Tag: MBA

  • Queen’s wants me?

    I just got a letter, overnighted by Fedex, from Queen’s University’s MBA program. I sent Queen’s my GMAT results because you can send to up to five schools for free, so just on the crazy off chance that I might want to apply there I included them. (There’s a couple of reasons why I’m not […]

  • Official GMAT scores

    I received my official GMAT scores this morning. Nothing’s changed from my unofficial ones, of course, but I also now have my Analytical Writing score: 6.0 (out of 6, 95th percentile). Yay! I knew that the writing section went well because it’s just not that hard, but still, it’s nice to have aced it rather […]

  • I beat the GMAT!

    I wrote my GMAT at 9 AM this morning: UNOFFICIAL GMAT SCORE REPORT   Scaled Score Percentile Quantitative 47 82 Verbal 45 98 Total 740 98 YAY! I knew from practice tests that I was going to be up in that range, but I wasn’t sure how much the actual test was going to differ […]

  • Updateything!

    Long time no post. It’s always long time no post, isn’t it? Sigh. Got the Christmas icon back, at least! Here’s a weird one for you: I installed Windows (XP Pro) on my laptop the other day. Yes, yes, hell’s frozen over, I know. I need to work in both Windows and Unix regularly, so […]

  • Benjy Feen summarizing Peter Drucker on management

    Quoting this here because it resonated with me and I want to find it easily later: Ideally, managers create organizations to carry out their plans, and they keep a watchful eye on their resources, especially the most valuable resource, time. Given that, a few questions arise naturally, and it is the specific responsibility of a […]