B-School applications take you on a long and tiring journey which teaches you to think both introspectively and prospectively. The key is to enjoy the process, learn from it and do your best. I will try to help anyone who is going to apply this year (or in future) to guide him on how to best manage your applications, deadlines and keep a track of everything that's going to flood you. Enjoy!

The list

I will follow schools which I admire. I will try to keep an updated entry for each of these schools which will have the deadlines, essay topics and relevant links. This list has no order or rankings. Everyone has their own views on schools and so I will try to keep the format generic. The idea is to tell you how to go about any school you may want to apply and not one specific school.

The first step is creating a list of schools, out of which you will apply to all or some of them. Making a list does not mean looking at BW or FT rankings, only! I will not opine on how one should decide, because there are more articles than you can read on the internet by authors who have immense knowledge about these things. All I would say is personal likes/dislikes do matter. Rankings do matter. Personal circumstances, scores, chances of admission, and many more factors play their own important part in such a decision making. So read as much as you can. Follow B-school blogs, talk to friends, alumni, and basically take into account everything and make your decision.

B-school info

  1. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  2. Stanford Graduate School of Business
  3. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
  4. MIT Sloan School of Management
  5. Chicago Booth, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  6. Columbia Business School, Columbia University
  7. Harvard Business School

Prepare for the worst

Finally, keep in mind that for a few unlucky ones, this might not be the only time they will apply. So be ready for failures. Keep an open mind, be strong and perseverant. Don't let a rejection letter change you for worse. First and foremost everyone of us are entitled to being happy, productive and doing what makes us happy. Keep a good log of everything you do this year, keep neat versions of your essays. Stay connected to your recommenders and make sure all the madness is not getting to you and people around you.

Good Reads

  1. How to get into the top MBA Programs


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