Plan B... anyone?

Yeah, I still managed to find time to write another entry. It only seemed like a good idea to jog down my thoughts that are carried from day to day until I receive the official email.

15 or 20 posts? That is the number of posts I read on MBA waiting experience. Most of them made it somewhere, if not Kellogg, then Stern...or Anderson~ Chicago (1), couple Whartons... man, I am beginning to get really worried!!

So plan B... basically is what I can do if B-school is out of the question. Let's see my options:

• Move to California
  
• Find a job (maybe 40K) ....why, I am a content person, not greedy...
  
• FINALLY, and finally make my third business dream become a reality (wait, what happened to the second one?... oh that, well, it's still going. Like constipation, it's stuck...almost came out, but not quite ==") FU Wear Asia (Est. 2010)
  

Yeah, my Plan B is cool~ but an MBA would be even cooler~

still waiting

Day 2 since I created this blogger.

February 5th, 5:32pm.... I am still checking my email every half an hour. My number one thing to do in the morning. Well, no news yet.

... I've heard that no news is good news. I certainly hope so. O_O

Diana (sister) just got an acceptance offer from UCLA. Damn, that was fast.

When is it my turn to jump up and down? Soon...I hope... really....

Is it done?

I told myself.... I am not going to start another blogging site. But I did. Here's the proof: well, I am writing it now (duh)

MySpace, MSN Live, Mixi (Japan's equivalent of myspace), and now, the Blogger. I am torn among these sites to share my agonizing pre-MBA journey.

I chose Blogger at the end, mainly because so many other prospective MBAs chose this site to be the ONE that they shared their experiences on. Of course, I would like to read back, sometime in the future, knowing that I have at least some evidence in writing documenting my painful Quest for the MBA impossible.

Why do I call it the MBA impossible? It's not only because I am applying for top schools...not Ivy Leagues now...(thanks Nick for the correction), but also I feel like I am an underdog going for the big one.


The truth & the impossible:
I am a Taiwanese (not Asian American now). I came to the U.S. when I was 14 with my older sister (1 year older). Both of us didn't speak any language- (yes, the typical but real Language barrier). Not having parents by our sides was fun and challenging. We learned English all by ourselves, and fixed that broken toilet ourselves. We were proud of where we were from. I appreciate both the American and the Taiwanese cultures, hence, I don't call myself an Asian American (i mean...who am I? -an American or an Asian). I am still a Taiwanese... just one who lives in the U.S. That's all. (man, this paragraph sounds like a personal background, right there)

Armed with only almost 4 years of experiences as a young entrepreneur, I attempted the impossible of applying for Top Tier business school. As you can see, I don't really have an outstanding GMAT (c'mon, 86% percentage tile is not THAT bad), but my GPA tells you that I am definitely a hard worker, a persistent one too. My age...oh yeah... that too. Did you know the average age for MBAs is 27-28. That's a nice 6 years difference. This, I think, is what I have to overcome the most. How do I convince them that a 21-year-old can do as well as a 27-year-old?

Why MBA now if you are running a successful company? <-- this question I think is what I need to explain to them the most, which helps a bit too, since my goal is always clear. An MBA is going to give me a damning credibitabily when negotiating a contract; it's going to give me the network; it's going to find me another business partner....etc. That's it, I just need an interview.