The Portal

JBS has a very nice portal to communicate with future students. In this portal, each one of the new students has a profile to fill in so that we can get acquainted with each other before we get there. It’s a very nice idea and a good way of having some knowledge of our colleagues beforehand.

Although the class is not yet complete (and I’m already there, so it probably means I did get accepted) I can already tell this really will be a very international class. There are people from all over the world and with very different backgrounds and life experiences. One thing I find interesting is that Europeans are clearly a minority. Asia and North America are the major contributors so far.

This was one of the reasons that made me opt for Cambridge. At the time, it seemed to me it was one of the most international programmes. And so far, it seems like I was right.

PS: Thanks Javier for your comforting comment. I still don’t have the confirmation letter but being in the portal is probably a sign everything went fine.

Have I accepted?

So, I said yes. Or I least I think I did. I was given a deadline to send some documents, namely, a written acceptance statement and some evidence of good financial standing. I gathered those documents and mailed them a couple of weeks ago to Judge Business School, however it seems like they did reach Cambridge. At least not yet…

And the post offices are unable to track the package due to some technical problem.

So… while the package is wandering around the world, I’m three days away from the deadline and I don’t know if I have officially accepted the place. Let’s just hope I did.

And I always had a good impression of the national post offices. So much for that impression!

The countdown has started

After giving it a lot of thought, I finally sent the papers. That’s right, I accepted the place and I’ll be heading to Cambridge in September. It was a predictable decision but I felt I needed some time to analyse it very well.

Now, I have lots of things to do. For starters, I’ll have to choose a college from the 31 nice colleges that are part of the University of Cambridge. I’m trying to gather information regarding accommodation and sports facilities of each college so I can choose wisely. I think the next few day will be spent contacting people from Cambridge to set things up.

So…I guess I’ll be heading to Cambridge in about four months. The countdown has already started!