i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

The MIT Sloan MBA Admissions team invites you to participate in an online chat, Monday, December 21, 2009 from 2:30-3:30 pm EST. Login information and more details about the chat can be found online here. To participate in a chat, you must first create your Username and Password, which may be used for all future chat events. A link allowing you to log in to the chat will appear on the chat page 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.

В аппликационной системе не могу найти код своего Института(( В инструкциях пишут - ну пробуйте там по 2-3 буквы понабирать и в названии ВУЗа и в названии города, если не получается - пишите в бизнес-школу. Набирала, епрст, буквы и из Sverdlovsk Institute of National Economy (так он назывался до 1994) и Ural State University of Economics (так он назывался после) и Sverdlovsk с Ekaterinburg-ом набирала. Говорила со школой и техподдержкой. Техподдержка говорит, что если нет вашего института, то он г. Школа говорит - ну наберите в поле кода 000000 - типа неопознанный, но это же не дело!


Кто сталкивался с тем, что не находится название института в поле School Code? Что делать? Или может кто знает как зашифрован УРГЭУ?

Хелп! Начала отчаиватся((

ПС:  Не знаю какого года у них данные по названиям ВУЗов, но они точно старше 1991, тк  Екатеринбурга там нет, есть только Свердловск, в котором только Уральский гос.университет и Юридический. Выяснила, что УРГЭУ до 1964 был частью Уральского гос.университета... Ну не может же справочник ВУЗов быть аж от 1960!!!!

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 11:00 AM CST Join Admissions for a live chat with Associate Dean Rose Martinelli and the Admissions Committee will chat with prospective students about the Booth admissions process and the 2010 application in time for the Round 2 Application Deadline.
Duration: 1 hour

Экспаты в США стремятся на родину С уровнем безработицы в США, достигшем отметки 10% и с довольно туманными перспективами найти новую работу, иностранные профессионалы, приехавшие в США в поисках лучшей жизни, покидают страну, пишет сегодня Wall Street Journal. Читать целиком

В этой статье указывается, что индийцы и китайцы, работающие по визе H1B жалуются на более низкую оплату труда и прочие дискриминации. Кто-нибудь может поделиться своим мнением по этому поводу?

i'd like to note that mba students at wharton (and other top schools) overall are very smart and pragmatical/cynical. чарт жжет, isn't it?=)

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

"…and I say – Thank you for being here – because I was silent for seventeen years…" - this is a beginning of a fascinating story of John Francis, the man who had been walking the Earth for almost 30 years!

I watched this guy telling us his amazing life-long story and caught myself thinking that he could have a great chance to be admitted to a top-tier business school. Educated, charming with an outstanding experience…

So, what was your breathtaking self-story that you offered to Adcoms? Or maybe the one you’re going to tell?


PS. U can watch John Francis speaking on www.TED.com