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Fridays From The Frontline

"Hello there and welcome to another Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s compilation of the most recent thoughts, feelings and actions around the MBA blogosphere. Time stops for no man, woman or blogger and we’re glad to see that b-school bloggers are perpetually up to the task of keeping up with the pesky tick tock of the world’s clock..."
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Columbia's Admit Week Debrief

"This past weekend was Columbia’s Open House for admitted students. It was 2 days (fri and sat) of jam-packed introductions, panels, classes,receptions and networking. It was all incredibly fun and simultaneously exhausting. A few people actually recognized me from this blog which is embarrassing enough but one of them was an admissions officer! (seems like I need to get better at this anonymity thing) Read on for the juicy details..."
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Musings on Kellogg's Differentiators

"The business schools try very hard to differentiate themselves. Yet, just reading Tieny’s Columbia admit weekend debrief reminds me of how similar the top schools are... right down to bragging about the achievements of the admits at the admit weekend. The business schools are more similar than different. As soon as one innovates something, the others quickly copy..."
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Source: Managing Magic

What I Wish I'd Known About MBA Admissions

"My experience of applying for business school was one hell of a long haul. I think I first started thinking about doing an MBA in the Fall of 2006. It took me a long time to get myself moving; it took me until early 2008 to get my GMAT done. Then it was a whirlwind season of essays, interviews and everything else. Orlando has posted some excellent advice on shaping up an MBA application. Apart from what he has written, if I were to go through it again, there are some specific things that would have been useful for me to have known upfront..."
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High off Networking

"I am high off networking lately. I always thought I hated networking because I’m pretty genuine and hate fake people above all others, but it turns out networking can mean meeting a lot of interesting people.Meeting so many new people has been one of the best parts of researching b-school. As they say, it’s like dating. Only more fun. You think I’m joking..."
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First Job Application

"I’m working on my first job application. Booz & Co. offers a summer internship for selected female students (from many top US schools) in a European office. Plus your 2nd year of tuition is covered. Sweet. I figured I might as well apply since it’s not too much effort to put together a cover letter and ask my recommenders to send a reference letter my way. Any Booz-ites want to give me tips?..."
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