Got out to get some fresh air..this church always beckons me....
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PD
Friday 19 August 2011
Monday 8 August 2011
Early morning at bus stop
Ellen , my carpool "driver" was as drowsy as me when she came to pick me this morning
Today was the first day of classes and I just wanted to capture this moment for me to look back at it in fall and be surprised that I am still alive!
Saturday 21 May 2011
Have taken most posts off this blog
I have taken most posts off this blog. I will soon be retiring this blog and have taken the best ones out. I will publish them in a new coherent blog.
Apologies if you were looking for something i published long back.
Apologies if you were looking for something i published long back.
Monday 6 December 2010
MBA Crystal Ball
http://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2010/11/24/level-playing-field-for-mba-applicants-from-india/#comment-243 Came across this site through BTG forums and the BusinessWeek forums.. nice practical advice on applications especially for us Indian folks who don't have the resources or the $$ to hire expensive consultants abroad!!
Kudos.
Kudos.
interesting stats in business india
3 out of 10 candidates in West Europe and US are women..
only 1 out of 10 candidates in Indian B schools are women..
and these aren't hard figures.. these are chances / probability as they call it
0.3 in US and Europe and 0.1 in India...
Average age of MBA students in China and India, in years: 23.9 and 25.9
Average age of MBA students in West Europe and the US, in years: 27.5 and 30.2
Number of GMAT scores sent from India and china to management programs in the US in 2005:
India = 43,000
China = 19.200
interesting statistics.. and more to come!!
only 1 out of 10 candidates in Indian B schools are women..
and these aren't hard figures.. these are chances / probability as they call it
0.3 in US and Europe and 0.1 in India...
Average age of MBA students in China and India, in years: 23.9 and 25.9
Average age of MBA students in West Europe and the US, in years: 27.5 and 30.2
Number of GMAT scores sent from India and china to management programs in the US in 2005:
India = 43,000
China = 19.200
interesting statistics.. and more to come!!
Sunday 5 December 2010
Sunk Cost fallacy
Just realized that my worst apps in the order of "worseness" of content / quality were
1. Darden
2. UNC
3. Emory - still work in progress, but definitely looks better than the previous two.
So now i have worked out a strategy for my Emory app
1. by end of this week , finish the 1st drafts of essays and also take in comments from reviewers
2. attend the Emory student's one on one on Sunday 4pm to 6pm
3. take his inputs as well and work on my essays
4. finish the recommendations by this weekend.. so i really need to get started on that...
5. Mail the transcripts on Sunday .. 12th December.. cant mail before that.. work on Christmas cards at work..
6. Use 2 hours daily in office each morning to work on my essays.. wish i could carry my laptop to work
7. write essays that dont put the adcom to sleep.. as told by my dear friend at Ross..
Sunk costs - Darden , UNC apps
Can i do anything about them?
NO
Can i do anything about the Emory app?
Hell, Yeah!!
Gotta sleep in some time.. maybe make some Chamomile tea to soothe my frayed nerves..
1. Darden
2. UNC
3. Emory - still work in progress, but definitely looks better than the previous two.
So now i have worked out a strategy for my Emory app
1. by end of this week , finish the 1st drafts of essays and also take in comments from reviewers
2. attend the Emory student's one on one on Sunday 4pm to 6pm
3. take his inputs as well and work on my essays
4. finish the recommendations by this weekend.. so i really need to get started on that...
5. Mail the transcripts on Sunday .. 12th December.. cant mail before that.. work on Christmas cards at work..
6. Use 2 hours daily in office each morning to work on my essays.. wish i could carry my laptop to work
7. write essays that dont put the adcom to sleep.. as told by my dear friend at Ross..
Sunk costs - Darden , UNC apps
Can i do anything about them?
NO
Can i do anything about the Emory app?
Hell, Yeah!!
Gotta sleep in some time.. maybe make some Chamomile tea to soothe my frayed nerves..
have i hit a wall today?
Sunday morning.. got up at 8.30.. my maid turned in early to cook.. i hate her.. but cant help it. she feeds me and my husband our daily meals.. so cant fire her..
so i woke up groggy but totally charged up about my Why Emory ? essay..
used some really good points that i gathered from attending yesterday's webinar.. and then by 12:30 pm i was done with the essay and bust.. my shot of energy had been consumed..
two cups of chai had completed their effect and I was completely burned out...
After that I could not do much..
sent out 2 Emory essays for review..
still stuck for a topic for the next 2 essays
will really need to use some time off in the library tomorrow morning..
10 am to 12:30 pm..
as my hubby prepares for his GMAT retake, I cant help but feel that i am pressurizing him too much.. so I have decided on the back off strategy for this week..
Will just gently ask him What's up? and not make a fuss about the GMAT.
He is under a lot of pressure too lately..
So i guess we both deserve to take a chill pill..
Items on my list this week
1. 2 Emory essays - write and send for review
2. rework on the 2 essays that i receive comments for
3. mail the transcripts to Emory, mail the Christmas cards to UK?
one of my recommenders is really unwell.. hope she will be able to submit my reco.. the Emory application is really driving me crazy.. apparently the link for reco is activated only once you submit!!!
that's crazy.. I should have worked on those points as well this weekend..
okay.. so that's another action point for me this week..
btw.. am wondering. how is Kaneisha Grayson's Art of Applying course? Wonder if anyone has taken it? its worth $1000 > .. kind of too expensive for me.. 47K ( wow, that's more than my 2 GMAT attempts + Darden + UNC app fee put together)..
so not worth it , at least due to the cost factor...
so i woke up groggy but totally charged up about my Why Emory ? essay..
used some really good points that i gathered from attending yesterday's webinar.. and then by 12:30 pm i was done with the essay and bust.. my shot of energy had been consumed..
two cups of chai had completed their effect and I was completely burned out...
After that I could not do much..
sent out 2 Emory essays for review..
still stuck for a topic for the next 2 essays
will really need to use some time off in the library tomorrow morning..
10 am to 12:30 pm..
as my hubby prepares for his GMAT retake, I cant help but feel that i am pressurizing him too much.. so I have decided on the back off strategy for this week..
Will just gently ask him What's up? and not make a fuss about the GMAT.
He is under a lot of pressure too lately..
So i guess we both deserve to take a chill pill..
Items on my list this week
1. 2 Emory essays - write and send for review
2. rework on the 2 essays that i receive comments for
3. mail the transcripts to Emory, mail the Christmas cards to UK?
one of my recommenders is really unwell.. hope she will be able to submit my reco.. the Emory application is really driving me crazy.. apparently the link for reco is activated only once you submit!!!
that's crazy.. I should have worked on those points as well this weekend..
okay.. so that's another action point for me this week..
btw.. am wondering. how is Kaneisha Grayson's Art of Applying course? Wonder if anyone has taken it? its worth $1000 > .. kind of too expensive for me.. 47K ( wow, that's more than my 2 GMAT attempts + Darden + UNC app fee put together)..
so not worth it , at least due to the cost factor...
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