Posted on October 29, 2007 @ 12:26 am
I’ve been swamped with writing essays for business school applications and have a few comments about the process:
* I like how some teams have blogs. The process of applying feels a bit like dropping an application into a black hole and waiting, so it’s nice to have a voice on the other end.
* While browsing the admissions blogs, I came across an NYU student blog from Amir, who interned with us over the summer.
* Some of the schools use a ‘common application’ from applyyourself.com, but it isn’t really a common app because I have to enter my name, address, gpa, work experience, etc into each of them. It would be nice if it simply carried over my basic information to each application.
* Some of school websites project a misleading image of the school (I hope). Columbia’s website says © 2002. I realize admissions people are busy with deadlines looming, but it’s time to update your web template.
Posted on October 10, 2007 @ 8:43 pm
About once or twice a year I get turned onto a really good hip-hop album, and after listening to the new Common, this is it. Definitely worth a listen if you don’t have it.
Posted on October 5, 2007 @ 8:55 pm
After my presentations in Kiev, Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn, I headed to Paris for two days worth of meetings, and it was overcast the entire time. Here’s a photo of me presenting at the University of Latvia:
When I got home on Wednesday night, I had been up for 24 hours straight. This messed up my sleep schedule and I woke up Thursday morning at 5am. I decided to go to work early (ironically I had a call with a partner in France, where I had just left the day before) and I arrived around 7 and took Charley for a walk. It was sunny and warm outside, and after not getting any sun in the last week, I realized it’s nice to be home 