Informational Interview with Fred

Sep. 21 is a special day.
In Taiwan, it's a date of teriffying earthquake we'll never forget.

Here in LA, I had my first informational interview yesterday. It was terrifying as well.
Actually after the experience in Citibank, I've got used to cold calling people, meeting strangers and something like that. I don't really scared about this part; the thing I'm worried is my English. Even I'm here in the States, I can almost understand what professors said, but communicating and expressing myself well is still a challenge for me. I still don't feel comfortable about using this language. It's a very bad thing. I actually rarely speak, either in class or after class. How can I overcome this problem?

He is a very kind gentleman. He was doing VC but now is a Early Stage Investor, so called "Angel Investor." He is actually not hiring people, but he knows a lot about this industry and has a lot of contacts in it. I guess it's exactly the same as the thing sales do. We need to know some people first, cook relationships patiently and carefully, and then ask them open an account or offer a job. If they are not our target, ok it's fine, ask them referral. I know my English currently is very bad, but I can maintain relationship continually. I wish I'll get better and let them notice that.

fight for scholarship !!!

Noone really knows b-schools could provide scholarships. But I tried! When I found the factor I concerned most in choosing between USC and UT was money, the scholarship offered by UT, I decided to give it a shot! Try to fight for my money!!! I mailed USC and told them the difficulties of making my decisions cuz of UT's scholarship. They asked back to me for the details and school name. And finally I persuaded them to offer me a half-tuition fellowship as well. I'm extremely excited about that. California~ I'm coming~

AMP Treatise

one guy's blog which is also about his MBA journey.....

Good News from USC

I just came back from Bali. My first thing at home was as usual -- checking e-mails....
Oh My God!!! I got an E-mail form Sylvia Leong, the lady I interviewed with, notifying me my admission to Marshall!!!


May 2, 2005

Hello Wei-Ping:

By now you may have seen your status change on-line through Marshall's website. I wanted to take this opportunity to formally congratulate you on your admission to the USC Marshall MBA Program. We feel that you are an outstanding candidate and it is our honor to welcome you to the Trojan Family.

We are mailing an admitted student binder to you this week which includes all information concerning financial aid, housing, the PRIME program, our admitted student chat room, and much more. Expect to receive it in the near future.

Again, welcome to Marshall, and please feel free to contact me or any other members of the Admissions Committee if we can be of any assistance to you.

USC Marshall MBA Admissions
(213) 740-7846

Wow! A Great Gift from McCombs!

I still cannot believe it's true that I've won myself such a large scholarhip! I'm so so so happy about tha, and it eliminates my hesitance of attending UT Austin! ( I sometimes still thought about the $20000 offer from Georgetown.)


Ms. Wei-Ping Huang,

Greetings from the McCombs School of Business. I have some good news. On account of your excellent credentials as an applicant to the McCombs MBA program, I am happy to offer you one of our largest admissions scholarships! Only a very limited numbers of these scholarships are awarded each year among an incoming class of over 260. As one of these students, you represent the brightest and most promising of young professionals and we look forward to having you join the class of 2007.

This scholarship awards you $5,000 per year ($2,500 per semester), plus provides you with in-state tuition, for the two years (60 graduate hours) that you are in our program. Based on current tuition costs, the total savings to you for the two years is approximately $43,000.

The conditions for this scholarship are your enrollment in the standard 15 hours of graduate business coursework for both semesters of the first year, and that you maintain good academic standing.

You have until the deadline stated in your admission letter to accept this offer. If, however, you have reached a decision before this date, we would strongly encourage you to notify us of your decision through our on-line MBA Admissions Response Form:
https://utdirect.utexas.edu/business/acceptance_status/mpo_acceptance.WBX
It will be understood that the offer of admission and the scholarship are linked. You do not need to send separate notifications. As scholarships are limited in number, your earliest response is greatly appreciated.

My best wishes to you as you consider this offer. We look forward to hearing from you soon and we truly hope to be able to count you among the class of 2007!

Please send a simple reply to let me know that you have received this email.

Warm regards,
Director of Admissions
_______________________________________________________
MBA Program Office . 1 University Station B6004 . Austin, TX 78712-0205
phone: 512.471.7698 . fax: 512.471.4131 . email: McCombsMBA@mccombs.utexas.edu

USD 305...

It's the price distance between LA and Austin.
If there is no surprsing good news, I'm going to Austin and Hank will go to LA.

I thought it will be not that far between these two cities, cuz they are both in South....
But after checking the airfare....the cheapest ticket costs USD 305. It means we'll not be close.
NOT close AT ALL!!!! Wooooo~~~~~ I wanna cry.....Cry very loud!!!!

04/05 in JFK

I’m in JFK right now. When I finished check-in and security check, it’s just 8:40, three hours earlier than my boarding time. The good thing is I just need to wait here, without carrying my “everything” luggage, which has given my palm blisters.

In States, I become more Taiwanese, listening to Jay’s music and eating rice, just as JongSe said that he started to need Kimchi everyday when he is here. This trip is ending, and I get what I want, though not really those in my dream. Now I know, actually I always tell myself, everything will be conquered when I really want to do it.

One-day Trip to Washington DC -- Interview with Georgetown

If there is nothing out of my expectation, this is my last interview. From USC, UCLA, Kellogg, UT, and Georgetown, I think my performance must be improved. Ha-ha, actually I haven’t felt I performed badly in interviews. I don’t know why USC just gave me waitlist. On the day Hank got the admission and I didn’t, I was extremely depressed and cried and screamed almost the whole day. Maybe I am really not qualified…. I don’t know.

Georgetown Interview
The lady interviewed me is a second year student who concentrates in Strategy and has got an offer in Northwest Airline. I always make the interview very relaxed and like talks between friends, so there are no special problems I feel uncomfortable or difficult. Oh, she asked me about the strength and weakness. Haha, thanks to the UT interview, I answered it easily and naturally. I prepared this question for UT, but they didn’t ask me it. Mmm….Hard works will eventually work.

Actually, Georgetown will not be the place I wanna go. Maybe it’s due to my mood and condition. I tried to do the sight seeing to utilize the value of train tickets, so I walked around those historical spots. Therefore, when I headed to Georgetown, I was already very tired. In addition, I spent a lot of time to get a cab, and when I arrived there I couldn’t find any food to buy. It’s different with what I expected. I thought there must be some simple food I can grab so I felt very disappointing. The building of their business school is really not big, though it’s historic. B-school even need to share that building with other schools. Maybe it’s reasonable because their program is truly much smaller than others’. However, it still makes me feel bad. Ha-ha, it sounds all my complaints are related to the essential needs – food and space. Maybe those are low level considerations, but it will be important when that school are not really that top and attractive. I think Austin makes me feel better.

anxious....

USC started to notify their decision yesterday...
This morning when i hung up the phone call with Hank, I checked his Marshall status without letting him know....
His status has been changed to CONGRATULATION!
My status is still :
Application Status: ReceivedStatus Last Changed: January 28, 2005
Status DescriptionYour application has been received and is being processed.

I really don't know what I can do now....
I hope, very sincerely, that I can get into USC. Even compare with NYU, I'll choose USC.
Do you hear me?
I love you, pls let me in. pls, pls, pls....

heart-broken

It's my turn.
It's time for me to face the cruel truth.

Today, I was rejected byUCLA and Berkeley, at the same day.

On 3/16, when I got rejection letter from Emory, I tried to tell myself this school was not really where I wanna go. But now, I don't know what can I say, what excuse can I make, and what can I do.

I get lost.

I lose my way home.
I lose my way to the future.
I don't know where I am.
I don't know where my way is.
I don't know.

Cruel News

Hank received a mail from NYU, notifying him that his application status has been changed. He nervously checked the website and found the result of "waitlist."

It's so cruel~ He applied for 1st round so got the notifications earlier than me. I'm so afraid of facing those serial shocks. Especially in March, I'll be in Penn lonely.

strong-minded?

One essay question of UT Austion asked us how your friend will describe your defining quality, and Jill told me she thinks I am strong-minded...

Am I?

After that interview with Nancy, an admission officer from Emory, some changes happen. She said that my English is not good enough for MBA and also suggested me some language programs. It's good for me. She reminded me to face the truth, which I avoided to deal with for long time. I know my conversation is not good, but always think maybe I'm not so bad. When somebody else got a good job offer, I always told myself they could get that just because of their fluent English. However, how can I improve my English and make myself to peer with them? I never take actions!

It's time. Today I sent out the application materials for International Business Communication Program of U Penn. I've made my mind to improve my listening and speaking anyway. Keep in mind that my work won't start from the course starts, I need to take actions from now. I have a lot to do! Don't full around! Keep walking... and working~

我亂了....

Tell the truth, my image of those schools is mostly from their rankings. But rankings always change, and also differ from different evaluators. I always deny that it's the standard I use to choose schools; I always claim that I really research those schools by myself. However, when the ranking changes, I'm confused. The school I normally consider good, such as UT Austin, is ranked #36 US MBA program, even worse than BU. I'm totally confused!!! I consider BU a not rigorous school, where the curriculum is not solid enough. But now its ranking rises to #28, I don't know if I can still hold my thought... Or it's already changed.

Mr. Goizueta says~

Mr. Goizueta once said, "Material things can be lost, stolen or even confiscated- however, no one can ever take away from you what you have stored inside."

Rejection Handling

Yesterday, Hank got his first rejection letter from UCLA.
............

It comes so early~~ I think that's due to his ealier submission online, and school considered him a first-round appicant. But it's starting.... good news or bad news..... we should learn to face and handle it.

interview confirmation from EMORY

Yes, they decide to give me this chance... even my TOEFL is so awful... My interview is scheduled on 1/27, next Thursday... I kind of worry about my English conversation. 7 days left, I should start planning and maximizing these 7 days to improve it. 衝阿～

~~ Berkeley ~~

Yesterday Berkeley also hold a information session for us prospectives. I finally met Sandy in person. The atmosphere and life style there are really what I wanna have. It is really the place I wanna go. However, I submitted my application to Berkeley at the very first.... Essays are all awful.... Now wish god could bless me on it.

How can I abandon myself at this moment?

This week is a deadline-week. UCLA, Stanford, Kellogg, and Chicago are all due within this week. I once thought I would be very busy at essays for these schools. However, Chicago requires each section of TOEFL to be at least 25; Kellogg only admits students with TOEFL score higher than 260; Stanford is still a school in the dream( cuz they require 3 recommendations.)

I almost gave up. But how can I do so? I persevered in challenges of GMAT and TOEFL. Why can't I try again? Yes. I should try! Mom remind me of that.

If I don't try now, I'll forbid my own chance.

Keep going. Don't hesitate at taking actions!