Lots of introspection going on.
Probably this will the single most crucial decision of my career. Which schools should I apply to?
Asking myself some fundamental questions:
- Where do I want to be, post MBA? India, US, UK..?
- What do I exactly want to be doing long term? General management in a big manufacturing company, entrepreneurship ?
- I had dreams of having a global career, bouncing in different countries, etc, but do I want to go for that or just settle in India..?
The biggest question is whether the answers I have to these questions right now, hold up after my MBA also..?
If I have solid answers for these, then probably selecting schools will be a lot easier.
This is the most convincing thread about my post MBA plans that I have come up in the last 3 months:
Post MBA, I will join any of the big manufacturing firms in India. Will work for 2-5 years, scouring and understanding the local markets, for voids that I could fill with a new product line. On finding one, I will venture out on my own.
As simple as that line sounds, took me 3 months just to plot a plan that was convincing to myself.
Going along this line, what should I look for in an MBA program to help me achieve my goal?
- Entrepreneurship skills (Probably all top B Schools provide more or less the same)
- Brand image in my post MBA target market, i.e; India. (Very important for first job as well as funding for entrepreneurial venture later on)
- Network of friends (alumni network) is going to be a crucial. Considering 80% of my friends are the ones I met at my school, college and so on. I have turned to these friends at every dilemma in my career.
- The loan after MBA also is crucial. Considering for a loan of 18 lacs, I would have to be paying Rs.30,000 every month for the next 7 years. 18 lacs is just for ISB. The number is a lot higher for international B-Schools.
My present target schools:
- INSEAD
- ISB
- Oxford (Said)
Still reading blogs and all the information up there on every B-School, making sure that I am not missing out on any school that would be perfect for me.
Life is crazzyy... Wish we had a GPS, where we mark our present point, our future point and just follow turn by turn directions at every step, instead of roaming aimlessly like searching for food in a jungle.
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