Bound For Wharton & An MBA Degree by: Lawrence Cole on July 29, 2013 | | 1,913 Views July 29, 2013 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Painting the Town Blue and Red The pre-Wharton partying has already began in Philly. Many of my classmates have been settled for a month or more, and as the larger mass of us begin to descend on Center City over the next week or so, I expect the festivities to hit fever pitch, climaxing in a back to school bash (I wished it had been named something else; that name makes me feel kinda like this is high school :/ ) a day or two before the start of pre-term. We plan to ransack some unsuspecting club, drink them dry and then disappear into the city. I’m armed with milk thistle to preemptively eliminate hangovers. Finally, what I’ve spent the past almost 17 months working toward is upon me. After I land Tuesday afternoon, I’ll meet my landlord at my new place, sign up for a gym membership, then grab a zip car and hit Target to get some essentials to get me through my first night in the new place. The utilities are already on but I’ll end up waiting a few days before I have cable an internet. I’ve already mapped out a couple Starbucks that I can bum Wi-fi from on my personalized Google Map of Center City. This time tomorrow, I will officially be a resident of Philadelphia. Let’s see how this goes. MBAOver30 offers the perspective of a 30-something MBA applicant who was offered admissions to Wharton, Booth and MIT Sloan with fellowships to each. He is a member of the Wharton MBA Class of 2015 and majors in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing with an emphasis in Customer Data & Analytics. He blogs at MBAOver30.com. Previous posts on Poets&Quants: How I Totally Overestimated The MBA Admissions Process Musings on MBA Failophobia Letting Go Of An MBA Safety School When A Campus Visit Turns Off An MBA Applicant Yale, Tuck and Booth: The Next Leg of My Pre- MBA Research My Countdown: Less Than 30 Days To The GMAT From Suits To Startups: Why MBA Programs Are Changing Why I’m Not Getting Either A Part-Time MBA or An Executive MBA Preparing To Sit For The GMAT Exam Falls Short of GMAT Goal, But The 700 Is A Big Improvement A 2012-2013 MBA Application Strategy Celebrating A 35th Birthday & Still Wanting A Full-Time MBA A Tuck Coffee Chat Leaves Our Guest Blogger A Believer Heading Into the August Cave: Getting Those Round One Apps Done Just One MBA Essay Shy Of Being Doe Getting That MBA Recommendation From Your Boss Facetime with MBA Gatekeepers at Wharton The Differences Between Harvard & Stanford Info Sessions My MIT Sloan Info Session in California Round One Deadlines Approaching Jumping Into The MBA Admissions Rabbit Hole Relief At Getting Those Round One Apps Done But Now A Sense of Powerlessness On Age Discrimination in MBA Admissions & Rookie Hype Judgment Day Nears Harvard Business School: No News Is Good News? Researching Kellogg, Tuck, Berkeley and Yale A Halloween Treat: An Invite To Interview From Chicago Booth The MBA Gods Have Smiled Once Again Interviewing At Chicago Booth and Wharton My Thanksgiving Day Feast: Completing Applications The Most Painful Part of the MBA Application Process: Waiting An Invite To Interview At MIT Sloan An Early Morning Phone Call From Area Code 773 With Good News An Acceptance From Wharton Going AWOL From The Admissions Game The 10 Commandments of the MBA Admissions Game Networking With Fellow Admits At Wharton and Booth MIT Sloan Let My Outspoken, Black Ass In — Hallelujah! A Scholarship Offer From MIT Sloan A Five-Star Experience: Wharton’s Winter Welcome Weekend Dispelling Chicago Booth Myths Why I’m Going To Wharton–And Not Booth or Sloan What Happens After You Get Into A Great School Why Columbia Business School Has The Best Follies GMAT Quant Practice For Class of 2016 MBA Applicants Can You Really Tell The Truth In An Admissions Essay? Previous PagePage 2 of 2 1 2 Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.