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As I first starting planning to applying to B-school back in 2005 or 2006 I ended up starting a few different GMAT prep programs without completing them. When I started studying properly I was scoring around 600 on the diagnosis tests. I ended up scoring 740 with the help of various courses / books etc:
I […]

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I was invited to interview with the London Business School a few weeks ago.
The interviewer was a consultant at one of the big firms in Dubai (pre-MBA he was a banker). The interview took place on the weekend at his firm’s offices in a conference room (he was on an assignment out of town and […]

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I was invited to interview by Haas a couple of weeks ago and was matched with an Abu Dhabi alumni with extensive consulting experience with an interesting UN digression. Again my interviewer was an engineer pre-MBA which was again useful interview fodder.
We met at his office in Abu Dhabi and after quickly walking him through […]

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One of the most interesting essay questions I had to answer during MBA app season was Chicago’s essay 3:
“We have asked for a great deal of information throughout this application. In this portion of the application, we invite you tell us about yourself using a non-traditional application format–a PowerPoint presentation. In four slides or less, […]

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I applied for a Fulbright Scholarship at the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt today. The application was pretty straightforward: Two essays (i. research / study objective, ii. personal statement), three letters of reference (at least one academic) and transcripts etc).
From what I have heard, the Fulbright scholarships are very competitive especially for MBAs.
I have also […]

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Short updates on my MBA applications:
Yale invited me to interview a week or so ago, unfortunately I declined as it would have invovlved traveling to New Haven which I can’t really justify.
Haas invited me to interview a few days ago and I am trying to schedule it with an alum based in Abu Dhabi. Looking […]

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I was accepted to the Columbia Business School today (May 7 2008) and I am thrilled.
I figured I’d kick-start this blog with the good news. The plan here is to share my MBA experience as well as random bits + pieces on the worlds of media, tech and culture.
MBA blogs have been super useful for […]

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