Just Another Day
Today is my 25th birthday and the first one when I am completely passive to this occasion. I am not at all excited nor am I felling any better. Rather, for the last few weeks I have been in an intense turmoil and I think this state of confusion is going to linger for a few more weeks to come. The reason for this utter chaos is not one but many.
To start with I would say that I have recently discovered that I am not as good (read intelligent) as I thought I was. This glaring deficiency was brought to my attention when I wrote the GMAT exam on 14th December and scored a paltry 660. A score of 660 is only decent but pathetic when compared with the GMAT scores of my friends because none of them have scored less than 700. So, I will again write the exam, say, after two years when I would start applying to universities.
Secondly, I am really getting confused between two options, which are: do an Indian MBA, which again is not easy to get into, work for a year or two and then go for another MBA from abroad, or wait for 2/3 years, get some work experience and then directly apply to MBA colleges abroad as I already have a work-ex of 1.5 years. Then again, provided I get an admit first, I still don’t have a clue as to how am I going to fund my education.
To add to this confusion, I also want to appear for CFA and get SAS certification as I work in the Data Analytics industry. I am also exploring the option of opening a start-up. And to top it all, I also want to learn Salsa. The thing is I want to do all this as soon as possible. The only glitch is that I am not able to decide what to do and most importantly when to do!
Just a digression: On the 1st day of 2007, I had gone to Radisson to meet some of my friends. There I saw a girl sitting on a sofa in one corner. I think she was waiting for someone. The mystery was soon resolved when another girl turned up and they both hugged and greeted each other. I know that this is all normal but this is not what I am driving at. The point is that the way they said ‘Happy New Year’ really caught my attention. These three words were uttered in a way as if 2007 was not only the first New Year those two girls were witnessing but also the last that they would ever see in their lifetimes. The hoopla around the occasion and the pitch of their voices just added to the specter. Anyways, wasn't it just another day?
Today, the 7th of January 2007, is also just another day.
To start with I would say that I have recently discovered that I am not as good (read intelligent) as I thought I was. This glaring deficiency was brought to my attention when I wrote the GMAT exam on 14th December and scored a paltry 660. A score of 660 is only decent but pathetic when compared with the GMAT scores of my friends because none of them have scored less than 700. So, I will again write the exam, say, after two years when I would start applying to universities.
Secondly, I am really getting confused between two options, which are: do an Indian MBA, which again is not easy to get into, work for a year or two and then go for another MBA from abroad, or wait for 2/3 years, get some work experience and then directly apply to MBA colleges abroad as I already have a work-ex of 1.5 years. Then again, provided I get an admit first, I still don’t have a clue as to how am I going to fund my education.
To add to this confusion, I also want to appear for CFA and get SAS certification as I work in the Data Analytics industry. I am also exploring the option of opening a start-up. And to top it all, I also want to learn Salsa. The thing is I want to do all this as soon as possible. The only glitch is that I am not able to decide what to do and most importantly when to do!
Just a digression: On the 1st day of 2007, I had gone to Radisson to meet some of my friends. There I saw a girl sitting on a sofa in one corner. I think she was waiting for someone. The mystery was soon resolved when another girl turned up and they both hugged and greeted each other. I know that this is all normal but this is not what I am driving at. The point is that the way they said ‘Happy New Year’ really caught my attention. These three words were uttered in a way as if 2007 was not only the first New Year those two girls were witnessing but also the last that they would ever see in their lifetimes. The hoopla around the occasion and the pitch of their voices just added to the specter. Anyways, wasn't it just another day?
Today, the 7th of January 2007, is also just another day.
Au revoir
posted by Ankur Shanker @ 12:44 AM
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