The Brain Dump

For the last month I have been going back and forth with myself about where to attend school. I've talked a ton of people to death about...

I'm struggling.  I have spent my entire day talking about where I will go to school in the fall.  I got a call from two Booth admits I m...

I keep getting the same two questions over and over again.  "Have you chosen a school yet?"and it's close cousin, "What...

The last time I updated this blog I was smack in the middle of Round 2.  I had completed my Booth interview, had just received an interview ...

In his ubiquitous hit song, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Marvin Gaye sang, "Believe maybe half of what you see and som...

I'll confess. I was getting worried.  Three weeks of invites had passed and my mailbox was conspicuously empty.  Well not empty, just la...

It is no secret that I like to participate in online MBA forums.  GMAT Club is my favorite.  I think that these sites are great resources fo...

I've been wanting to update my blog for the last few weeks but have been uber busy.  There's a ton I want to get into, like my Booth...

Let the speculation cease.  Since January 4 at  5:00 PM CST applicants to U of Chicago's Booth School of Business have been wondering w...

To my sorority sister who told me that the Cowboys would beat the Giants in the regular season finale, I say, "SUCK IT!!' To that...

I have not worked on a b-school application in over a week.  Although I am finished with applications I am a long way from through with the ...

I have a confession.  Two years ago I don't think that I was aware that the consulting industry existed.  MBB could have stood for Makin...

On Wednesday January 11, 2012 at 7:42 PM EST I submitted the last business school application I will ever complete! Cue the "Hallelujah...

It's been 8 days, 12 hours and 22 minutes since I got the admit call from Kellogg.  I'm still walking on sunshine, but I've star...

When Dorothy got caught in a twister, hit her head, and woke up in Oz, she couldn't have fathomed the characters that she would meet alo...

"I used to think maybe you loved me..." I'll be honest. This summer when I was reseraching schools, Kellogg didn't reall...

I know, I know, I know. I've been remiss with updating the blog. It's not that I haven't wanted to write an update; it's jus...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Brain Dump has gone viral. I logged into my Sitemeter account today and saw an astronomical upswing in my traffic,...

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...