The applications are going, to say the least. Very time consuming. The worst part is asking the recommenders to take so much time to fill out so many forms.

I've had the opportunity to visit Emory and Georgetown and loved them both. Still have a few others on my list I want to check out. What I've gotten out of the trips and the interviews I've had is that the adcoms are really looking for the right "fit", so I'm not sure how important my "statistics" are over certain other things. Hopefully everything works out.

How does everyone else feel about their applications processes?

Submitted HBS and Stanford.....now time for the anxious wait! Working on Sloan app.

I thought my whole application was pretty strong but as time passes, a bit of self doubt is creeping in. Was it really any good? Will I stand out? I have a sinking feeling that there are some really stand out apps out there from others

Oh well, I have documented my thoughts on the gmat and the schools in my blog.

Fingers crossed.

Age: 26
Gender: Female
Current City: Bay Area (Silicon Valley)
Nationality: White
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.9
Full Time Work Experience: 6 years
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: Applying

Schools interested in:
Haas
Sloan

Haas app due Tue, eeeek!

Here is my profile:

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Current City: Clevelnad, OH
Nationality American - Caucasian
GMAT: 650 from 5 years ago - retaking sometime in the next couple of months
GPA: 3.2
Full Time Work Experience: 4.0 years as of now
Application year: 2011
How far along in application process: Researching programs.

Schools interested in:
Johnson
Anderson
Marshall
Kenan-Flagler
Mendoza
Kellogg
Fisher

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Current City: Berkeley, CA
Nationality: White
GMAT: 730 (50Q, 38V 5.0AWA)
GPA: 3.75
Full Time Work Experience: 6 years
4 years Airline Pilot
1 year International Jet Instructor (Montevideo, Uruguay) -Amazing job!
1 year starting a small flight school in San Francisco
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: Applying

Activities: Rock and Roll (perform on piano/drums often), sing/rap in a comedy hip-hop group, competitive distance runner in various running clubs, and volunteer for a Uruguayan textile exchange company.

Career Goals: To create a general aviation flight school franchise for business in the US and abroad, specifically Argentina and Chile.

I'm applying to these schools:

Stanford (submitted)
UC-Berkeley (getting close!)
UCLA (submitted)
Chicago GSB (submitted)
Kellogg (submitted)
UW Foster (submitted)
UC-Irvine
Marshall
Johnson
NYU
UT-Austin
Darden
Pepperdine

This has been a lot of work! But after the first few applications, they are coming together much faster with a better developed story!