Posting after a year and a half..! A lot has happened in the meanwhile…
I got accepted at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and there I put an end to my dreams of a B-school education abroad. That was last April, and I haven’t regretted my decision since. 
It is a fantastic place to be with truly India’s best brains coming in and competing & collaborating with you. The facilities are outstanding with link-ups for exchange programs and international competitions with almost every university worth its name. But the most outstanding aspect for me is clearly the faculty.
Wizened with decades of experience, the faculty accepts you with open arms and gives you any help whenever you want, and sometimes when you don’t ask for India’s top consultants, finance gurus, alums with extensive marketing & sales experience, leaders & harbingers of change, all reside in this 100 acre campus. Intellectually challenging talks at 12 in the night while taking a stroll with the professor on his nightly walk routine has become a habit for me. And how I love it.
If any of you is thinking of pursuing an MBA in India, give IIM-A a shot. Chances are, you would thank yourself for the decision you took.!
PS: The academic pressure in the first year, and there is no easy way to say this, is tremendous. Nothing like what I have ever experienced in my life. And something I really really appreciate now that I have crossed that stage. So, if you are the kind who would like a more laid-back though brilliant place, this is probably not the right place for you.
Only if the last sentence was not to be and if getting in was a piece of cake… BTW how did you go about selecting your 5 picks for the GMAT… I am guessing I should get started on atleast thinking of higher studies and would need all the help
Hey Ankit.. It is Ankit Mehra, right?
Well, it has been a long time since I chose my schools, so the details aren’t readily coming to my mind.
But, nevertheless, I remember creating a number of filters. One was to see whether the school followed the casestudy method or lecture method for teaching. I felt I would be more comfortable with the lecture one. Another filter was whether schols/loans are easily available. And if loans are available, then does the school mandate an American sponsor for the loan.
I didn’t know anybody who could sponsor me, and so I had to get rid of those schools too. And I knew I wanted to keep ISB in the list.
Plus I knew getting into HSW would be awfully hard. And you need to decide whether the school’s location also matters to you. Are you ok with a school far removed from a big city? If yeah, the options open up.
Just take care of these filters, and you should be ready with a preliminary list. After that you need to see which all schools remain on your list, and read up as much as possible about them. They know how to sell themselves, but you get a sense of their orientation, and see if that matches yours.
That’s all I can remember right now. Hope I helped. And all the best..!
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i love this post!!!
) but i consider my self a kinda weirdo who just loves being in such a situation! crazy right? 
i may sound too eccentric but no… i am earning to go there, be a part of such a prestigious institution.
and its not the first time i’m listening to the last two lines (ok fine, reading!
anyway that was a cool post and the fire just grew taller!
Nahh.. not crazy. That is if crazy has a negative connotation attached to it. It is fun
Hoping you make it..! Keep the fire alight..!
Tiny, how many more blogs will you unveil? Anyways, your near perfect AWA writing score was not a surprise considering your WAC reports
Just these.
And I was very surprised at my AWA score…! I don’t write well at all..!