The most important goal of an MBA education is to network feverishly and get to know as many people as possible. Now, when I say networking, I mean it in the genuine sense and not acquiring contacts for the sole […]

I was admitted to Kellogg in R1 and did not really make it to the rest, which I think was for the better. To be frank, I was not too pumped about Kellogg when I got the admit. Therefore, I decided to go for the admit weekend (Day at Kellogg) to check out the school and [...]

As you might have guessed from the post title, I am in! The news came via an unexpected mail on tuesday morning – unexpected, because everyone was expecting it to start from 14th. No complaints though! Kellogg is an absolutely fabulous school and I am simply in love with it, its culture, and the student [...]

Boy, it’s been long!

Since I started preparing for GMAT, my life has essentially been taken over. All I do is live and breathe the essays, the application forms, and the forums. All I talk about is my application strategy, the deadlines, and my apprehensions. My friends and especially my wife are on the verge of a breakdown due to [...]

So, I managed to submit two of my applications yesterday. I will leave it to you to guess which two. To me personally, it represents a big milestone as it involved pulling together a myriad of components, essays being the toughest of all. I believe that I have put in a strong application especially since I [...]

Step 1 – Diagnostic Test Before doing anything, take the diagnostic test. I know that most people say this, but I digress as follows: If you have been out of touch with academics for some years now (which I suspect is the case with most people) practice 20 problems from each section with some light revision [...]

I’m a 28-year old Indian male with an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. I’m in my fourth year in agribusiness in India and my dream school is Stanford. My profile is a little weird because after my electrical engineering I came to India to my family business of floriculture/horticulture. I don’t know [...]