Go Trojans

Is it wrong that one of my top choices for business schools is USC, partially because of their unbelievable football team? I love football, specifically college football, and I would love to be a student at one of the top football programs in the country... (I think I would look pretty ridiculous if I said that during an interview).

USC's strength, besides Matt Leinhart and Reggie Bush, also lies in its amazing alumni network across Southern California. Seeing how I want to eventually settle in Southern California, a USC MBA may actually open more doors than a Yale or Wharton MBA (I may be delusional but I don't see a big east coast MBA presence in California).

Assuming the planets and stars are lined up and I get into one of the east coast schools plus USC, it'll be a very difficult decision to make...........

Wharton Interview

Today I finally had my Wharton interview. After getting no responses from 4 alumni in SF, I finally was able to schedule one before Thanksgiving. I'm so glad I chose to do an alumni interview over on-campus because I lucked out and had an interviewer who was also a Boy Scout and also graduated from Berkeley (Cal crushed Stanfurd in the big game last Sat, go bears!). Because we had things in common, the interview started on a positive tone and went very smoothly. The questions were very similar to the Yale interview (why did you choose your school/major? describe chronologically your career path. why an MBA? why Wharton? why now? what would you do if you got rejected? describe professional/personal qualities/achievements...) and there were no hard questions like describe your 3 worst qualities. Another advantage to an alumni interview is you are not necessarily confined to the time constraints as you would be if you had to reserve a specific time slot on-campus. I was fortunate to have a long interview (a little over an hour) that let me get across my main points that I wanted to express. I felt the Yale interview (on campus) was too short and I didn't articulate everything that I intended for the interviewer to learn. The good part is at this point, my application is complete and now the only thing for me to do is wait for a decision. I know I put forth my best effort, so I won't be too crushed if I get rejected everywhere. I'm still nervous because similar to Yale, half of the candidates that get interviewed get rejected. Ahwells, time to flip a coin!

#Hello World#

Hello Internet surfers and welcome to my brand spanking new blog. After reading other MBA blogs found at http://mbaleague.blogspot.com/, I decided to start my own blog to chronicle the business school application process and perhaps digress at times to other topics. I would be thrilled if I got into any of the schools I'm applying to, and will share the ups and downs I'll feel over the next few months. If you don't like what I post, start your own blog!