Here's an interesting anecdote I found during my cruising across blogosphere. Why do people blog? Is this just a passing fad or is it something people do just because their best friends' or spouses do so ...?
I think there this much more to this than that! Thanks punit soni for this idea!
The answer to this post's question atleast in mycase is that, blogging give me:
1. An insight into my own thought process.
2. An opportunity to lookback into my strategy somewhere down the line and review it.
3. Serve as a guiding post for other who go online assistance.
Most importantly, I realized that jotting down words not only helps in providing clarity but also acts as a platform to build upon our ideas.
28.2.10
post-GMAT
It would be untrue to say I didn't get time to update my blog after I gave GMAT. I've become lazy after my India trip and my recuperation from no-work to work has been quite tardy so far.
Coming to the title of this post, I gave the GMAT just 2 days before I left for India and scored a good 740(yes!). I couldn't believe the score the moment I saw it on the screen. Suddenly, my future started looking brighter! But, I still had a few doubts on how I would fare on writing assessment ( essay ) but that was not required. Half way through my India trip, I got the official score report from prometric showing my essay score as a perfect 6. But it was then that I realized that I still have a gargantuan task ahead of me as I just went past an important first step. It was then that I felt that maybe (yes maybe) I should give full-time bschool a chance. I instantly knew it would be a tough choice to make, given the plans my parents had for me..and other work-status related constraints. I still have some of those questions lingering in my mind. If I endup going full-time, I still need to figure out if I'd have the flexibility to go through a career change after my full-time bschool and endup with my dream job in the US. I think most of the international (more so Indian) students of my generation who did their masters in the US and who are aspiring for an MBA in a top US bschool, would have to go through this stage.
Based on my preliminary research, I am beginning to realize that I would not be able to use any OPT time after I graduate with an MBA as I already used up most of it for my Masters ( One USCIS ordinance states that students who are pursuing a second (non-STEM) masters degree in the US after having used the OPT period for a prior masters degree are not eligible for additional OPT time ). This is just one of the issues. The other big bottleneck seems to be the fact that I'd be unemployed for close to 2 yrs and I'd be incurring heavy debt for my tuition and other related expenses during this period. But I realized that this is the case with most of the Indian students who make it top bschools in the US.
Now, that the bigger picture is slowly unravelling, I need to spend more time gathering info from bschool alumni ( who are already in or who are going to be part of ) my contact list. Loads of more work to do! Wake up from the slumber and start sprinting my friend!!
Coming to the title of this post, I gave the GMAT just 2 days before I left for India and scored a good 740(yes!). I couldn't believe the score the moment I saw it on the screen. Suddenly, my future started looking brighter! But, I still had a few doubts on how I would fare on writing assessment ( essay ) but that was not required. Half way through my India trip, I got the official score report from prometric showing my essay score as a perfect 6. But it was then that I realized that I still have a gargantuan task ahead of me as I just went past an important first step. It was then that I felt that maybe (yes maybe) I should give full-time bschool a chance. I instantly knew it would be a tough choice to make, given the plans my parents had for me..and other work-status related constraints. I still have some of those questions lingering in my mind. If I endup going full-time, I still need to figure out if I'd have the flexibility to go through a career change after my full-time bschool and endup with my dream job in the US. I think most of the international (more so Indian) students of my generation who did their masters in the US and who are aspiring for an MBA in a top US bschool, would have to go through this stage.
Based on my preliminary research, I am beginning to realize that I would not be able to use any OPT time after I graduate with an MBA as I already used up most of it for my Masters ( One USCIS ordinance states that students who are pursuing a second (non-STEM) masters degree in the US after having used the OPT period for a prior masters degree are not eligible for additional OPT time ). This is just one of the issues. The other big bottleneck seems to be the fact that I'd be unemployed for close to 2 yrs and I'd be incurring heavy debt for my tuition and other related expenses during this period. But I realized that this is the case with most of the Indian students who make it top bschools in the US.
Now, that the bigger picture is slowly unravelling, I need to spend more time gathering info from bschool alumni ( who are already in or who are going to be part of ) my contact list. Loads of more work to do! Wake up from the slumber and start sprinting my friend!!
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