Standing on the shoulders of more MBA-blog giants

Finally, I think I have completed my MBA-bloggers research about schools and application process. From my point of view, these are the most useful posts I found in the blogs I selected to help me during my process:

Essay Tips:

• How to answer the "Why MBA" question: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-does-someone-want-to-do-mba_22.html
• Essay writing tips: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/03/essay-writing.html
• "What to write about?" musings: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/08/b-school-essays-what-if-im-just-mere.html
• Stanford's "What matters most to me and why?" essay tips: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/08/what-matters-most-to-me.html
• HBS essays deconstructed: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/09/celebratory-post-hbs-essays.html
• The looooong Stanford essays deconstructed: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/09/recommendations-submitted-long-long.html
• The super shrunk Wharton essays: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/09/supershrinked-wharton-essays.html
• The "ultra cool" Chicago essays: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/09/ultra-cool-chicago-essays.html
• General tips and other subtleties regarding writing essays: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/04/essays_04.html
• Who should review your essays? http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/04/your-angel-essay-reviewers.html
• Some thoughts on essay writing process: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-thoughts-on-essay-writing-process.html
• Essay FAQ: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2007/05/faq-essays.html
• About essay feedback: http://asiangalmba.blogspot.com/2006/09/on-essay-feedback_20.html

B-Schools info:

• Short-listing B-Schools tips: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/02/school-selection.html
• "Which school should I apply to?" reflections: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/03/school-selection.html
• Initial B-Schools research: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/03/do-not-waste-250-gmat-fee-do-some_23.html
• Various comments regarding B-Schools http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2006/08/review-of-adcom-panel.html

General Admission Tips:

• Essay writing schedule (an example): http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/09/one-more-packed-month-coming-up.html
• Concerns of early career applicants: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/01/concerns-of-early-career-applicants.html
• Building your fact sheet: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/03/your-fact-file-preparatory-ego-massage.html
• Resume tips: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/04/resume-tips.html
• Pondering schools when admitted: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2007/01/pondering.html
• Application Strategy FAQ: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2007/04/faqs-strategy.html
• The B-School mythbuster: http://asiangalmba.blogspot.com/2007/04/b-school-mythbuster.html

Interview Tips:

• Preparing the personal interview: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/04/personal-interview.html
• Insight into the Chicago interview: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-chicago-interview.html
• Comments regarding the Wharton interview: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-wharton-interview-insert-huge-grin.html
• Tips with regard to the Wharton interview: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/02/wharton-interview.html
• Insight into the HBS interview: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2006/11/three-down-two-to-go.html
• Insight into the LBS interview: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2006/12/still-rolling.html
• Wharton interview report: http://asiangalmba.blogspot.com/2007/03/wharton-interview-report.html
• Columbia interview report: http://asiangalmba.blogspot.com/2007/03/columbia-interview-report.html
• Interview preparation: http://asiangalmba.blogspot.com/2007/02/interview-prep.html

Recommenders Management Tips:

• Obtaining solid recommendations: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/04/obtaining-solid-recommendations.html
• Recommender info packet: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2006/07/recommender-info-packet.html
• How to obtain recommendations: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2007/05/faqs-obtaining-recommendations.html
• Selecting your recommenders: http://blog.clearadmit.com/2007/05/admissions-tip-selecting-your-recommenders/

GMAT Preparation Tips:

• The three-month preparation: http://i4iday.blogspot.com/2007/03/3g-months_13.html
• A preparation strategy for the GMAT: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/02/much-dreaded-gmat_28.html
• GMAT FAQ: http://rungee582.blogspot.com/2007/03/as-promised-some-faqs-gmat.html

Financing the MBA:

• About the Wharton Scholarship essay: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/01/wharton-scholarship-essay.html
• Funding your MBA: http://thembasaga.blogspot.com/2007/04/funding-your-mba.html

I think I should arrange them on the right side of the page along with the posts I included in my previous "Standing on the shoulders of giants" post in order to improve my MBA Intelligence Center. I hope I can do it soon.

On the other hand I'll stop my blog research for a long while so that I can finish my insider-based research regarding my B-Schools wish list.

By the way, it was Newton who wrote to Robert Hooke in 1676: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants".