MIT rejected me!! Without even an interview! It aggravates me no end, since MIT is super-strong on entrepreneurship and that is what I want to do. In the meanwhile, while I have been writing this post, Wharton have sent me a denial too! It feels like the whole of the application season has suddenly come crashing down to an end. It looks like I will be going to Kellogg.
This admissions process has been interesting. It is clear that I may have stood a better chance at some of these schools if I went into management consulting after my undergraduate graduation and applied much, much earlier in my career. In hindsight, I think I also mis-calibrated / mis-understood the quality of my applications compared to others applying i.e. my applications were obviously not good enough.
In the meanwhile, I have started drafting business cases for two ideas I have. Both ideas are related to TV broadcasting in the internet age, an area I know something about. I am a little concerned that my ideas might be trying to solve big problems that will quickly have lots of people swarming to them, rather than tackling small significant problems that are a great niche to grow from. If I can get to business school with a business plan (or two) in hand, I can start using the school's resources to establish potential customers and investors. It would be even better if I manage to get my current employer to sign up as a customer or investor.
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