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trdl23
10/26/19 7:44:20 PM
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I am in the airport getting back from my Yale admissions interview as I posted a few weeks back, and I dont have anywhere else to track this stuff, so what the hell, why not here.

Current status
Yale: Interview complete will get decision on Dec. 4
Ross (Michigan): Interview invitation received; need to schedule it
Harvard: Application almost completed, need to revise essay
Wharton: Application not started
Chicago: Application not started; not sure I want to live here
Stanford: Application not started; not sure I want to live here

If worse comes to worst I can definitely get it from my alma mater but I want to aim higher, especially because I am already past the first hurdle at two great programs.

Yale was surprisingly chill. I like it there everyone seemed collaborative in the class I attended, people were raising each other up, and they hard commit to interdisciplinary instruction. Plus they actually give a shit about academics, which matters to me because I dont know much about investing, finance, etc. I have been exclusively supply chain and customer-side-focused in my career so far, so I want to get a bigger view.

I also got to talk to a guy whos made a damn good career in private equity, and he offered to send me a presentation he often gives that outlines the basics of it. That was cool.

Michigan is up next, which is great because I can literally just walk to it if need be. I am not expecting it to be as cozy as Yale, but I am sure they will have their own unique selling points.

This is mostly just to organize my own thoughts and track myself (the threat of purge will force me to update on a regular basis), but if you guys have comments and/or advice, feel free.
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LordoftheMorons
10/26/19 7:46:43 PM
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Dont know anything about any of the programs; Ann Arbor is a cool place though.

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trdl23
10/26/19 8:05:50 PM
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I already live in Ann Arbor so it would be pretty darn convenient for housing! That being said, I have lived in this state for 28 years...
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LordoftheMorons
10/26/19 8:26:39 PM
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I guess I also have the impression that Palo Alto is boring, but Ive only been to Stanford once myself

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trdl23
10/30/19 9:31:24 AM
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Update: Ross Interview scheduled for Nov. 9. Hopefully it wont snow.
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banananor
10/30/19 2:05:29 PM
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what are you planning on getting your master's in?

EDIT: OR PHD
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trdl23
10/30/19 2:08:23 PM
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Oh, shit. Talk about burying the lede.

I am getting my Masters in Business Administration (MBA). The question is just, where?
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banananor
10/30/19 7:47:30 PM
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Nice! I've always kind of wondered what sort of stuff they teach in that field- You'll be leading in no time
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trdl23
11/04/19 12:12:29 PM
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Interview at Ross I saw this Saturday! I meant to work on Harvard essay this weekend but needed to sleep from all the stress at work.
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Hannyabal
11/04/19 1:21:46 PM
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Nice! Im in the process of finishing up my applications to PhD programs in Public Health or Biostatistics. Yale, Michigan, and Harvard are also on my list, in addition to another 6 schools. Youre a bit further along in the process than I am (none of my applications are due until December, and I wont be finding anything out until March at the earliest). Best of luck to you!
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trdl23
11/08/19 3:11:32 PM
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Tomorrow is the big day. I'm meeting some other recruits tonight for dinner.
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trdl23
11/13/19 1:14:40 PM
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Didnt feel as good about the interview at Ross as I did at Yale. I always hate it when I have to go into the tank for like a minute to get a good answer to a question.
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trdl23
11/16/19 4:42:49 PM
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Working on Harvard's app now. As much as I hate tough word counts, having no word count is harder!
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ChaosTonyV4
11/16/19 6:36:23 PM
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trdl23 posted...
Didnt feel as good about the interview at Ross as I did at Yale. I always hate it when I have to go into the tank for like a minute to get a good answer to a question.


What kind of question?

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trdl23
11/16/19 7:47:07 PM
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...
trdl23 posted...
Didnt feel as good about the interview at Ross as I did at Yale. I always hate it when I have to go into the tank for like a minute to get a good answer to a question.


What kind of question?

It was something like "tell me about a time when you had conflict with a colleague, and how did you resolve it?" Problem is, I'm in a small office, and everyone in it works really well together. I ended up defaulting to an issue I'd had with our office in Japan, but that issue didn't get resolved in the positive way one would want to say in an interview; it's all I had.
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trdl23
11/25/19 1:24:20 AM
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Bump, no real updates to report.

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trdl23
12/03/19 2:57:35 PM
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Have a draft done for Harvard and hate it. I need to redo it completely.

Tomorrow is the big day for Yale... dear god Im nervous.

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trdl23
12/04/19 6:11:35 PM
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Fffffff I was told I would get the decision at 5 p.m. and now it's 6:10

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NFUN
12/04/19 6:30:05 PM
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applying to grad school makes me want to die

good luck on your journey

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trdl23
12/05/19 1:06:43 AM
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Okay. Waitlisted. Not quite what I was hoping, but getting put on the waitlist early is still a good sign... I think.

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trdl23
12/09/19 11:30:38 PM
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Sister assures me waitlist this early is practically in. She's rarely wrong; I hope she isn't wrong here.

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tazzyboyishere
12/10/19 6:53:22 PM
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My friend is in Harvard and says Boston blows

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trdl23
12/16/19 9:55:40 AM
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On the edge of my seat I will get a call from Michigan today ignore I got in.

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trdl23
12/17/19 10:15:40 PM
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No call from Michigan, so I didn't get in there clean. I'll find out tomorrow if I at least made the waitlist.

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