I was hooked. The fact that I hadn't read the book in

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I was walking in the corridor outside my classroom last night, trying to get my circulation going after sitting through 10 hours of work and 2 hours of class. At the very same instance a different class (statistics I think) went on break, either their professor had gone on too long or the students had indulged in a little too much soda to stay awake but they were on a mission. As I was walking by

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Wow the pressure to perform, it is getting pretty intense out there. Is the blogging community really so bored? Or is some wag on BW right in claiming that the bloggers are bunch of plithy platitude spouting multitude? I saw several posts and comments out there heralding a Round 2 of blogger wars starting BSkewl and humble little moi. If I had to give an award for the best posts out there on the

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I think not! In response to my post yesterday about our pet blogger's rant for not being mentioned on my blog, here is the rejoinder that was posted on his blog:after spending 335 words reacting to what others think of his blog. It's a relief that he doesn't care, or we might have been treated to somewhat more than 335 words, right? Whew. Looks like I dodged a bullet there, huh?Either way, I'm

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I came across this little comment by the blogging world's pet Chihuahua"I'd like to nominate Aregorn and DaveforMBA for suckitudinal awards for their CONSPICUOUS avoidance of the word "bskewl" on their blogs. Aregorn, of course, is still huffy over my slights to Megami. He's the sort that likes to stick up for girls on the intarweb because it'll make them like him, maybe." and it was fairly

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No change whatsoever! For the first time in 2 months I went back to the Wharton website to see if a miracle happened or that I made a mistake the first time around. Unfortunately nothing of that sort took place. Still on the waitlist, waiting patiently but I did read my application all over again. While I believe there are margins for improvement in several places, I am still convinced I did as

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I have been subscribing to the Smithsonian magazine for some time, (the magazine is comparable to National Geographic but more US centric stories), and consider it good reading. While their articles are usually thought provoking and intense, the one about Uganda in this month's copy was chilling. Not to make this post a politically charged one, but I am shocked that the government doesn't take

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I should probably stop being so surprised at the insight that is offered into the business school process by the (now) many bloggers who blog about their experiences. Of late I have been following the internship hunts of several people spread through several schools (mark, byron, FMG and oldman to name a few). These insights have been very useful in getting a better picture of the recruiting

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Sukhoi-30MKI Back 

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Sukhoi-30 MKI 

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After a long time, we got home early last night (by early I mean 6:00 pm) and the wife and I promptly made a trip to the library. We staggered out with an arm full of books each that should promise us several weeks of reading pleasure. I have an eclectic taste in books but Science fiction and British humor usually have me more enthralled than most others. But to ensure that my manna has healthy

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Testing Crontab functionality in Unix for serverside aggregator

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Its been a crazy week so far. Our trip to Phoenix went off better than expected. We just loved the place. The temperature outside at all times of the day or night hovered in the high 60's. Offcourse we were advised that summer is a totally different ball game, with temperatures hovering in the 110's, but the current weather was great. We dint get to do much on Saturday other than hang out with

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It's been extremely hectic these days with each day bringing something new to either think about or do. Blogging unfortunately has suffered due to my preoccupation, as has my reading. Unfortunately the things that have been occupying my time aren't things that I care to remember 10 years down the line regardless of how passionate I am about it today. But for the record, I just completed a pet

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Congratulations road warriors Google has decided to step into the business of offering maps to make life easy. As usual it is slightly different from the other vendors out there, but as usual I like Google's approach over the previous offering. Mapquest has completely forgotten about innovation since the time it was bought out by AOL. And Yahoo maps that uses Mapquest as a mapping engine has

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Yesterday was my first day at Accounting class at U Berkeley. It is the first of a series of business classes I plan to take all the way up to starting school. The class is led by a good instructor who is self effacing to the point of underselling himself every time he opens his mouth. But by god he is GOOD! He really knows his stuff, and it is a nice change to see an instructor who honestly and

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Saturday Feb 5, 2005. What a GORGEOUS day to be outdoors and skiing! Blue sky's, 30 F with the sun shining down on you. It was such perfect weather that the wife decided she was too hot in her ski jacket and ordered me to stove it in the locker at the lodge. Reaching the slopes was no small task, we woke up later than planned on account of sleeping through the alarm set for 4:30 am. We had spent

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That is what happens everytime I am in charge of our social calendar. I build design plans at work, involving multiple people delivering a product, in some cases six months down the line, that work flawlessly. Put me in charge of contacting friends and family to ensure our weekend has the right mix of outdoor activities and personal time with both family and friends, then sit back and watch me as

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Another blogger bought down after he raised questions about the recruitment process at a top school! Whether the statements were true or false it is anyone's guess (I for one am more inclined to believe them), but to see free speech abused thus is a sad thing indeed. It appears as if there is a strong conspiracy to only showcase the brightest and the best of Business School culture, anything

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I am fast coming to the conclusion that the shotgun approach to Business school venture just isn't worth it. With those thoughts comes the dreaded feeling that I screwed up my application process. The what if scenario's keep running into my head till I am forced to purge them by giving myself a sharp smack on the forehead. Despite desperately desiring to go to school at Wharton, I have been

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1107208746089448102005-01-31T13:43:00.000-08:002005-01-31T13:59:06.090-08:00

That is the most politically correct statement I could come up with after seeing "Are we there yet"?. That was definitely by far the worst movie I have seen in a long long time. Considering the drama that led up to the time we actually took our places in the movie hall, I was hoping it would be a rolling on the floor clutching my sides laugh riot. Unfortunately it was worse than a damp squid. I

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1106699605523487712005-01-25T16:17:00.000-08:002005-01-25T16:33:25.523-08:00

Lay offs are always a sad time around here these days. I have been through some pretty drastic purges over the years but it NEVER gets easier. Sometimes it is tougher for the people surviving the purge than to be purged. The people purged only have to get another job and they move on. The ones who are left behind have to deal with a distinct lack of motivation, loyalty and anger. With the first

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1106594855563173232005-01-24T11:00:00.000-08:002005-01-24T11:27:35.563-08:00

We had a guest over the weekend and decided to do the usual tour of places around the Bay Area. Some places on the list were: 1. Stanford (but off course) and Hoover tower, 2. Napa 3. San Francisco The Napa excursion went of really well. The day started out foggy and dull, but as we crossed the Vallejo Bridge the sun shone down in all its glory, turning it into a beautiful day and perfect for

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1106334392712748502005-01-21T10:53:00.000-08:002005-01-21T16:32:45.483-08:00

Went to the library yesterday and bought a couple of books on basic and advanced Calculus. At one point of time in my miss spent youth I was forced to tackle a lot of differential equations and integrations. In the way of things that are compulsory, I actually ended up getting quite good at it (and dare I say enjoy it?). I figured after a hiatus of 8+ years without touching that stuff I would

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1106261726388828132005-01-20T14:39:00.000-08:002005-01-20T14:58:34.750-08:00

Time blissful time! I have been having a blast learning technology and catching up on my readings. One of my all time favorite authors just happens to be P.G. Wodehouse. There is something about quirky British humor that tickles my funny bone. So besides the Larson comics that I take in small doses daily for health and vitality, (not to mention as fodder for the famous Aregon charm offensive), I

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1106162170987544402005-01-19T10:59:00.000-08:002005-01-19T11:16:10.986-08:00

and celebrations to all those happy people with admits to some rocking schools out there. Wakechick - For having the system down pat, repeated success, again and again and again, with more money each time to boot. Brilliant, sheer brilliant. Megami - For cracking the bastion of loftiness, the HBS itself. With two of the top three in the bag, the choices have just gotten more interesting.

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1106002128614041772005-01-17T14:26:00.000-08:002005-01-17T14:57:16.346-08:00

Its been a while since I blogged, well make that posted. I have been blogging regularly or atleast starting posts. Just that I haven't been doing a good job finishing them, either due to interruptions at work or home. I have been saving them as drafts though. Maybe some day after I am dead and gone, blogspot can compile those unfinished posts and come up with an compilation. I am just be

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1105576746624840892005-01-12T16:24:00.000-08:002005-01-12T16:39:06.623-08:00

I was just replying to a comment left for me when a hilarious thought struck me and had to blog about it. I was thinking through my excuses for failing to garner admits in R1 from W and K when I realized I had just posted a message on why I wrote crappy applications for R2. Couldn't but laugh at my hypocrisy. And I actually believed those excuses too! :) Excuses for R1 dings: 1. First

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1105560150421262492005-01-12T11:37:00.000-08:002005-01-12T12:02:30.420-08:00

With the last bait thrown into the water the saga comes to an end. All that is left, is to sit back and wait for the mailman to bring home the news. It took me most of last night to wrap my last essay and application, and it was close to 4:00 am before I could crawl into bed. Before going to sleep I managed to catch up on the blogs I follow, one of which took the words out of my mouth! I

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1105379806431256452005-01-10T09:47:00.000-08:002005-01-10T10:13:44.046-08:00

Its funny that when you procrastinate over a task, you end up compensating in a different ways to meet the deadlines, that soon end up becoming a habit. For instance, take my attitude about essays. I am usually an early bird, with the early to bed early to rise mantra entrenched in my mind. But because of my procrastination over essays for various schools, most notably HBS, towards the end I had

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1105123515722929712005-01-07T10:26:00.000-08:002005-01-07T14:35:35.946-08:00

What an amazing stroke of luck! I was slouched over my computer, disengaging from the work day by checking my email one last time, when I received an email from Chicago GSB extending R2 deadlines due to system outages. Now that is what I call a good omen. I jumped out of my chair, dashed home and in a burst of inspiration and energy, hammered out two essays by 3:00 am. (I probably should add that

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1105055889962857872005-01-06T15:35:00.000-08:002005-01-06T16:00:49.773-08:00

Whadya know? Heads have been rolling all morning up the management chain. Regardless of the environmental concerns, rivers are running red with blood. It is kind of weird being a passive observer this time around, bumping into people walking the corridors like zombies with deeply furrowed foreheads, and at the same time having to step aside when others come dancing merrily with a hop, a skip and

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1104970394828063622005-01-05T15:48:00.000-08:002005-01-05T16:13:14.826-08:00

"Goodbye HBS thank you for coming. " This was as close to the wire as it gets. Screeched in with under 30 mins to deadline, just as the train pulled out! Another late nighter was called for to finish my essays in time. Thanks be, to the wife for filling out my transcripts and application form, that broke the back of my application. It allowed me to devote this morning to making sure everything

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1104864274478634662005-01-04T09:58:00.000-08:002005-01-04T10:44:34.476-08:00

Driving in the bay area is a hazardous proposition. I have no hesitation in ranking bay area driver's last when it comes to traffic sense. How does this post relate to an MBA? Actually it doesn't! I am just ranting but those of you who end up attending Stanford GSB can use this as an indicator of what is in store for you. Some of the patterns that I noticed are: Aggressive antagonists - I

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1104782409568860942005-01-03T11:20:00.000-08:002005-01-03T12:04:55.470-08:00

Happy New Year y'all. Hopefully everyone has had a good break, drunk moderately and worked hard on those essays (yeah right!). For some reason I seem to have inverted my normal sleeping hours and have been staying up late every night during the break. Not being as young as I was, this makes me lethargic and slow the next morning. It is almost as if there is sand in my eyes and I can't get rid of

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1104261611015226862004-12-28T10:54:00.000-08:002004-12-28T11:21:54.153-08:00

One week to deadline and all is quite on the MBA front. Is it just me or does anyone else feel that there is no fizz in the R2 applicant pool? I don't see the same amount of nervous energy that made the boards buzz with activity. Where are the: Frantic Freaks - Who were scrambling around to complete their essays, wondering if their recommender would get around to submitting their recommendation

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1104170656472806162004-12-27T10:04:00.000-08:002004-12-27T10:40:58.363-08:00

Yesterday I was speaking to my sister when she bought my attention the huge Tsunami that was triggered off by an earthquake in Indonesia. The earthquake ranked #4 on the largest quakes to hit the world in the last 100 years clocking in at 9.0 on the Richter scale, and causing a 620 mile section of geological plate to dislodge itself. While I am extremely saddened by this loss of life and

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103825940705655562004-12-23T09:18:00.000-08:002004-12-23T13:35:40.666-08:00

I have been researching the WL stories from last year's BW Wharton threads and have compiled a pretty decent sized treasure trove. Not knowing anyone who has been WL, I am not sure if I there is any point in putting the compiled list on the blog. If anyone wants information on this topic, feel free to ping me, leave a comment or drop me an email. I will email the research to you or just upload it

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103767094199153822004-12-22T16:51:00.000-08:002004-12-22T17:58:14.200-08:00

The twins! Congratulations to Wakechick for pulling the daily double. The second person in two consecutive days to get two admits in the same day. She cracked the system at both Anderson and McCoombs. Great going Wakechick. Since I am making my second post of the day and since Wakechick went to the same school as Larson, thought I would impart a little bit of Larson humor. So work with me and

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103742877678407712004-12-22T10:28:00.000-08:002004-12-22T11:20:16.200-08:00

It's the day after the decision. Woke up this morning feeling sad, a little for myself but a lot more for others. Shook my head in disbelief at the strength of the pool that rejects candidates of such high caliber with so much passion for the school. This feeling lasted till I realized that it wasn't that the caliber of the candidates that was judged but the fit in terms of class composition. My

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103661113213383792004-12-21T11:44:00.000-08:002004-12-21T16:13:11.010-08:00

(I have been trying to get this blog entry posted all morning and most of the afternoon, but one thing after the other keeps coming up clamoring for attention. Finally got the time to wrap this post. Apologize over the disjoint statements that follow.) Much as I would liked to mark this day for posterity, it will end up being a footnote in my life. The official news is ... that there is no news

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103566739956813072004-12-20T09:59:00.000-08:002004-12-20T19:16:03.756-08:00

With less than 20 hours before the Wharton deadline a zen like peace has fallen upon me. I have stopped thinking about the results and actually had a weekend filled with fun and HBS essays. I spent months on my Wharton essays, each of which was a labor of love. While I can see several places where I could have improved the choice of words, siezed opportunities to give the reader a better sense of

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103323815215145812004-12-17T14:37:00.000-08:002004-12-17T14:50:15.216-08:00

Just in case I thought I was getting too big for my boots, I received my first Ding today from Kellogg, seems like I will get news from 3 of my first round schools inside the week. I was anticipating something of this nature from Kellogg after the miserable grilling that I was subjected to during the interview. Off all the schools I applied too, this was the one I was most apprehensive about.

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103309279379853682004-12-17T10:30:00.000-08:002004-12-17T10:48:26.810-08:00

... and curiouser. Often times you see problems in front of you that seem so difficult to surmount. Your basic belief is that once the problem has been solved you are home free. Right after you climb the hill you see a bigger hill and the one you are on doesn't appear as intimidating as it seemed before. It reminds me of a silly song we used to sing while traveling in a group, (strangely it's a

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103225866617176952004-12-16T11:13:00.000-08:002004-12-16T11:37:46.616-08:00

I have been trying to convince myself that despite the bird in the pocket (read one admit), I still need to stay on track and focus upon the goals I had set for myself while starting the admissions process. Unfortunately while crafting my strategy I never took into account the anxiety I would feel while awaiting the results, the time that preparing for interviews would take away from working on

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103138949755011072004-12-15T11:20:00.000-08:002004-12-15T15:20:47.956-08:00

n. pl. id·i·o·cies The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation. (Me!) In a funny twist to the saga of my Cornell application story, it turns out that I have been admitted to the class of 2007. The status on my application page reads as: We are delighted to inform you of your acceptance to the Cornell MBA program. Welcome to the Johnson School Class of 2007. You will

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103067651939882362004-12-14T15:36:00.000-08:002004-12-14T15:40:51.940-08:00

Still haven't heard from Cornell and all indications are that when I do hear from them it is going to be a ding. Several people on S2S have reported their admits, one of whom is Classy, so Congratulations go out to her and the rest of the folks on BW who have received the good news. While I was moping around sadly, I came across this post pointing to what has certainly been one of the funniest

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1103053323150951792004-12-14T11:23:00.000-08:002004-12-14T11:42:03.150-08:00

I had a pretty disturbed sleep last night. I kept hearing knocking for some reason on our front door. There was an apartment fire last year that we slept through and memories of empty smoke filled corridors and the noise of fire engines are still vivid in my mind. That time we actually heard people knocking faintly on our door but paid no heed to it since we thought it was the wind, now if I ever

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102963979438411492004-12-13T10:40:00.000-08:002004-12-13T11:31:26.476-08:00

Slight pre-ponment on the Wharton R1 decision release date. Definitely a matter that has been thrashed around on almost all the blogs I read this morning. So don't want to get into it other than send a heartfelt thank you to the admissions committee. Every minute of preponement is balm to my nerves. I only wish it was pre-poned some more. My money was on the 16th, the logic? 'Preponement of One

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102704778131970792004-12-10T10:35:00.000-08:002004-12-10T10:53:57.650-08:00

... for today is foggy skies. The weather seems to be following my mood swings. There was a storm with lots of rain for the last couple of days when it rained heavily. Today there is a dense fog where visibility is down to 40 Ft. Likewise I was pretty keyed up in the past couple of days but today I feel dull and slow. I am actually getting some work done and haven't spent more than 30 mins

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102612285285839782004-12-09T08:44:00.000-08:002004-12-09T09:15:16.086-08:00

As if I did not have enough things to worry about. Just as I start to get everything under control there comes another to add to the stress. Apparently Kellogg has already started releasing its R1 results, way ahead of my worry schedule. I had initially penciled it in post January first week after I had drunk the cup of sorrow or joy based upon what Wharton and Cornell thought of me and my

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102530863350331382004-12-08T10:22:00.000-08:002004-12-08T10:38:34.636-08:00

That's me! I have been so jumpy today it is not funny. With the knowledge that schools often call people to let them know about admissions decisions in advance, I have been jumping every instance the phone rings, tripping over furniture and being extra nice to surprised telemarketers. I know Wednesday is a little too early to expect those calls, but tell that to my nervous system. This morning

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102454946005746152004-12-07T13:29:00.000-08:002004-12-07T14:15:27.246-08:00

Couldn't resist posting this one, apparently in a sting operation a cat managed to get a MBA conferred upon it. One of the schools that were the victims of the crime was the University of Pennsylvania. Now I just need to make note of the website, in case I don't make the cut for Wharton. :-D

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102447318987251382004-12-07T10:58:00.000-08:002004-12-07T11:52:59.410-08:00

I was thinking just this morning that there are 15 days left before Wharton releases its numbers, and after getting to work I check Hella's blog and lo behold I see a countdown clock. Thought it was pretty cool, so decided to get one for my blog as well. For those of you who are interested in getting the same, here is a link that will generate the code required for the countdown clock for you.

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102362847340890812004-12-06T11:40:00.000-08:002004-12-06T16:15:54.956-08:00

Sum total of all work done towards essays over the last weekend = 0 I guess the absolute relief I felt at the conclusion of the Wharton saga has left me feeling extremely mellow. Can't seem to summon up the drive and energy I usually count on to get my through the long hours of introspection - writing essays. But for this I can lay partial blame on my wife, who having had to share me with the

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102218538047654462004-12-04T19:19:00.000-08:002004-12-04T19:51:49.663-08:00

And finally it is over. The much awaited, much debated and much dreaded interview with the Wharton AdCom has come and gone. Definitely the one bright spot in an otherwise horrible day. The presentation I was to make did not quite go as well as expected. My turn came about an hour after its scheduled time, due to major over runs by some of my predecessors. The moral of the story here is to never

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102097441301458512004-12-03T09:54:00.000-08:002004-12-03T10:10:41.300-08:00

... time for everything I guess. Today after close to 4 years of working for the same company, my colleagues got to see me in my business casual glory! It was funny, as expected the comments on interviewing flew thick and deep, till I mentioned I had a presentation to make for the VP and several directors. That wasn't enough to quell the comments, since I doubt anyone of us has ever dressed up

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1102007497096254122004-12-02T08:46:00.000-08:002004-12-02T09:11:37.096-08:00

The Wharton website has proved to be a treasure-trove of information. It is amazing that every time I visit it, I learn something new about the school and the process or gain more insight into something specific. This in turn leads to me kicking myself for not taking the time our earlier to incorporate this research in my essays. I am not sure if this is a universal feeling felt by all applicants

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1101925942231930632004-12-01T10:20:00.000-08:002004-12-01T10:36:23.750-08:00

to the finish line is .... DirtyMartini who was invited by Columbia to join their class of 2007. A large round of applause. The rest of us after a brief spark of happiness are back in our little wells of despondency. The wait stretches on in its interminable fashion with minutes passing like hours. The only saving grace is my much neglected work which has finally rebelled like a stream after the

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1101841731828650412004-11-30T10:39:00.000-08:002004-11-30T11:08:51.853-08:00

This time it is BritChick who is taking it away! :) Congratulations on a Stanford invite. With a 6-8 % acceptance ratio, Stanford is probably one of the most exclusive schools out there and they invite very few students to interview. So getting one of those precious interviews definitely speaks about BritChick's candidacy and applications. Hope it goes well. And here I was complaining about the

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1101755910624563932004-11-29T11:05:00.000-08:002004-11-29T11:18:30.623-08:00

My first day back from vacation has been chaotic to say the least. I can't believe how much work has piled up in my absence of 3 days, with huge email threads floating around and deadlines set on a half day basis. In my attempt to cope with the workload, I haven't been able to find time to chew on all my impressions from the whirlwind trip and try to bring some semblance of order. I haven't even

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1101616798923260452004-11-27T20:39:00.000-08:002004-11-27T22:03:52.810-08:00

Just got back from my week long "vacation", tired to the bone and completely in the need for a vacation to recover from my trip. I traveled approximately 1200 miles by car over 6 days, and flew for a total of 19 hours cross country from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back, but all said and done it was one of the best trips that I have ever made. The memories and experiences that I took back will

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100978888196439252004-11-20T11:13:00.000-08:002004-11-20T11:28:08.196-08:00

Steady! GO ... This is the evening I fly out on my trip to the NE. As usual, numerous things are left undone, the packing hasn't begun, and the house is in a complete mess. But the wife is the super efficient, proactive types, so the moment she gets back home, I am confident that she will have things in hand. I am trying to accomplish the chores she listed out for me before stepping out in the

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100904524543195622004-11-19T14:24:00.000-08:002004-11-19T16:40:19.300-08:00

The past 24 hours have been incredibly busy for me and it is only late in the afternoon that I have had the time to check news and the various blogs I follow. About 60% of the time was spent in work related stuff with another 20% in taking a friend to the hospital for surgery and ensuring that my name is spelt right as the emergency contact. The final 20% which is probably what this post will

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100805847858833102004-11-18T11:04:00.000-08:002004-11-18T11:24:07.856-08:00

I was on S2S all morning reading through the dings and approval notes when I came across some questions on essays, GMAT scores, strategies, etc. And it struck me hard that as R1 was winding down, R2 was just ramping up. People were finding their feet, researching the school, attempting to make contact with others who shared the same misery as them. Since my mind for the past few days is on war

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100762812399443042004-11-17T23:23:00.000-08:002004-11-17T23:26:52.400-08:00

In the spirit of the blogging community, wanted to report the news as it breaks. Just got the news that Da Raver LA received his interview invite some 25 mins ago. Congratulations to Da Raver.

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100714898518438822004-11-17T09:53:00.000-08:002004-11-17T10:08:18.520-08:00

This has been one strong batch of bloggers. I am not sure how blogging ties in with Business school, but most if not all the bloggers seem to have succeeded extremely well with their applications. It is time for someone to analyze this relationship. This morning there has been a virtual deluge of invitations from Wharton with several bloggers getting themselves wet to the skin. A huge shout out

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100678440008876952004-11-16T23:58:00.000-08:002004-11-17T00:00:40.006-08:00

Not the fake one that football players like to claim they are in, but the real stuff. I happen to be a war buff and have spent the past few hours reading some of the oral history of the soldiers who participated in the Suez Canal tiff in 1956. Here is the link for those of you who are interested in such stuff http://britains-smallwars.com/suez/suez-index.html

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100629046156587712004-11-16T09:58:00.000-08:002004-11-16T10:35:22.226-08:00

Yeah! Looking forward to this weekend when I fly down to the East coast. This is going to be my first time in NY city and I am looking forward to the sights. I have a pretty packed itinerary planned for the 7 days that I will spend there. I will be trying to combine the vacation with visits to several of the schools that I am applying too. Will be stopping at Ithaca (Cornell), Boston (HBS, Sloan

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100568877299237172004-11-15T17:32:00.000-08:002004-11-15T17:34:37.300-08:00

Not sure if my tirade against HaloScan sometime in the past has made the difference, but for some reason my comments haven't been working properly. While I can see and post comments onto my blog, the count doesn't seem to be working. Ah! Well, hope the problem fixes itself, or it will be off with the old and on with the new.

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100548028488455102004-11-15T11:27:00.000-08:002004-11-15T13:43:55.146-08:00

Back from a somewhat busy weekend. I was working through most of the weekend researching the schools for which I have interviews scheduled. I am pleased to say that I am greatly heartened by the results. Though I had researched most schools, I hadn't drilled down to the bottom. This new insight is making me feel better about my choices so far. While I feel validated in my reasons to apply to the

aregon23http://www.blogger.com/profile/17380873200274569246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813518.post-1100306321298343152004-11-12T13:45:00.000-08:002004-11-12T16:38:41.296-08:00

Yet another Friday has come and gone. It never ceases to amaze me how time flies. I remember my undergraduate years, when time seemed to crawl, some days were so hot, slow and lazy, that I spent quite a bit of the day in bed with a good book, refusing to peak outside my bed covers. And now, the only way I can keep track of the passing weeks is by what I did on the weekend. Last year, I was

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