Monday, January 15, 2007

A few things that i did before joining ISB

Hmm..so you have got the admit and there are just a few mths left for you to step into the 'BSchool !!'. Chances are that you are reeeeallly geared up and want to do a lil bit of this and a lil bit of that and a lil bit of everything before you kind of submit yourself to the roller coaster ride..

Here are a couple of things that I did....

- Bought a book called “MBA in 10 days” (the key word here is ‘bought’ and not ‘read’ :-)). Well I did try to read it though but never completed it But hey guys ..i think for those who r really nervous about all the new stuff that you will get introduced to…buy that book …skim through it once in a while (but frankly once u start ur course you will forget everything else )
- Made my transition out from the current job smooth (remember u never want to burn bridges and u always want to exit on a high note – its always good to keep relationships in the corporate world)
- The blogging phenomena had not caught by that time – so we had no sneak peak into the ISB world which you guys are privy to today …so spoke to a few seniors just to get some ideas on ISB life and prospects of future placement and stuff. But believe me – doing all this helps but only to some extent. Once you are in the grind – you just flow with it and you forget all the gyan you had come with J. Over and above, career decisions post something that you are paying a fortune for has to be made by YOU – so before you start looking for help – introspect. Try and rethink on why are you going to ISB and what do you want to get out of it (get crisp answers) and remember this is not for your essay so be true to yourself and ditch all the jargon and faff ! This will help you immensely in carving out your future path (Ahem…if you think I did all this before joining ISB then please don’t be fooled by yours truly J - but yeah these are things I wish I had done )
- Had loads of fun and slept allllooootttt. PLLLEEASEE do that – cause a 7 hour sleep once u step into ISB is like …well…I cant even say that you can just dream of it cause u wont even get the time to dream of it J
- Did meet up a few ISB admits from the same city. We kind of huddled in a coffee shop, all excited n all and added each other to our IMs etc. Yeah its fun to do all that and it does start the momentum but u know what – again once u get into the school – it’s a different world and you eventually make your own set of friends (who need not be the ones you met early on ). Hey – I do not want to be this party spoiler ..so go on..have fun !!

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