Last week, when i had made this post , I definitely did not foresee anyone reading it. The next day, i was pleasantly surprised to see that some students from ISB had actually read it and left some encouraging comments also.  Now, I am not an avid blogger ( atleast as of last week.. ) , nor did i publicise this blog at all. As a result, the fact that i received a feedback was totally unexpected.  Wondering how this happened, i sifted through wordpress and google. Lo!!!! my blog entry was in the top 10 in wordpress and and in the first 5 pages in google. That really made me appreciate the power and simplicity of technology  ( blogs & search engine) and its ability to connect people like never before.

On the downside,  my decision to skip ISB is in doldrums now. Not that I mind, though. ISB has always been an attractive option. That considered, It is very liberating  to be told that there is still a fair percentage of chance to get a call. I still have to think about retaking the GMAT though. The Question is not about the effort involved. It is about the timing. If i chose to retake the GMAT, i presume it would need around 1.5 months of preparation at the least. i.e. the exam will be in mid-August. The AWA and the official report would take 4-5 weeks to arrive. If that is the case, then applying in Round 1 becomes tight since the scores would need to be uploaded along with the admission process and i wanted to apply to ISB by round 1.. . But if applying in round 2 with a “hypothetical” higher GMAT score can help, then well wat can be done?

I have to start working on the ISB essays though. one essay in particular is difficult. It poses the applicant as an employee of a company involved in Dam construction and asks him/her to convince( or atleast try to convince.. ) the leader of the movement which is opposing the dam construction. I am clueless as to what the adcom is looking for here? Are they looking for innovation or are they looking for the strategy adopted or something else? I have to dig for information somewhere.

 

P.S: Thanks to all the ISB students for their words of encouragement and useful information. Hopefully , i will be spewing out some words of encouragement to some one else next year…;)