I read somewhere.... it was about either stanford or MIT-sloan. In the first class of MBA, the dean routinely asks how many people here are not sure about what they want to do post MBA.... and about 80% people raise their hands. Thats reality, remember, all these students have written outstanding essays that were convincing enough to pick them above a lot of really smart and motivated people...... thats how this game is played. You need to articulate well enough to be convincing, you need to sound serious enough to be taken seriously..... I think what they are looking for is your ability to make plans, your ability to tell a story, sell a story. It has to be plausible, but all schools know how many people end up doing what they wrote in their essays This may turn out to b the biggest decision of our lives, and getting jitters is what we all expect. It would be abnormal if you didn't get jitters. Your list is doable, get a comfort school if you want, but you may very well be comfortable with the list you have, you have worked on it. Give the schools time to grow on you, work on generic essays in the meantime.... there's still time, there's still opportunity to explore further..... and when you get into your school, that will be the beginning of aother lifetime of exploration..... lets enjoy the process... before long we'll be nostalgic about these days.
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hi mbastar - i'm a fellow mba hopeful and new to the world of mba applicant blogs. i read your response and really liked your perspective. it's easy to forget that there are others out there like me who may know 150% that they want to go to business school, but are significantly less confident about the path afterwards. -ardentmeerkat
thanks ardent. glad you iked it
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