The Brain Dump

I started to consider getting my MBA late last summer. I knew that I needed to take the GMAT and write a ton of essays in order to apply.  I...

I would like to take a break from all of the b-school talk to discuss something that's been on my mind lately... About a month ago I...

I have yet to apply to any schools, but I'm so done with b-school. I'm done with MBA Fairs, school information sessions, diversity w...

I spent this past weekend in New York City. Although my all consuming need to live in NYC has subsided in recent years, it's still my ha...

It's hot. The Weather Channel says that it's 97 degrees right now and that temperatures will reach 102 by the afternoon. People are ...

I hate mornings. Let me clarify. I hate weekday mornings. Mornings suck from Monday through Friday. Why? Because weekday mornings mean going...

Last Thursday I received my 9th annual, "Congratulations on getting through another year without getting fired!" e-mail from the c...

Round 1 has officially started for me. Kellogg School of Management released their application essays last week, three required 600 word es...

I wasn't getting it. I'd gone through the entire quantitative section of the Kaplan 2011 GMAT Premier study guide. I'd read thro...

My old roommate called me the other day. He wanted to share his latest running accomplishment: 4 miles in one hour and ten minutes, an avera...

"I think you should have lunch with him." I stared at Chesty LaRue through squinted eyes, surprised by her declaration. I gave h...

I get easily annoyed with people who won't let things go. People make mountains out of molehills and obsess incessantly over things tha...

I'm embarking on a journey. Five years ago, if someone told me that I'd be taking this journey I would have punched them in the face...

"You scare me." My eyebrow shot up and I adjusted the phone against my ear. "I scare you?" I repeated, wanting to be sur...

It's official. I won't be spending the latter half of 2007 the way I envisioned. No classes, no workshops, no papers. I held out hop...

It's past 9 p.m., closer to 10, and I have yet to shower today. The smells emanating from my crevices occassional waft past my unsuspect...

Dear ABC: YouTube has compelled me to ask you for a huge, ginormous, astronomical favor. I could possibly be asking for too much, but what ...

I have a laundry list of wants: a thin body, huge hair, admission to grad school, a life in New York, a new BCBG dress, and a littany of oth...

In the five years since we met I had never seen him as anything more than a short (5'9"), obnoxious, constantly inebriated Jamaican...

If anyone asks me why I did it, I can give them a lot of reasons. It was 3 a.m. and delirium had set in hours ago. Boredom led me to it. My ...