A Year Ago Today!

So I most definitely had to write a blog post today!  A year ago today is the first day that I stepped onto campus here at Johnson.  I came up for JMB (Johnson Means Business) which is the Diversity Weekend. I pointed this out in my blog post that I made last year at the beginning of this week, HERE.  Things have definitely come full circle as tomorrow I am hosting a JMB attendee!  I'll try to be a good host, but as all of my friends/classmates know (and yes, I'll keep saying it) things are incredibly hectic!  Now that we're in the 2nd half of the core, things are ridiculous now that recruiting has come into the mix - HEAVILY!

I'll just give you guys some quick updates about my life now at school.  Today was a day of FEEDBACK.  I participated in a study group held by one of the 2nd years here.  I always enjoy focus groups as I like to give my opinion on things.  I think there will be a follow-up meeting at some point in the near future.  The focus group went from 10am - 11:15.

Then I had 15 minutes to myself before I had to hop on a call with one of my target companies!  It was just an informational phone call and I had actually reached out to someone in my network who works at said company.  He and I spoke for about 45 minutes and I'm glad that I was able to have a candid conversation with him about the company and trends within the business.  I now plan to take those learnings and input them into my recruiting binder.  This binder if full of pertinent information and tidbits that I pick up here and there that I then put into the binder so that I can weave stories/examples/information into any conversations I have with companies.

After that phone call, I had to run to a Core Team meeting.  This meeting was also about feedback but in a different way.  We were with our 2nd year core team leader who was facilitating the conversation and we had to give live feedback to one another, without interruption.  It was going well until 3 of the 5 of us had to bolt out of there at 1pm to go to a Nov-Aspire Mock Interview.

Nov-Aspire mock interviews are incredibly useful if you're prepared for them.  Basically, you sit with a professional and do a mock interview.  The caveat is that you have 3 other classmates in the room taking notes on your performance.  You're also being recorded!  I haven't watched mine yet, but when I find time to do so, I will!  That was another 2 hours of my day.

Then after that, I went downstairs in Sage hall and took a nap on the couch for ::sigh:: 3 hours!  It was funny because sometimes I would wake up and my classmates would be behind me just going about their business!  We've all been in a situation where we've needed to just catch up on sleep.  I knew that if I went home, I would have had to be back at the business school later to attend the finance review session and a study session with some friends, so I just decided to stay in Sage!

Hhmm let's see.. what else?  Oh.. there are elections going on now!  I'm running to be a part of student council!  I actually think the results will be in tomorrow!  ::crosses fingers::  I really hope that I can be a voice for my classmates!  I'll let everyone know how it goes.  After tomorrow, I'll share parts of my platform with you all!

Okay this post is long enough... I have to go over my cheat sheet for the Finance quiz tomorrow at 7:30am!  I'm actually going to write a blog post for my Johnson blog and then send out some emails!

It was funny, today I saw the Director of Admissions and she's like, "How are you doing?"  I said that I was doing well...but stressed and busy! To which she smiled and said "It's supposed to be"  I followed that statement up with, "...BUT, that's what I wanted right?"  She laughed...

okay now I really have to go!

Cornell Johnson Interview Scheduled

CORNELL INTERVIEW - I realize that it's been a hot minute since I've posted.  I've just been incredibly busy with a lot of things.  My interview is scheduled on campus for Wednesday the 16th at 10:15!  I emailed my friend (one of the guys I met at the Reaching Out Leadership Conference) who is a 2nd year at Cornell to see if I could crash at his place.

I will be taking the Cornell Campus-2-Campus shuttle on Tuesday and will arrive infront of Sage Hall a little after 5:00.  Then I'll be going to my friends apartment.  I gotta remember to not forget to print out updated copies of my resume.  Note To Self

There is a lot going on behind the scenes now that I've been invited to interview.  I have a lot of research to do.  There's a lot of emailing going on... What are the emails for?  Well instead of talking to my Cornell friends on FB, I need a more formal venue.  I just want to make sure that the things that I have in my head make sense.  I've also dug out the information that I received at Johnson Means Business.  I told myself to keep all of that information JUST IN CASE I needed them for an interview or as a re-applicant.  Thankfully it's because of the former.

VIDEO ESSAYS - Tonight I sent my Tuck video essay to my friend because he wanted to see it.  Any time I send the video to people via YouTube, I upload it and then take it down immediately.  I do this even if the video is private just in case ya know?  Well I remember my friend from Saturday Night telling me that there were a lot of NYU ESSAY 3's on YouTube.  So after I sent my video to my friend I started watching NYU Essays on YouTube.  I watched about 5 of them and the main difference between their videos and mine was the time allowed.

My video could be a maximum of 1 minute and 30 seconds.  Some of the NYU Essays were 10 minutes+!  A.) I can't imagine editing and putting together a 10 minute video essay.  I know how long my video essay took so if I had to add another 8 minutes and 30 seconds to it, I would die.  I don't think they had a time limit but I wonder at what point does one tell themselves "Ok this is a long video"   Then on the flipside - how do X amount of application reviewers watch that many videos that are that long?  It boggles my mind!  ::shrugs:: Oh well I didn't have to do one for NYU thankfully, because that would have thrown a wrench in my plans.

Yale SOM - I received an email yesterday from Yale SOM saying that their decisions for my round would be released on February 25th.  Soooo......  I don't even have to say "Next month I'll find out official decisions."  It'll be THIS month!  Can't believe the time has arrived.

It Doesn't Stop - For all of those who are starting this process... just know this - once you hit submit.... "It" slows down but "It" doesn't stop.  After March I will tell you what "It" is.  There's too much competition now and the cost/benefit analysis doesn't warrant me filling in the blanks at this juncture.

This was a boring/forced post.  Sorry guys lmao - but such is the life of someone in my position right now.  Like I said... there's a lot going on behind the scenes.

Cornell Johnson Means Business - ACCEPTED!

So if you couldn't tell from the post title - I was accepted to Cornell's diversity conference = Johnson Means Business!  I knew that today was the day that they would be sending out acceptances because tehy said it on their website.  So then today I was watching my GMAIL account like a hawk!

Then at 5:26 my email refreshed and this popped in my inbox!

You can't believe my excitement after being waitlisted by NYU and Dartmouth.  I was like god just give me one please.  My prayers worked.  I still haven't heard back from NYU yet and their conference is Next Thursday/Friday/Saturday.  Tuck's conference isn't until the 2nd week in November, so I have time for that one.

So upon reading the Cornell email I immediately texted my friend who is on a 3 business school tour right now.  I said "Omg Omg Check Your Email!"  I knew she was driving but she's able to get her email via her phone.  So her response back was "YES!!  ROADTRIP!"  Hahahaha...  So I'll most likely be going with her and maybe one or two others.  

What's cool about this is that Cornell will have students host you (most schools do that anyway), but they'll also reimburse us up to $200 for travel!  Now... How clutch is that since it's so close to R1 deadlines!  I mean I'm already struggling to find money.  Like really struggling, but that will be tomorrow's post.  So yeah Cornell makes it very easy... well.. easier!  So I think maybe someone is going to drive or maybe I can convince them to take the Cornell Campus to Campus Luxury Coach  that leaves right here from the Cornell Club in NYC.

This acceptance just rejuvenated me!  Actually all of today's events rejuvenated me!  I wish I could tell you all about the latter half of my day, but I can't.  You'll find out about that at a later date.  Don't even think about asking either!

I'm going to go do some more research on Cornell before calling it a night.  Because October is probably going to be the busiest month of my life, I must make sure that I rest AND EAT.  I say that I must eat, because my mom will read this post... and then email me and say 'You must eat too'.  Now she's reading that last sentence and smiling... and now she's laughing and thinking "You're crazy."  

In any event...