In the period of time between the end of my time at Wharton and the beginning of my new post-MBAcareer, I find myself reflecting on the last two years. (Parenthetically, I can neither confirm nor deny the statement that there might have been a few fingers of whisky involved in the reflection.…

Now, in spite of being invited to interview at a certain business school in Boston, and being admitted with a fairly substantial fellowship at another business school in New York, I am definitely no expert on successfully navigating the business school application process. The only people who really know why an applicant is successful are the admissions officers who make the decisions.…