Back Up or Back Out !!!

That's what I realised this afternoon and copied all my app. data into my ipod...My machine has been giving me some problems for the past few days..being very very irrational - taking ages to open the browser...i'm perpetually getting to see "windows not responding"...

What if my machine goes into irreversible hibernation one fine day and I lose out on all my app. data ?!?

The though itself gives me the shivers..

So I immediately backed up my MBA folder and now I feel much much better...

I don't think I need to say something as elementary as this but I hope you guys are constantly backing up your app..

On some other musings... I was wondering if Michael Phelps would ever need to come up with the entire application package or just a call to the adcom would see him sail through!!!

KTS-II works fine for me!

I was just going through http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jul2008/bs20080731_704113.htm which mentions the Keirsey Temperment Sorter. It refers the MBTI so it should be pretty authentic. I saw that the only spending I'd have to do is a couple of mins so I decided to take the test. And voila the results mirrored my personality perfectly! I'm an Idealist. Perfectomondo. Further on I fit the role of a Champion. YaY !!!

More on it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirsey_Temperament_Sorter.

I'm feeling even more energised now :)

Writer's Block :-/

Its been over 15 days that I have been handed out 8 of the (atleast) 40 essays I got to write and all that I have managed in the past 2 weeks is just 1. (Yes I am hanging my head down in shame!)

I have my content with me but I am finding it really difficult to structure my essay. I'm wondering how to start "How will you contribute to the overall experience of your peers at Duke?" Should it have some punch and creativity or should I be "precise" as expected by all adcoms...and then I have 2 pages (more than 1000 words if I use a Font Size of 10) to tell the adcom how I am a "leader of consequence". Still trying to figure out how much will come across as a jack of all (sometimes this cld actually be + ) and how much will consitute as rambling....
The person/experience/event has its outline ready but then again creating a smooth flow and giving a clear insight into how he/she/it has contributed to who I am today needs some work on my end....
The only 1 I have ready so far is career goals and why duke... needs a bit of tweaking and trimming but I think its nearly there.... itching to send it across to my reviewers but gotta wait for the others to get done :(

The other set of essays out is Ross.. Ross is my mecca! and I think I have been adviced correctly not to start off with it. But I have been thinking of my "alternate career"...had an initial choice of 3 but I think I have narrowed it down to 1. Being me I'd love to give all 3 a shot and I'm sure I wouldn't do too badly either! Coming onto "challenging time" I'm sure all those who know me will instantly recall a personal incident (and people actually have) but I am wondering if I want to write about it and if it would speak about my candidature...Professional accomplishment -I shall wait for my current project to finish...none of my past projects could ever beat this one...
Career goals and why Ross- I thought this would be a cake walk! I've been in love with Ross for over 2 years now but then isn't it true that feelings cannot be always expressed in words! (yeah yeah I know excuses :((( )

So there goes I have 8 essays to write so far... spent some time thinking bout each one.. but just have the 1st draft of only 1 ready....hmmmnnnn I have miles to go before I sleep .....

I wonder how the others are faring...hope I'm not the sole one suffering from a writer's block!

The same journey...through the same path..the destination nowhere in sight

In pursuit of my dream , my destination, I set off on the same beaten track
Weary, agitated , pre occupied, helpless i am...none reason enough to cut some slack
Got lost again in the same wilderness, all the pit stops visited and familiar
No its not deja vu, nor a recurring dream -the trail left behind is visible and clear

Why am I lost again?What are the signs saying?
Is this path not meant for me?
Is this the only path to my destination? will i see a clearing just ahead?
Or is this just how the path is meant to be?

Should I push myself the extra mile-"just maybe this is the right track" even if i'm bruised and sore?
Or should I just retreat back ,look out for another path..... lest i get lost more?
Lost? am I really lost? is this journey really a complete waste?
Was I not enthralled by that mystical creature?weren't the wild berries exotic in taste?

I think i'll stop here .....get back my bearings....get rid of the fuzziness engulfing me
I'm sure some rest and a bright new dawn will grant me the road ahead to see
...
Weary, agitated , pre occupied I still am....helpness now I am not
I am sure i'll figure out a way sooner or later to the destination I have always sought......


( i'm feeling so much more positive right now after penning down some of my thoughts....
another bout of gmat today. the score is still 690 but the match is not over as yet.

am trying to figure out if i need to read more into it..am I trying too hard...should I allow gmat to be an indicator of my capabilities........shld i give it another shot...or should i conserve my energy, time and money in strengthing my app.......

i did definately gain a lot in this process...brought about some discipline in my life...am discovering the powers of meditation.....eating a bit healthy for a change....all of this is definately here to stay!!!

I think I need a good night's sleep......put things in perspective and start afresh with renewed vigor... i am def looking forward to my new dawn! )

My "Post-It " for today

Before I finally call it a day i'd like to list down the schools I am looking at and make it to their events at my part of the globe.

• Ross
• Tuck
• Haas
• Yale
• Stern

I am looking at a program that is a good mix of non profit/social entrepreneurship and strategy with a greater emphasis on practical learning vis a vis class room teaching and a good number of international admits.

The last time I checked, UCLA looked interesting too. Am I missing any school so far???????

Another non linear curvy day

should i wait another yr ...should i just settle for something less... ohh yeah when did u start seeing the glass as half empty....u are so convinced about getting the degree and enhancing your career and life......is this the school i'd love to be associated with.... haven't you always loooooooooooveeddddd this school.....but all website and blogs and forums praise their school and think its the best B school on planet Earth...so dig out more on it, talk to people, pester frens n family and frens frens n family frens for inputs and contacts and then decide for urself....ya but still u know but then.....ohh shut up and stop worrying so much unnecessarily.....u have it in you , just don let the steam run out...........(and its tomorrow already!!! --yeah nearly 3 am and ticking!!!)

I Need Answers ... and I Need them NOW

I'm back after a loooonngg hiatus still clueless...still tossing and turning....still apprehensive....still excited.....still confident...still wavering....stillllllllllllllll



Ok enough of my crap..i need answers to questions that have been gnawing at me for a long long time...

• Do Tom Dick Harry exist in the good business programs or are all admits extraordinary - exemplified like The Class of 2009, for example, includes a Scrabble master, a Purple Heart recipient, a fixed-wing glider pilot, a lobster-eating champion, a policy advisor in the Bush White House, an inventor with a patent for the "Compact Dual Cyclone Combustor," a former university mascot, and a novelist---@ Yale SOM


• How do you bridge the gap between "Is school XYZ the best fit for me as the person I am, for my personal growth, for my career goals and aspirations" and "Am I the kind of candidate school XYZ is looking out for ".....


• Visiting the school, talking to the current students, soaking in the atmosphere and "a day@school" would partly answer my prev question I guess , but wht if one does not have the chance to do so? what's the next best thing???