Saturday, September 23, 2006
Bad mood - more rage
Regularly checking many applicants' blogs this year (thank you guys and gals, you all do a great job), I noticed that September is a depressing time for many of us. Pressure at work, issues in private life, essays content exhaustion, and all of a sudden the first deadline is in less than one month :) Some people say, after all the race of taking GMAT and TOEFL, winning the best recommenders' attention and so on, they really consider giving it all up for a second round or even next year...
My thought of the moment is that the deeper in problems you are, the more important your application is. Why? Because it is your future. For me, my decision to start application process this summer was in a manner of passing free time after I completed my postgraduate studies. I thought I had a point, that I would not be serious about admission - if I would not be accepted, no problem at all. Of course, my attitude changed very soon after I started. As it obviously can be said about mostly every one of talented business school applicants, if I undertake a task, I go all out on it. But what is the most important realization of my present day is that now I understand: in the middle of my current situation, when my present employer all of a sudden turned his back upon me and, in a bad Russian tradition, exercises in finding illegal ways of dismissing me and several other employees, a chance to win admission to a school gives me a power to hope for better future. No matter if I will not win the fight against my current problems (and no matter if I will not gain admission), what matters is that during my application process I gained a feeling that I am worth a good future. Through reflection on challenges I had in my past, through listing my achievements and valuable gainings of my past and present, I gained confidence. Maybe I am pathetic :) Whatever - I hope that every and each applicant who fights bad circumstances at the moment feels some confidence and high selfestimation. We will do it, this way or other :)
My thought of the moment is that the deeper in problems you are, the more important your application is. Why? Because it is your future. For me, my decision to start application process this summer was in a manner of passing free time after I completed my postgraduate studies. I thought I had a point, that I would not be serious about admission - if I would not be accepted, no problem at all. Of course, my attitude changed very soon after I started. As it obviously can be said about mostly every one of talented business school applicants, if I undertake a task, I go all out on it. But what is the most important realization of my present day is that now I understand: in the middle of my current situation, when my present employer all of a sudden turned his back upon me and, in a bad Russian tradition, exercises in finding illegal ways of dismissing me and several other employees, a chance to win admission to a school gives me a power to hope for better future. No matter if I will not win the fight against my current problems (and no matter if I will not gain admission), what matters is that during my application process I gained a feeling that I am worth a good future. Through reflection on challenges I had in my past, through listing my achievements and valuable gainings of my past and present, I gained confidence. Maybe I am pathetic :) Whatever - I hope that every and each applicant who fights bad circumstances at the moment feels some confidence and high selfestimation. We will do it, this way or other :)
# posted by Nat4mba : 3:03 PM
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Hey! Sorry to hear abt the situation @ ur workplace.
Dont worry, this will be a roller coaster ride for u. You will realise so many facets to yourself that you will be surprised you are so good! :)
Best of luck! :)
Dont worry, this will be a roller coaster ride for u. You will realise so many facets to yourself that you will be surprised you are so good! :)
Best of luck! :)
nothing wrong with second round.
as a matter of fact, there are also some advantages to not apply during the first one.
only very few people apply during the first round, and the university will try to hold on to scholarships, because they don't know yet what will be the actual pool of applicants in later rounds (when the majority of people apply). so you might not get the financial aid package you would get in the second round.
2nd round seems to be perfect in this regard.
i applied during 2nd round, and got very competitive aids from every school (the worst package being only 5 thousand dollars short of full tuition coverage).
the thing is, if you think you can turn in a better application during 2nd round (better essays,better recommendations), most definitely do so.
as a matter of fact, there are also some advantages to not apply during the first one.
only very few people apply during the first round, and the university will try to hold on to scholarships, because they don't know yet what will be the actual pool of applicants in later rounds (when the majority of people apply). so you might not get the financial aid package you would get in the second round.
2nd round seems to be perfect in this regard.
i applied during 2nd round, and got very competitive aids from every school (the worst package being only 5 thousand dollars short of full tuition coverage).
the thing is, if you think you can turn in a better application during 2nd round (better essays,better recommendations), most definitely do so.
# posted by 
: 12:55 AM
: 12:55 AM
yuj
I did not mean that holding and application till the second round is a shame. I was talking about those cases when people had reasons to apply in the first round but had to delay due to unwanted circumstances.
Personally, I don't think that second round is better by means of greater chances to get financial support. To the opposite, many schools underline that in order to get support an applicant should better apply as early as possible. But my opinion did not play any role when I wrote my post.
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I did not mean that holding and application till the second round is a shame. I was talking about those cases when people had reasons to apply in the first round but had to delay due to unwanted circumstances.
Personally, I don't think that second round is better by means of greater chances to get financial support. To the opposite, many schools underline that in order to get support an applicant should better apply as early as possible. But my opinion did not play any role when I wrote my post.
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