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MHAM Self-Care Series: How to Reduce Stress When Waiting for MBA Admissions Decisions

Read the full write-up on MBAchic: https://mbachic.com/2022/05/11/self-c... *This is part two in our self-care series for Mental Health Awareness Month In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re launching a series where we use video to share practical tips that describe ways you can practice self-care during key stressful moments in the MBA journey. So, you’ve applied to your dream business school(s), and now you’re waiting to learn if you were accepted. We know the wait can be painful. “Waiting is so difficult,” says Shannon Demko, a mindfulness coach for MBA students. She’s also spent more than a decade as an admissions director at American University’s Kogod School of Business. “It’s perhaps the most difficult part of the entire process when applying to business school. And for whatever reason I think waiting in Round 2 is harder than waiting in Round 1.” Demko says we lose our sense of control during the admissions waiting game. After spending months filling out the applications, taking the tests, and writing the admissions essays. “Eventually, you get to the point where they’re all uploaded, and you hit submit,” she says. “And from that moment forward, there’s nothing left to do.” While the MBA process is out of your hands, there are several things you can do to reduce your anxiety around waiting.