I want it, I want it, I want it. You can't have it - The Who

June offers went out without one coming my way.  It is hard to tell how close I was to an offer, but based on shadow register that we have created over on the yahoo a-100 group, I was at most 13 spots away, but maybe as close as two spots from an offer.  It's hard to tell, because only a portion of the people on the register are members of the yahoo group, and then only some of those people post their information on the shadow register. 

I am currently ranked in the mid-30's again.

The experience is a bit like a yo-yo.  I climb in rank as people accept offers, but drop in rank in the six weeks between classes as people with higher scores join the list above me.

I sent an email to the registrar three days ago to ask my rank and whether or not all the management offers had been given for the June class.  She replied with my latest rank, and told me that there were no more offers to come for June.  It was odd to me, but I was relieved by the news.  I would have preferred an offer, but I was so pleased to actually know.  The hardest part is the lack of information given.  There isn't any real reason for most of the secrecy involved in this process.  Knowing I wasn't going to get an offer allowed me to move on to concentrate on other things, instead of constantly hitting refresh on my email in the hopes that I'd been sent an offer.

I've decided to channel my new found mental space toward selling my house. 

The standard line is to discourage any major life decisions in anticipation of an offer.  I understand the rational.  This process has taken much longer than I anticipated, and it may still never result in an offer.  So, why sell my house?  Well, I've never really liked owning a house anyway.  I bought a two-family house five years ago.  More accurately put, I've never really liked being a landlord.  My tenants have been great so far, but I think I'm more suited to owning a condo, or renting a place. 

I'd love to rent it out and keep it as an investment, but at the same time, I'd love to be done with it and not have to think about the water heater while I'm in Hyderabad or elsewhere.  If I don't get an offer, to the August or September classes, it will free me up to travel to Central America to study Spanish, which will get me some bonus points to add to my score.  With the Spanish bonus points, I'd currently rank somewhere around #16 on the list, which is a spot that is essentially guaranteed an invite.  

Now hoping for an August invite and a pain free home sale.