We actually love Ross but this season, and especially after the first round, not so much. They probably thought they were being fair and applicant-friendly in the decision to not reject any of their Round 1 candidates . But really, the unintended consequences of that in terms of emotional impact on applicants are severe. Here […]
Continue reading...($) Can you be too old to get into an MBA program?
Dang, applying to business school can be tough on the emotions!! Round 1 decisions aren’t all out yet, but a lot of schools have released by now, and it’s caused a lot of consternation — because yeah, getting rejected, or getting waitlisted, this is a tough thing to have happen. You make it all the […]
Continue reading...What if you’ve collected more rejections than invitations?
We’re now at about the halfway point for Round 1 and many of you have seen lots of activity on your applications! We’re hearing of plenty of interview invitations coming in, and lots of excited and nervous Brave Supplicants who are gearing up to make a solid Zoompression. (We’ve got an MBA Interview Prep Guide […]
Continue reading...What Harvard says to you on Tuesday is near-meaningless
Well, unless of course, if Harvard says they want to meet you to interview. For the loads of other candidates who are going to be told, “sorry” and given the so-called Early Release from Harvard’s Round 1, next Tuesday is going to massively suck. A very large percentage of those people are actually TOTALLY QUALIFIED […]
Continue reading...Why it hurts so much to get rejected from bschool
Many Round 1 applicants have already been getting those happy phone calls with news from admissions folks telling you that you’re in. Or those calls will be coming today, or tomorrow, or soon. Others though are facing the prospect of your phone never ringing, and sometime this week or next, having to log onto the […]
Continue reading...Some cool schools give feedback
Dang. You didn’t make it in. 🙁 BUT WHY??? Most schools are explicit with a no-feedback policy. All decisions are final, and they’re unable to talk to you about it because they don’t have the bandwidth to field all of those calls. But some schools are much more generous with their time and attention and […]
Continue reading...The dejection of rejection
Amidst all the high-fives and congratulations flying around lately, there have also been some very sad Brave Supplicants. If you haven’t made it into bschool this round, you’re probably feeling pretty darned bad about things. You’re probably beating yourself up. Feeling plenty of regret. Replaying the sequence of events and kicking yourself over one thing […]
Continue reading...We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: All MBA decisions are independent events.
Now that the craziness of the first round deadlines is behind you, we wanted to make an important point clear: All school decisions are independent events. We have touched on this at regular points throughout the life of the blahg, including this post on “I got into one school, should I now try for a […]
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“Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way” – J.K.Rowling
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“There’s a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.” – Lou Reed
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