Swamped!!

Techie geek that I am, I know that there's huge amounts of information on the www if you know how to look properly. Like so many other things, that was just another factual statement i could toss out to my "non-geeky" family,friends, co-workers and whoever else would listen to me.


Till of course, it became time for me to start researching B-schools. OMG!! The amount of information out there is staggering! The number of sites, people posting away all kinds of data, how on earth am i ever supposed to make an sense of it all?

Was supposed to call up Kunal over the weekend but I didnt. I know he's out of station over the weekend so i'll have to wait till he comes back before i call. I should finish the call as early as possible. Working on essays is not going to be easy in the least. The only consoling point is that he's re-apping to Chi so i'll have some company there :)

Chuck it man!

I've decided to chuck the PR for the time being. Under the pretext of finishing PR "first" i was simply delaying starting work on the other books. So I've chucked it for the time being. When I feel like it i'll come back to it. Or atleast for the tests/exercises.

In the meanwhile (meaning yesterday night) i've started with beatthegmat's flashcards

Will also start with the Kaplan book that I have courtesy Ronnie. Yet to pick my colleges. Arranged with Kunal to call him late at night and discuss this. Conversations with him generally go on for about 30mins to 45mins(based on the One time that I called him :D and later confirmed by iday)

Thinking of a template that should help me decide schools. Unfortunately, I dont quite know what exactly I should be looking for in a school. I've got ideas floating in my head but should hopefully be able to put everything down on paper after my chat with Kunal.

Looking for people who can take a look at my essays. This is a toughie.

HELP!!!

Damn!!

Even though I've booked my date, that sense of urgency has still not bitten me yet. I'm still plodding through my PR and struggling to finish it. Beginning to get bored of it now. Hoping to get it over with by this weekend and move on to either the OG or Kaplan by Monday. Reading Montauk and Bodine in bits and pieces. Yet to finalise on colleges. Such a lot of work so little time.
Job's not interesting any more. Its becoming boring and its also sapping all my energies. I have to spend long hours at the center with nothing much to do or do some mind-numbingly dumb work and that's even more frustrating.

Pressure from home also to get things moving. To go to a B-school this year. To improve the financial situation. To stop thinking only about myself and to think about the family for a change.

PRESSURE!!

How well can I handle it? Its only going to get worse.

Booked!!

After months of dilly-dallying I've finally booked a date.I am now going to be appearing for the GMAT on Sep18,2007 at 9AM. Its the will-only-go-in-the-morning jazz that's pushed my date so late. Tentatively I had settled on 13th but between Sunday and today even that's taken. No worries from my side though the family is definitely going to freak out :-(

I've also mailed hella to be included in the Applicants list. Let's see how that works out :)

Finally...

I started my prep! Atleast, I studied a part of the PR. Am almost done with the Math part. Should hopefully start with the Verbal part soon. Have delayed like crazy the process of picking up the Manhattan SCG and the CR/RC but now no more. Really have to pick it up soon. I've said July end is when i plan to give the GMAT but its almost June end and I'm only just starting. Dont think it'll be july end but any later than August and I'll be pushing it pretty darn close.

As part of the essay improvement, i realised that in order to write some good stuff

a.) You must write Good Serious Stuff
b.) You must write Everyday

Doesnt this make sense?? I know how many hours i've spent just trying to frame a simple business mail. I've resolved to now spend some time(say 15mins :D ) thinking ( or atleast trying to) and then updating one or both of my blogs. Not only will that force me to do something about either one,hopefully by the end i'll be writing decent stuff :-D And as a bonus, accomplished something too!!

Wish me luck :-)

Done!

BeatTheGMAT.com had a GMAT Scholarship competition going on for which may7th 11:59pm PST was the deadline. I submitted my app at 11:47pm

I know, I know. I was late! More late than I intended to be. Erratic power supply at home and office(on the last day)played only a small factor. The truth, I only seriously worked on the essays over the last 1 week. Even though I knew about them a little over a month ago.

Just like my GMAT prep. Let's hope I dont leave that to the last moment. That would be a disaster :-D

What Advanced Degree should I get?

You Should Get a MBA (Masters of Business Administration)

You're a self starter with a drive for success. You'd make a great entrepreneur.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

Bodes well for Me :-D