Sucess is sweeter when it comes amidst cluters of hopelessness and Despair.
March 17, 2007: was the day which would stand apart from the other days in my calender because I got an admission offer from the S.P.Jain Global MBA Program [hence forth I would refer to this program as gmba, sorry for being lazy:-)].
August 25,2006:Looking Back, I see myself as a desperate soul who just took a flight from Dallas to Mumbai,on my birthday, with no clue on how the coming 3 weeks would be for him.
20th September,2006: The Day i wrote my GMAT but the days preceeding it saw lots of activities, re-scheduling, re-planning and risk analysis.
I had scheduled my GMAT on 20th September and had hardly prepared myself for it.Moreover the team wanted me to be at office in coming 3 weeks and was unwilling to allow me a leave for one single day.
To make things worse I had not disclosed the idea of appearing for GMAT to any one of my team mates so naturally they were taken aback by my pestering for a 3 week leave. But I got one ( i said I was getting married and they believed ! ).
I went home for a place where I could have the peace to study but things turned out to be diametrically opposite to my plans. The first week saw 3 "puja's " at home, the second saw an influx of my near and dear ones who wanted to see their lad who came back from USA in one piece. Frustated, i packed my bag and rented a hotel in mumbai for coming 5 days before I wrote my GMAT.
I went to exam hall on the D-day with lots of apprehensions and surely I didnt get the marks I dreamt of ( 750+) nonetheless i got a challenging score.
Mid-December,2006: After my GMAT, my life on any Friday, Saturday and Sunday revolved around booze, 4 friends, lots of ciggerattes and talks about all the females in the world. By this time I had started applying for schools and had occasionally used to hear aout gmba, but never paid much attention since my life revolved in being in USA. But suddenly one of my booze mates revealed that he had applied for the program and listed out its positive points.I had got Nirvana . But I was missing the bus for JANUARY admission since I had a 6 month bond with my company.
Early January,2007: Applied for the program. Note : You can only apply to one specilization.
March 11,2007: Got a call for Evaluation on Jan End but was out of town then, so deffered the call till March 11.On March 11, i went with lots of confidence oozing since I had already rehearsed interviews a lot many times. Spent most of time hunting and talking to girls. Old habits die hard ;-) .
The admission process was streneous compromising of Essays,Case studies, GD, personal interview followed by meeting with the chairman.
Had to wait for 6 more days before I got the results.
June 12,2007: Resignation from TCS. My first job , which I secured from campus( August 4, 2002). Had been in TCS since Sep9,2003. Days were filled with so many sweet bitter memories.
June 15,2007: Flight to Dubai
1 comment:
Hi.
Can u tell me hhow u went abt securing study loan for the course?
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