tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18875045.post5944164806642680476..comments2023-08-27T02:38:12.542-05:00Comments on The Brain Dump: The Real WorldCheetarah1980http://www.blogger.com/profile/07030323484936160187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18875045.post-11614508405957605002012-06-14T13:19:04.164-05:002012-06-14T13:19:04.164-05:00Not going to lie, this stung a little. The truth h...Not going to lie, this stung a little. The truth hurts, I know.<br /><br />I keep wishing to be able to finally narrow down my school list but I'm sure I will probably be mulling it over all summer. I was an excellent student at a fine state school and I have had very solid career in the nonprofit world, but there is a decided lack of sparkle to my package. I wish it didn't matter, but it does.<br /><br />Still, it is hard...particularly when I look at friends who are Wharton and Stanford grads and I KNOW that I am just as smart and talented. I guess I may just have to live with the fact that I can get a degree from a fine (but not extra sparkly) business school and just go on knowing in my own head that I am better than my friends ;)Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18875045.post-56698348963736705812012-06-14T12:34:56.274-05:002012-06-14T12:34:56.274-05:00Whew. Longtime reader here. I agree with you, but ...Whew. Longtime reader here. I agree with you, but I definitely have a crazy different background than anyone I've met and Kellog, Tuck and Duke all admitted me this year (headed to Kellogg in the fall). I actually think you're generalizing everyone into one of two camps - blue chip and other - instead of the three camps that really exist. Sure "blue chip" is the largest group, but for aspiring applicants, "other" should be divided as "boring" and "exciting". Seriously! I have a little bit of a blue chip background (2 out of 6 years) but the other 4 years have been crazy exciting with startups that no one's heard of and enough stories to write a tell-all about the tech/entertainment industry. If someone's applying without blue chip experience, I say go for it as long as it's exciting/different/scandalous... and to be honest, it's us different ones who make bschool fun for the rest of ya'll squares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com