DINGED at Cal!
With the final decision in via email this morning, I close out my application season with a .500 hit rate (and 100% interview rate…not bad!).
I had a pretty good hunch I wasn’t going to get the admit from Cal during my interview. My interviewer asked me some pretty tough questions that I didn’t really have good answers for. Perhaps if I had prepared at all (I pretty much just relied on my previous preparation…two months prior) I could have done better. However, with a Kellogg admit in my pocket, my heart wasn’t really into Cal. While I know Cal would have made academic and financial sense, I am really in this not just for the education, but for the experience.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that my phone beeped TWICE during my interview. I had it on silent, so it shouldn’t have beeped (yeah, I’d forgotten about the Wharton debacle already and forgot to turn my phone off), so that was another omen of the impending DING.
What have I learned? If my heart isn’t into something, I am fairly obvious…even if I try not to be. Wharton read my dislike of Philly and Cal probably read my “been there, done that…and I’ve got an admit already” attitude. I never claimed to be good at poker.
There’s a scholarship letter on its way to me via USPS from Duke. However, I doubt it will be enough to sway me.
Evanston here I come!
Tinydancer said,
January 29, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Seems like you are living proof of “everything happens for a reason”. The stars are aligning to send you to Kellogg
Congrats on everything working out in the best way!
Lavi said,
January 29, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
congrats on Kellogg! I too am a R1 admit from the west coast - Orange County. I truly understand the back/forth between what your brain says versus your heart (Sloan vs Kellogg for me). After Haas/Sloan WLs I think someone(thing) is trying to tell me something. Hopefully will see you at DAK….
Mili said,
January 29, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Seems like it all worked out in the end
Their decision definitely helped make your decision easier!
mbarunnergirl said,
January 29, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
congrats on your ding. it’ll make it easier to follow your heart
carryonbag said,
January 30, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Thanks! I’m still waiting for a Columbia answer out of curiosity, but am ecstatic about Haas.
I think you would have picked Kellogg anyway, so congrats on an easy decision! Haas is great, but you’ve already been there, done that.
Shahid said,
January 30, 2008 @ 5:09 pm
We’ll look forward to welcoming you here at Kellogg!
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