Hello and welcome to Fridays From The Frontline, the weekly blog post dedicated to looking inside the MBA applicant and student experience. The MBA blogosphere was hopping this week, with some applicants receiving interview invitations or preparing their second round essays, while students had a few thoughts about the recruiting process.

A Beautiful Mind received an invite from ISB and was quite relieved (congratulations!). Steve went to his fiancee’s brother’s wedding and may have laid down some pretty cheesy dance moves and was looking for a few NYU details to spice up his essays. XLick completed his NYU essays and felt that they were quite strong, especially his creative essay. Atypical HBS was still waiting for an interview invite, but referenced the admissions update that a good number of invites were still left to go out. ArdentMeerkat found that there were a number of ways that she could improve her GMAT study prep from her previous attempt. Hari happily shared his ESADE invite, and praised the school’s student body attitude. Procrastinator felt that the essay writing and submission process was the smoothest yet. Rocky Balboa expected a decision from Rotman by the end of the week, and was preparing himself for news from Wharton in the coming weeks.

Ross ‘10 M@ officially ended his recruiting season by signing his offer letter at a fancy restaurant with friends. McCombs ‘10 Paragon2Pieces felt the pressure of the the strings attached to her job offer. Darden ‘10 Sameer enjoyed his second International Food Festival, and was particularly taken with Brazil’s passionfruit mousse. LBS ‘10 Out On A Limb shared the details of the school’s second annual Global Healthcare Conference. Darden ‘10 Mechanigal braved an hour of rain in the hopes of getting Bryan Adams to sign her concert ticket, but was ultimately unsuccessful.  Darden ‘10 JulyDream felt the pain of a few recruiting zaps, but soldiered on. McCombs ‘10 Metal posted a humorous outline of reasons why one might not have a career plan for after graduation.

Fuqua ‘11 Randy found himself stuck in the Philadelphia airport and had a few observations to share with those who work at the airport. Chicago Booth ‘11 GlobThink realized that he did not know quite as much about American culture as he originally assumed, but was a quick learner. Kellogg ‘11 Orlando was near the end of the first part of the AT Kearney Case Competition, and found advantages to the mock interviews he hadn’t expected. Kellogg  ‘11 D.G. also participated in a case competition, the MIT MBA Sales Competition, and learned a lesson or two about preparedness. INSEAD ‘11 My Name is Neo wrote about the role community can play in corporate corners. Harvard ‘11 Military2Business wrote about the ways those previously in the armed services could better network.

With Halloween just around the corner, we hope that all students and applicants take a moment to dress up as their favorite inanimate object, mythical creature, pop culture icon or animal for an evening of sweets, treats, and hopefully not that many tricks … and that they’ll share the photographic evidence for next week’s Fridays From The Frontline!

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