Terms 1 & 2

Ooish, finally I have compensated for my lack of sleep!! Term breaks are here again and yesterday I managed a record 17 hours of sleep in the 24 hours :-).. What a far-cry from the sleep-deprived days of the terms.. Though to be honest, most days @ ISB I have managed 5-7 hours of sleep (including some time in class :))

So I have managed thru Terms 1 and 2 (term 2 is not yet official, but @ISB one can never fail, unless you are caught in the dreaded Honour Code) and must say time management is the key here.. The assignments are endless and so are the meetings.. Its most important to refrain from being the do-all HERO and split work in teams!! There is just no substitute for good ol' fashioned delegation :)

Term 1 was a little boring with subjects like Stats (I hate it), Financial Accounting (Maan that was so clerical) and MicroEconomics(the subject sucked but Bruce Allen was amazing).. Term 2 was more fun but the load was relentless, the time-consuming MarkStrat, the never-ending and painful DMOP and finally the sheer number of pre-reads!! At these times I admit I did wonder, why oh why did I leave my job, life in Boston, fiancee in US and head back to get my butt kicked :P

Term 3 is the supposedly deadliest of all the terms, but then it gets better!! And the best part is the club activities will really kick in soon!! After that all the extra-curr stuff starts..

So all in all - when anyone asks me to define ISB - the word is "AWESOME".. And no this is not typical MBA faf or jargon or BS, but really this setup is simply awesome!! And I can compare it very positively with Duke!!

ISB

Back from a long hiatus!!! Was really caught up on some stuff at work and my MBA application. I loved my job at Deloitte, met some incredible people, learnt some neat skills. However, with the lottery called the H1, a bad bad economy and a realization that I loved marketing much more than Technology drove me to get my MBA.. Having done that, I decided US was out. I was unhappy with the H1 situation that was the sole cause of many companies rejecting me. Europe is in the midst of a severe recession and is super-expensive (way beyond my means), so I decided it would be back to India for me. Indian School of Business stood out with its partnership with Wharton / Kellog, excellent faculty and a great peer group.

Having graduated a few months earlier with my MS, I gave a trial application to ISB, and got an interview call. This was a totally refreshing interview, where the interviewers seemed genuineky interested in discovering my story.. I felt, I gave a very good interview and got the admit!!

So now, the next chapter in my life is ISB.. I hope to make some smashing friends, colleagues and mentors.