I have the next two years of my life figured out.

It's official. I drank the Kool Aid. I had a fabulous time at Kellogg, and realized what a great fit it is for me. It was a jam-packed agenda of lots of rah rah stuff, mini classes, etc., and a good bit of drinking. I met some fabulously interesting people, both current students and admits.

I am so happy and at peace. And excited. So very excited.

Best wishes and good luck to everyone with their debating and decisions!

Alas, Stanford, I barely knew thee

Well, I've lived in LA, SF and NYC... Chi-town, here I come!

Anxiety turns to butterflies

The last couple of weeks I have been buzzing with an equal amount of energy as I had the months before, however my anxiety has turned to excitement. Hooray. Now making decisions about when/where to attend as opposed to "if" to attend is a very welcome blessing.

In other news, all of my friends who applied have been admitted to at least one school they really wanted to go to, which is AWESOME. Two good friends are going to Day at Kellogg with me, others have been to Stanford, HBS admit weekends... and one is potentially going to Wharton. Fantastic. I am so happy for my friends. :)

In other news, I am very very tired of recovering from my throat surgery. I would post pictures of it, but nice girls don't post pictures of their surgery wounds. Ick. Needless to say, I'm on a steady diet of ice cream and milkshakes, and although it sounds like a little slice of heaven, I have never craved salty crunch forbidden foods more in my life. (Or booze!!) Staying home on St. Patty's Day with my DVD player instead of drinking my weight in beer is... well, truly an atrocity. But I will find a way to make up for it, you can be sure of that.

Hmm. This is clearly a pointless, meaningless, Tylenol-with-Codeine induced brain dump. Enjoy, and look forward to meeting many of you at admitted student weekends, admitted student meet-ups in NY, or at Blogapalooza in a few weeks.

P.S. Can anyone verify if McDonalds is doing Shamrock Shakes this year? The one thing my post-surgery heart desires, and it looks as if they have discontinued them! It is a TRAVESTY.

I'm a lucky girl

Good news, I'm in to Tuck! Hooray, I am a very lucky girl! Funniest part of the story is that I had a tonsillectomy yesterday, so when I got the call from adcom I had to whisper to them on the phone. (hooray, thank you!!)

Crossing my fingers for everyone!!

Man, this Tylenol with Codeine is making me spacy...

Psssst.... Stanford. Remember me?

As each day passes it looks as though my b-school decision is more and more final... and thankfully I'm quite pleased with it.

Stanford has yet to even show the slightest hint of interest, which leads me to believe at this point that I will likely end up without interview, and a ding. I'm disappointed, as I invested a TON of time in my Stanford app (2x more than any other school), so would at least like to know I was given some consideration. Still, c'est la vie.

All things considered, I think Kellogg will actually be the right fit for me. Touchy feely, friendly people, a raucous parody band (OMG I CAN'T WAIT), laid-back, fun students.... bring it.

There's really no other b-school related news from me. I've more-or-less given up on a Stanford interview, and I'll hear about Tuck in a couple weeks...

Bon chance, everyone! Any other Kellogg admits out there? Going to DAK?

A little background on me

I'm a new addition to the BW forums/MBA blogging scene. I have a "regular" blog, but given that I have nothing but b-school on the brain these days, I am enjoying "joining" this community. (Apparently I am also "enjoying" excessive use of "quotation marks." Be assured I am not making the annoying gesture that goes with them. But I thought about it.)

I will soon be celebrating my 25th birthday, between the Tuck and Stanford announce dates, in fact. In the meantime, I am chugging along, feeling my heart stop beating every. time. I. get. an. email, and am in most other ways a typical b-school applicant.

In that I am late to the game, I have not told my amusing (but typical) stories of late night essay-writing, begging recommenders to submit more than 20 minutes before the deadline, and practicing pithy answers to, "Well, one example of when I failed is..." I look forward to the day when many of us can come together over beers, either at admit weekends or orientation weeks, and share our war stories.

In the meantime... who are you? Where are you applying? What's going on in your head these days?

An update, finally

Since my brief and vague post, I have had very exciting news!

I have been admitted to Kellogg's Class of 2008. Hooray. I am thrilled! I screamed, yelled, and basically made a jackass of myself on the phone. I don't think they can withdraw admissions based on the idiotic ramblings of a recent admit... but I'd rather not find out.

I also applied to Stanford and Tuck (round two to all schools) and am waiting to hear any news from those two. I have not yet received an invitation to interview at Stanford, and am anxiously awaiting any news from them.

Best of luck to all other MBA bloggers out there!