attrition rate.

in december, i was going to apply to seven business schools.
in june, i was going to apply to five business schools.
in august, i was going to apply to four business schools.

now, i'm seriously considering only applying to two business schools: columbia and michigan. and, to be honest, i frequently toy with the idea of only applying to columbia.

but, in the interest of keeping an open mind, my final choices for first round application are columbia, michigan, virginia, and dartmouth. to answer your question, aja, i'll be down in virginia the first weekend in october, and i should be travelling up to new hampshire the third week in october.

it's not so much that i'm half-hearted about these programs, because--gosh darnit--i would be lucky to get into any of them. i'm more concerned about completing about 16 essays in the next month (on top of school and my internship). and i'm also concerned about my self-esteem in the very likely probability that i get dinged by all of them (such is life when you apply to schools with an average 14 percent acceptance rate... oy)