The Timeline of My Application

09/2004
-Began to prepare GMAT

11/2004
-GMAT, 1st take, 600, terrible

10/2005
-Began to review and prepare GMAT

03/2006
-GMAT, 2nd take, 580, horrible

04/2006
-Continued to review and prepare GMAT

07/2006
-GMAT, 3rd take, 690, unexpected and accetable
-Began to contact recommenders, collect transcripts, and draft PS.

08/2006
-Got permissions from 3 recommenders.
-PS ready.

09/2006
-Email touting started.
-Read papers

10/2006
-Submitted the online applications.
-Asked by Professor C to arrange a campus visit in early 2007.
-The luggage including the recommendation letters from the Professor S in the US was lost by the airline.
-Professor S agreed to send a copy to me again.
-The luggage was found and arrived.
-Request GMAT to be sent to the schools.

11/2006
-Sent out all the application packages.

12/2006
-Joined an online chat with the Graduate Admissions at one of the schools that I am applying to and confirmed that the school, the only one, requires that I submit TOEFL.
-Got an email from a Canadian school, asking me whether I can ask my recommenders to send the letters again along with the evaluation forms, which I didn't include into my application package.
-Got an email reply from Professor K at one of the US schools, which I want to get in most, as a late Christmas gift.