One Down...It's Real!
On Thursday (yes, the deadline) I submitted my application for Cornell. It's kind of a strange feeling...I've been planning this for something like 5 years, and the first one is officially in! It makes it feel real, and like all of the work and research and planning and stress is finally paying off. Also, I felt good about the application and my essays, which was a nice bonus. After the honest feedback from my best friend and then my dad on my essays, I think they conveyed me in the best way possible and whether or not I actually get in and/or get accepted to the Park program, I do feel like I did my best.
I put off the GMAT studying for about a week while I put my application together and submitted it. (In case anyone is wondering, I noted my plan to retake the test in my optional essay for Cornell and will update them once I have the new - and hopefully higher - score). I finished the PR 1,012 book yesterday and started on the Manhattan GMAT today. A big thank you to all of you who commented and recommended those books to me - I think these really will be a help. They break down the question types and concepts better than anything else I have used. I'm actually enjoying going through them because they answer all of my questions and help me learn - it removes the frustration factor of perpetually trying to figure things out for myself.
The application submission also helped with the GMAT studying, I think. It helped to drive home the fact that there is an end in sight; that I'm not perpetually studying and writing essays and researching and working my tail off for nothing. It will end in only two short months, at which time I will probably not know what to do with myself! Only working? Nothing else, just a crazy job? What a dream!
Posted in: application, essays, GMAT, johnson on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at at 2:39 PM 1 comments Links to this post
