Posted in Blogosphere on April 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
That says it all…
Thank you everyone – Clearadmit, Fellow bloggers (esp. Curlybee, for predicting this post), readers and commenters, all B school adcoms for providing the ammunition, my parents for you-know-what, my friends & colleagues for you-don’tknow-what, wordpress for letting me host the blog, Vincent Cerf for creating the internet, my dog for not existing, my… Stop! STOP! Have [...]
Posted in LBS on April 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I’ve been away from meaningful blogging for some time… have been trying to gather my thoughts, and think about my life – past, present & future! Why?
B’coz I’m faced with a giant step (only for me ‘n’ my family, no ‘leap for mankind’ stuff here) in terms of family, career, and other bits of personal life. Should I [...]
Posted in General on April 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The repercussions of Tim Shields’ article, direct from the New York Observer (November 24, 1997)
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Tim Shields, a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, spent the summer working as an investment banking summer associate for Salomon Brothers. He didn’t like it much. When he got back to Stanford, he wrote two articles about his [...]
Posted in General on April 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a funny piece I found on the net (oh well, you know I’ve nothing better to do nowadays, while I think, think, think about my options) – A Stanford MBA student interning at Salomon Brothers, talking about the firm, the people there and his colleagues from other B-schools
Its a ten-yr old story, and I dont [...]
Posted in Columbia, LBS on April 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I dinged Columbia!
They were taking too much time with the application, so I withdrew from the process – so thats one less variable for my decisions. Though I am still not sure if I’m going for an MBA, I am now sure that if I do, I’ll take LBS over Columbia – even if Columbia [...]
Posted in Career, Columbia, Consulting, LBS on April 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Now comes the big thing – actually making a big decision in my life!
First decision point: Do I want an MBA at this stage? Now before anyone questions that this should have been the first decision and not the last, I agree. But being the ultimate procrastinator, I had pushed this
Posted in Blogosphere on April 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ladies & Gentlemen,The honors for today go to…
GOLD: Happybunny
SILVER: Tinydancer
BRONZE: Julydream
And if you haven’t guessed it yet, they are the
Posted in Harvard on April 1, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Just received this email from HBS… don’t know what to make of it, I never knew something like this was possible…
Dear Oops,
Congratulations, we have evaluated your application and are extending an invitation for you to interview with us as the next phase of the admissions process.
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We regret that due to an inadvertent error, your status on our [...]
