Saturday, 05 March 2005

Wharton interview (and LBS update)

Just my luck: the day before I'm due to fly out to do my hub-interview with Wharton, the worst snowfall since 20 years hits the country. Needless to say, the airport was in a severe state of disarray and my outbound flight left with an hour and a half delay (fortunately I had booked my flights with enough time to spare for this type of delay).

The interview itself went alright I think, it was nice meeting Alex of amongst others S2S fame. The 30 minutes flew by, and I just hope that it was enough time to convey what I'm about and why I'm so passionate about Wharton. One of the many things that I'm particularly struck by (in a positive sense) are the Wharton Student Diaries and I told Alex so. Wharton's own cross of a soap and The Real World gives a good insight in what it's really like being a student at Wharton.
The questions were those that have been mentioned by others on the S2S boards (Why did I choose my degrees, why MBA, why Wharton, what do I like to do in my spare time), and there was some room for me to ask some questions. I prepared by going through the S2S boards and reading other people's blogs (see to the right). Now the wait continues.

After the interview, I had a fabulous lunch with a friend of mine, did some shopping, and then headed back to the airport, only to find out that my flight was canceled due to the bad weather on the other side, and the airline wasn't sure if the next, and last, flight would go.... I was put on standby, and luckily was able to fly home two and a half hours later. All in all a pretty eventful day!

On a different note: I've received details about my LBS interview, which is likely to be held this week.

5 Mar 2005 17:07:00 | Prepping for LBS

The comments to this entry are closed.

NEXT POST
NL: Wharton interview Mijn Wharton interview ging goed, al was de rest van de dag een beetje vreemd. Er lag zoveel sneeuw dat Schiphol helemaal in de stress zat, en mijn vlucht naar Heathrow 's ochtends anderhalf uur vertraging had. Na een snelle kop thee op Paddington spoedde ik me naar Green Park underground station, om erachter te komen dat ik het precieze adres thuis had laten liggen! Na een beetje rondvragen, wat gestress en een paar minuten te laat kwam ik dan toch waar ik wezen moest. Het interview zelf vloog voorbij, ik denk dat het goed ging, en de tijd vloog voorbij. Na 30 min stond ik weer buiten. The long wait continues.... Status: IESE: interview gehad; Wharton: interview gehad; LBS: interview in week van 7 maart; Stanford: nog niks gehoord (de geruchten gaan dat zij nog tot 26 maart uitnodigingen voor interview versturen). Op 24 maart is de uitslag van LBS en Wharton, op 31 maart de uitslag van IESE en Stanford.
PREVIOUS POST
To phone or not to... The other day, I had a discussion with someone over taking your mobile phone with you wherever you go. He takes it everywhere, I don't. Sometimes I just don't need to talk to others or have others have the ability to talk to me. I don't need to talk to someone on the phone when I'm doing grocery shopping, visiting a museum or picking out my weekly supply of books at the library. He retorted that he would never be able to live with himself if something happened to someone, they had wanted to contact him, but he didn't have his mobile phone on him. There's a point there, I admit, but somehow I just can't get myself to take my mobile with me wherever I go. I need some downtime. Without other people interfering. Selfish as that may be, but it's one of the ways I help keep myself sane. I believe that communication options such as mobile phones and PDAs are just that: options, not default. This entry, in part, was sparked by a blog-entry from Attagirl and an article she referred to on HBS Working Knowledge.

DivineMissN

The Typepad Team

Search

My Other Accounts

Recent Comments