i'm currently conducting telephone interviews for an open position on my team. i've been calling people all week long and, overall, it has been disappointing. but, :10 before my noon interview yesterday, i received an email that i didn't expect.
wait, let me rephrase - i've been expecting this email. in fact, i expected it to come yesterday. but, seeing as spain is eight hours ahead of us, i figgered that the email would have come before i woke up yesterday morning.
i had it all planned out. i even wrote my follow-up email before i went to sleep, all ready to send just in case i didn't get the email that i had been expecting...when i woke up and did not have that email, i simply clicked the send button and it went on its merry way.
so, at 11:49 am (for all you non-math whizzes out there, that's 7:49 pm in madrid), when i got my email, i was shocked. ecstatic, thrilled beyond belief!
there you have it: i've been expecting that email - just not at that time. that's what made the experience all the better! it was a surprise...-ish.
my roommate got me a bottle of jack daniel's single barrel for christmas. i told him then that i would only open that bottle on a good occasion. we agreed that, regardless of the circumstance, we would share a drink after i got accepted. of course, i couldn't spoil this experience. i did not instant message him prior.
i simply came home and went upstairs. i shouted downstairs, "on the rocks or a shot?"
he knew exactly what i was talking about. i showed him the email. the email that read:
it is my pleasure to inform you that, after successfully completing the admissions process, the ie admissions council has decided to grant you definitive admission to the international mba program.
now, that which was bolded in this excerpt was bolded in the email. of course, because it was professionally written, there were caps, but, hey, it's my blog, so there ain't no caps.
the long and the short of it is this: i have, essentially, been involved in an eternal application and interview process for the last 10 months. the experience i've received through the rotary process and then the application process for this school has been some of the most stressful - yet fulfilling - that i can remember. i've interviewed with the cia. surprisingly got very far. but, because it was surprising, it was not stressful. this, though. this was stressful. the rotary scholarship was a catalyst for applying to ie business school. and this acceptance, i believe, will be a catalyst for my future success.
after all of this, all of this process of applying, waiting, interviewing, waiting, and waiting some more, everything starts now. sure, there's the cliche of rebirth and new beginnings and all that bullshit, but, frankly, this is the direction in which i want to go. i've wanted this for a very long time and now, i'm heading there.
needless to say, i'm excited. i'm excited about this school, about madrid, and about my future. i can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.
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