Kellogg Keeps Me Busy  

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Forget the Kellogg t-shirt. I need a t-shirt with this on it.

Kellogg has been keeping me more than a little bit busy over the last week or so. Almost quite suddenly, I've had a flood of correspondence from the school and a lot more to think about. What follows is a run down of this ...

Pre-Enrollment Courses. Kellogg not only has pre-term, but even has online courses for you to do before you get to even the pre-term. I had mixed feelings about this, but when they said that the courses has been designed by Kellogg faculty, I perked up a little bit. If Kellogg faculty were involved, it might well be a little bit interesting. Nevertheless, I don't think I'll be able to look at these until July - after I've finished work. Life it a little too busy at the moment.

Finances. My official loan offer came through from Northwestern. You can not help but stare at the amounts involved and gulp at it. I need to go through it all in detail and do some budgeting for myself for the next two years. I was at my bank this week when one of the "savings specialists" nabbed me to try and convince me to do something "more effective" with my savings. His eyes almost watered when I told him what I'd be spending it on.

Medicals. Some of the items on the to-do list that Kellogg provides makes me groan. This is one of them. I need to fill out a four page form describing my medical history. Worse, I need to get my doctor (GP) to fill in one of the pages. I handed the page into my medical center on Friday. He called on Monday night (after 10pm!) saying he was working late and would get back to me the next day with costs. It's Thursday and I've still not heard back. Going through and trying to find all those immunization records is killing him, I'm sure.

KWEST. Most of the other Kellogg admits that are blogging have made some mention of this already. I've been anticipating this a while. Registration opened at 10am CDT yesterday (20th May), but it took me a whole 11 minutes - it gets me thinking that I might not have been as quick as some others. Oh dear. At least I'm not going for the Mystery Trip. All my selections were pretty much in South America. I don't want to travel too far.

Accommodation. The other admits I've been in touch with are well into their hunt for accommodation. I've not been as quick off the starting block on this one. I'm favoring McManus, the halls of residence, mainly because it reduces complications for furnishing (most apartment rentals are unfurnished?) and tenancy length (I don't have to rent over the summer). I had already got my application in by the due date, 1st May. I hear we'll get results of our applications soon. Fingers crossed.

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8 comments

Woah. I almost missed the email with the official financial aid offer. It was sitting in my spam box waiting to be auto-deleted.

Good thing you mentioned it!

22 May 2009 at 06:07

Woah. I almost missed the email with the official financial aid offer. It was sitting in my spam box waiting to be auto-deleted.

Good thing you mentioned it!

22 May 2009 at 06:07

LOL. With all these Kellogg bloggers, you can't miss much, huh?

:-)

23 May 2009 at 21:19

LOL. With all these Kellogg bloggers, you can't miss much, huh?

:-)

23 May 2009 at 21:19

Definitely mate!.. I'm sick of it.. and we're not in school yet.. I didn't get in McManus so another thing to add to my present concerns...

29 May 2009 at 00:37

Definitely mate!.. I'm sick of it.. and we're not in school yet.. I didn't get in McManus so another thing to add to my present concerns...

29 May 2009 at 00:37

"mate"? Do I detect a bit of Brit/Aus slang there?

Yeah, I didn't get into McManus either. In fact, I don't know anyone that did - but plenty that didn't. Hmm...

30 May 2009 at 13:54

"mate"? Do I detect a bit of Brit/Aus slang there?

Yeah, I didn't get into McManus either. In fact, I don't know anyone that did - but plenty that didn't. Hmm...

30 May 2009 at 13:54

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