I so not want to go to office tomorrow.... just want to continue staying at home for another week... but alas the dream run has come to an end and I am going back to office tomorrow after 10 days!!!!!
3 day week is just the saving grace what I needed :-)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
First brush with what lies ahead
Had my first interaction wid To-Be-Batch-Mates yesterday... and I must confess I am really really lucky to be heading at the right place!!!
Takeaways from yesterdays meet
1) You really need to be with people who have work ex if YOU have work ex... only then you can connect with them very easily... they are your age and they think alike... the maturity factor is reasonably good... One guy was already marrried, one engaged and majority in stable relationship... I am so glad that I wont have to deal wid freshers just out of the college and no real practical knowledge...
2) Diversity... We were 7 of us... And only 2 people wid IT related work ex... One Economist, One Private Equity Analyst, One from International Finance, One from Marketing & Strategy background, and me - from I-banking... Now Extrapolate it to about 30-40 odd ppl from India... (We have already few ppl wid more than 10 years as well)... Again there will similar 1/3rd of the class coming from China.. And remaining 1/3rd from rest of the world!!! Its time to learn about more cultures!!!!
3) Achievers... Its not that these guys were bunch of losers who could not get into Indian Schools... They had calls from premier institutes (Read IIM-K, XLRI, MDI, SPJIMR, ISB)... But they have chose NUS by will and not by compulsion... If GMAT was the benchmark, the median was somewhere close to 710! So they came to NUS again by choice and was not that could not make it to a top U.S. B-School
4) Contribution to the table.... Just a small conversation about loans... I said that lets wait, the interest rates might go down in a few months... The economist quickly counter argued that with inflation so high, the interest rates are not even gonna be touched.... I am just going crazy where will the discussions in the class go!!!!!!
I have come back with lots of positive vibes!!!!! And very much raring to go!!!!! Can hardly wait!!!
Takeaways from yesterdays meet
1) You really need to be with people who have work ex if YOU have work ex... only then you can connect with them very easily... they are your age and they think alike... the maturity factor is reasonably good... One guy was already marrried, one engaged and majority in stable relationship... I am so glad that I wont have to deal wid freshers just out of the college and no real practical knowledge...
2) Diversity... We were 7 of us... And only 2 people wid IT related work ex... One Economist, One Private Equity Analyst, One from International Finance, One from Marketing & Strategy background, and me - from I-banking... Now Extrapolate it to about 30-40 odd ppl from India... (We have already few ppl wid more than 10 years as well)... Again there will similar 1/3rd of the class coming from China.. And remaining 1/3rd from rest of the world!!! Its time to learn about more cultures!!!!
3) Achievers... Its not that these guys were bunch of losers who could not get into Indian Schools... They had calls from premier institutes (Read IIM-K, XLRI, MDI, SPJIMR, ISB)... But they have chose NUS by will and not by compulsion... If GMAT was the benchmark, the median was somewhere close to 710! So they came to NUS again by choice and was not that could not make it to a top U.S. B-School
4) Contribution to the table.... Just a small conversation about loans... I said that lets wait, the interest rates might go down in a few months... The economist quickly counter argued that with inflation so high, the interest rates are not even gonna be touched.... I am just going crazy where will the discussions in the class go!!!!!!
I have come back with lots of positive vibes!!!!! And very much raring to go!!!!! Can hardly wait!!!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Elusive Indian MBA Dream comes to an End
Finally after 4 years the chase ends.... XLRI gives me ding for the final time!
The end of an era called "Jaimin and The Entrance Exams"!!
But in fact it has made my life easier now - no comparisons - One Admit and NUS it is now!!! No dejection, No sadness - the life goes on as usual! Not even a single moment of unhappiness!! Singapore - here I come!!!
Alas, one regret will remain in my life - I cannot tell me children that I had ever got an admit from any Indian B-School!! But then, they might just tell me back - Dad, what colleges were you trying to get in - IIMs, XLRI and SPJain - we have never seen them on world rankings leave alone Asia ;-)
The end of an era called "Jaimin and The Entrance Exams"!!
But in fact it has made my life easier now - no comparisons - One Admit and NUS it is now!!! No dejection, No sadness - the life goes on as usual! Not even a single moment of unhappiness!! Singapore - here I come!!!
Alas, one regret will remain in my life - I cannot tell me children that I had ever got an admit from any Indian B-School!! But then, they might just tell me back - Dad, what colleges were you trying to get in - IIMs, XLRI and SPJain - we have never seen them on world rankings leave alone Asia ;-)
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