missionmba on March 28th, 2010

I  am overwhelmed by the number of mails and personal messages (on the Pagalguy forum) that I have got from the readers of this blog. I know all of you want me to be blogging again. Believe me, this is what I want to do too. Getting back to my blogs is always on my [...]

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missionmba on December 17th, 2009

Visiting your target school is perhaps the best way for an applicant to judge his/her fit with the school. But certainly, not everybody can do it. This is specially true for the international students. Goizueta Adcom understands this and has arranged for coffee chats with current students through out the winter-break. Talking with an insider [...]

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missionmba on October 3rd, 2009

“Leading Organizations and Strategy” is one of my favorite courses so far. The course, as the name suggests, primarily deals with the issues of people, strategy and leadership.  The class for the subject is highly interactive and offers opportunities for  learning from experiences of people from different cultural and professional backgrounds. Last Thursday’s class dealt [...]

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missionmba on September 2nd, 2009

A proud moment for me as a Goizuetan: Today the NYSE closing bell was rung from the courtyard of Goizueta Business School. This was the first time ever that the bell was rung from any educational institute.. Here’s a glimpse of the moment (Although no video can match up the experience of being on the [...]

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missionmba on July 22nd, 2009

“What price is anonymity??” This has been in discussion over the blogosphere for some time now. Metal raised the issue last month here () and there was an interesting discussion on this topic with prominent MBA bloggers like JulyDream and MaybeMBA chipping in with their views on the topic. And then ahembeea, my blogger-pal for [...]

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missionmba on June 4th, 2009

Is AWA worth the effort?? Simple answer is: Depends on how much effort you are talking about. I was talking to this guy, who is  a good friend and a class of 2012 aspirant. He has already finished most of the stuff that I had suggested (Kaplan comprehensive, OG etc) and is presently getting scores [...]

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missionmba on May 29th, 2009

Posting after a long time, almost a month.. Have been very busy lately.. Office work, visa-documentation, trips with friends (there have already been four this year and at least, one more in pipeline) and some more stuff..  Amidst all these, I finally found time for something that I was planning for over a year now: [...]

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missionmba on May 1st, 2009

Thanks Clearadmit for hosting the wonderful contest. Also thanks to all my fellow-bloggers, who voted for this blog and helped it get a place in top 5 applicant-blogs. Congrats to Tieny, DG and ahembeea for getting the first three positions. You guys surely deserve it.   Special congratulations to the entire team of student-bloggers led [...]

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missionmba on April 23rd, 2009

Just got this awesome news at the accepted students site: Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is pleased to announce that it is finalizing an agreement with an external partner which will provide loans to admitted and current international MBA students.  International MBA students enrolled at Goizueta Business School will be able to borrow for their [...]

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missionmba on April 22nd, 2009

Every time somebody asks me about profile-building for applying to an MBA program, I get reminded of the book: “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life.”  The book is about a girl named Opal Mehta, whose parents are hell-bent on making sure that she gets an admit to Harvard. Unlike most [...]

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