GMAT The Decision Making

Well now that you are on crossroads with GMAT on your mind, then let me help you to see through. First of all if you have considered all the aspects of GMAT and a foreign MBA, then just go ahead and click the link on GMAT in the categories tab and you will definitely have some comprehensive information at your exposure.

And if you are undecided about taking GMAT then do consider following points before you actually go ahead with your GMAT preparations(The instructions below are however concentrated on aspirants who need to do MBA from a country with higher currency value):

1. You appear GMAT for getting admission to a MBA college, i.e. After GMAT you need to go for foreign MBA. Now before you actually pass a “Say something new” kinda smile, let me tell you that this is something that most of the aspirants tend to ignore. Reason, they are too engrossed about that 800 figure and not about what are they gonna do with that 800!!! That said; let us delve deeper into the factors that should be kept in mind before you actually get into the fray.

2. First things first... Do plan for funding the Application fees of various colleges. Each application costs in tune of $150 - $200. In case you are an Indian, this would mean INR 7500 to INR 10000. (1$=INR 50).

3. Foreign MBAs should be viewed in the light of Business. A business where in you spend huge amounts on your personality instead of products and infrastructure. So keeping that in mind, the real value of an MBA should be judged on ROI (Return on Investment) and not merely the average annual salary of pass outs from the institute you are joining.

4. The ROI is calculated based on the amount that you may earn at the end of five years after completing your MBA. Soon I’ll be providing you with information on the top ranked colleges based on ROI.

5. The funding of just the tuition fees of the colleges has to be done with the help of loan. The obvious thing is that you may not be able to pay your loans during your education. So after your MBA is done, the interest is bound to be a substantial amount from the time you start to pay off all your loans. Do not consider paying off loans in hurry after your education. It may not be easy to shell off 1/3rd or 1/4th of your salary every month.

6. MBA grads do not enjoy the same privilege as the MS grads in terms of the scholarship and Internships opportunity, that added up with your hectic schedule might just leave you stranded between your daily classes and your part time jobs.

7. Take into consideration the time you intend to stay in USA, UK or Australia (or wherever you do your MBA from) once you are done with your courses. Returning immediately may not be an option at all. However, you may plan to return 4 years after your MBA. That should more or less compensate for your investment and effort.

Well now in case you are sufficiently demotivated, then let me tell you some good things too...

1. Once you complete your MBA, you may earn well in tune of 70K$ per annum to over 100K$. Keeping that in mind, if you stay there for four years after MBA, you would have done sufficient savings to lead a luxurious life in your country.

2. After returning to your country, you can always expect salaries that are way above others.
Last but not the least, if you have put in so much of effort to qualify for GMAT and then a good MBA college, you will surely be placed above the average folks in your country because there goes a cliché...”Labour never goes in vain”

Well then you may always cross question me why have I scared you all this while... Dear reader, all the above points are meant to get you prepared for the worst and be ready for what’s coming in and prevent you from getting rude shocks from the unexpected revelations. What say???

After a long time....

“Time will pass on; summers will come and go,
My assets may wither; the relations may get on low,
But nothing can tear me away from my ambitions,
And that is something I surely know”

I return back to the world of blogging with this note. (Check out the time of my last post. I will give you an idea that how long I have been offline. And the subject would tell you why I was Offline :-)) To the few readers, which I have... I am sorry for such a long break. But then life at times gets you on back foot and you are not left with any other options but to postpone all your plans and do what destiny dictates. All said and done... the fact remains that any emotional or professional setback can cut only as deep as you let it cut. Unfortunately for me, I gave my setback more time than it ever deserved. Notwithstanding, I have finally decided to return to my blog.

Getting back to business , I would like to remind you that the blog is about Entrepreneurship, start ups and GMAT. In the meanwhile I’ll also chip in with some book reviews and movie reviews (new). Off course the trivia , which has turned out to be more of centi”Mental” drama will continue to feature in my blogs. I simply can’t help it.

What’s new??? This time around, I have definitely matured in terms of start ups. So my new posts would ne now based more on ground work than Internet research. As here onwards I’ll be bringing to table the data from real markets; Retail, IT and other sectors. Now one thing that’s obvious as of now is the data would be too close to Indian market (I am yet to become a global citizen).

Now, a word on current impositions on bloggers put by Supreme Court in India. For those who don’t know about it, certain rules and restrictions have been imposed on bloggers from India in wake of some audacious posts put in by some bloggers (Even I am not very sure about it). As far as I feel my blog is far away from politics and public matter. However, you never know what may offend who... so to be on the safer side, I’ll request all my readers to intimate me immediately in case they see anything offensive on the blog. The post will either be edited or taken off altogether. You see just like everyone else, even I don’t want to attract unnecessary attention and issues.

Happy reading.....

The beauty of life is realized after loosing it...

Where was I? What was I doing? When did I loose it all? Why wasn’t I given a warning? Where am I heading now? What am I up to? For whom or for what am I doing all this? What have I achieved? What have I lost ...

I see myself hopelessly lost, messed up by these questions, the more I try to solve them the more I get strangled and suffocated. I long for breathe but get no signs of air around, my clueless eyes look for water in deserts and my heart hopes for a rain in this draught ridden terrain.

You may be enjoying this as a piece of poetry, but then that is what you call “From heart to black and white” .The paradox of life is you realise the value of ”something” when you loose it. As long as this “something” is yours, you expect it do favours, you expect it to remain good after whatever you do, you look forward to it in thins of your life, but you are absconding when it’s your turn to do favours. Then comes one fine day when “something” decides to leave you and makes way for itself. From this day onwards, your life changes. You get a feeling that “something” is missing from your life. It’s not a well pronounced feeling but then you know it at the back of your mind that something is wrong in life, there is something that is destabilizing your life and what follows is “PAIN”

There is a constant prick that keeps telling that “something” is gone. Its no more there, to be by your side. Every second thing reminds you of the time spent together, the incidents and the moments associated with it. You cry, your heart shouts , you punch wall, you kick stones but all in waste and then you give up. Not the relation but faith. Faith in your capabilities, faith in what you can do to this relation and you hopelessly look up to others to help.

At this juncture, you ask few valid questions, one of them being... “Do I actually deserve this?” The answer to this depends on how your life has been all this time. As far I know about my life, I am accustomed to learning things the hard way round. I know the more I get accustomed to it, the harder it gets for me. May be it’s the sins of my previous incarnation or may be God wants to make me perfect, the Best (You see there is a positive side to everything on earth!!!)