So one journey has ended and another is going to begin.

I sat at my computer sifting through applications, essays, GMAT, ranking tables and other MBA related documents. I don't have to worry about the GMAT or whether I'll get an interview call or whether I need to write another application essay. I'm in and it's a relief.

Sure, I've been thinking, can I get a deferment and apply to Stanford/Wharton/Tuck/Chicago for another round of hot and sexy applications, interviews, rejects and possibly an admit?

Do I want to do it? Yes, but maybe it's time I learnt how to take what I've got and move on with it. As somebody put it into perspective

"You graduated from a bottom 50% university, with grades that were only 60%. You've now been accepted into a Top 30 school, probably putting it in the top 10% of all MBA programs. You've done pretty well."

And yes, given that perspective, hey, I think it's pretty good going isn't it?

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An email from Alex Chu of MBAapply.com to set me straight and dispel my hesitations about taking what I've got and moving on....

"You seem pretty hung up and convinced that an MBA is some glass slipper in your cinderella story. Yes, Stanford is a better school, but it's just a degree - an MBA. It's not going to change your life. A high achiever going into b-school is a high achiever coming out of b-school. If you do something Nobel Prize worthy in Somalia - that's what will change your life, not going to Stanford. It's not some classist Mandarin system in Imperial China where your school determines your social status, occupation, government ranking, etc for life. Five years out, no one cares where you went to school. End of discussion."

And yes, that's the end of the discussion.

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And to the anonymous commenter that wanted me to guess who he/she was....

All I have to say is - Hello sexy ;)