At this point all my applications have been submitted and I am in the territory that MBA and any college applicants dread…the doldrums of waiting for an interview. The admissions blogs give all sorts of advice for this time period: don’t bug the adcom, improve your profile, take a math class, don’t do anything at all, etc. Of course, none of it helps. Us poor applicants are in the purgatory of the application process, our emotions in the hands of the overlords known as the admissions committee. Each email from a school starts our heart fluttering, only to find out that it’s just a notice that our application materials are complete, or interview invites will be sent out February 8th (you know who I’m talking about).
Luckily, I have been busy looking at additional schools to apply to and finishing my Hawaii application that I didn’t have much time to worry. I have only logged into the application web sites like 3 times since hitting that submit button. I am sure there’s some out there that check daily. Here’s some advice:
- Just wait and avoid your application status site. Don’t look at it every 2 hours.
- Don’t listen to any rumors on blogs. Only listen to official sources.
- Find a hobby, immerse yourself in it.
- Join Toastmasters to work on your speaking skills.
The second bit up there is my topic for the rest of this post. In checking my application status at Columbia I noticed the twitter feed nicely embedded in the page. This prompted me to check for admissions committee’s blogs. I hadn’t really paid much attention to official blogs since hitting submit. I was trying to avoid it.
It turns out that Michigan sent out their final wave of interview invites on January 22nd. I didn’t receive an interview request so I didn’t make the cut. After reading further I learned that I am in one of two categories: waitlisted, or denied. Of course, I still have to wait until March 18 for the results. So, this looks like my first official Ding!
This is going to be a long two months. Looks like I’ll have time to get some work done on the rest of this site!
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Hang in there buddy! I went through this for three rounds so remember it well! I think there’s some sense in “preparing” for your interviews – those skills never go to waste – but it sounds like you’ve got that covered by your Toastmasters activities.
Good luck with the wait and at least you have some cyber buddies to share the burden with.
Good luck for the decision!! We’d be happy to add your blog in the list of our MBA bloggers http://gmatclub.com/forum/directory-of-mba-applicant-blogs-164346.html Let me know if you are interested.
Thanks!