Yes, its been a long time..since i've added anything meaningful or substantial here..Not that i didn have anything to write, i just didn have any time..After my GMAT (yesss!!!! i cracked it, despite all the things that tried pulling me down) whenever i close my eyes and think about myself the only images of myself that come to me are those of the things that i do in office..coding, coding and more coding..Fortunately or unfortunately i have moved from the role of a documenter to that of a programmer.
Moving on..I've been wanting to learn more dance..Salsa was awesome..and i want more..Many people, including my mom ask me why..Just one reason.."I LOVE DANCING"..and this is one thing that keeps me human, amidst the hectic schedule and never-ending deliverables.Also, this is an activity where i get to meet people from various walks of life and i've made many acquiantances. I had never realised a thing till very recently.About 95% of my frnds are engineers :-O. This number might look staggering on the face of it, but this has gota lot to do with the fact that i was more open to the relation called frienship after my schooling. I dont regret that because even though i might have had a handful of friends then, they were the best i could have. Now, i guess with the changing times, even the meaning and the context of a relationship has changed drastically..Earlier it used to take people weeks or even months to know the people in the same locality and today people make friends in chatrooms, orkut, facebook...I have no problem with any of those means if the underlying values of the relation are what they ought to be. I know i've digressed ay too much in this post. This is what happens when you are out of touch with writing.
Coming back to me..Right now i'm just browsing through different schools that i had considered joining..and the more i seem to research the schools the more i get confused about making a choice..Apart from that there are loads of other things that have to be taken care of..Unfortunately and fortunately the selection process at the international b-schools is very different from the procedure followed in India. Unfortunately coz i can get rejected by all the schools i apply to despite having an excellent GMAT score. Fortunately coz i can beat the strongest of the applicants with a greater and superior work-ex by writing really good essays and applying early. The only thing that i like is the fact that the schools admit people, not the scores, which is not the case in India.
I hope i can get a bit more selective about the schools i'd like to join so that i can concentrate my energies on those schools instead of just publishing essays and sending them to all the schools. One thing i am sure of...i'm def gonna apply to one among Harvard/Stanford/Wharton..I know my chances are next to zero, if not null in making it to these schools, but i'd like to find that out.. Someone has very rightly said " Only people who dont need the brand of H/S/W are the one's who get admitted". Now, i'd like to find out what happens to people who desperately want a brand like that to their profile.
Signing off for now...More laters, if i get the time that is..
P.S: People who regularly read my blog, might find this post..esp the last but one para a bit out of place..But it is there for the right reasons: someone will benefit from them.
