2 more apps to Indian schools done

I am done with 2 simple applications to IIM Ahmedabad and XLRI (1 year GMP).
The beauty of these 2 apps is that neither had essays or recos !
Frankly, I belong to the camp that supports abolition of essays and recos.
There are so many essay-writing services these days that it is no longer an accurate assessment of one's abilities. Probably, it assesses who can pay the most to get their essays written by the best essay-writing company.
Same goes with recos....if you have the misfortune of having a boss who can't write well, then you are at a disadvantage for something that is not in your hands.

So I was glad to send apps to these schools. I might be called for a personal interview sometime in Jan or Feb. I don't know how things will be then. Lots of ??? for me at this stage .

BTW I got an update from CMU that my app is complete and adcom has to make a decision....which will be announced a month-and-a-half later (Dec 21st). Fingers crossed now !

XLRI's program is really good from what I hear....small classroom consisting of guys with atleast 5 yrs exp...well-known school...good placements...cost is only 8lakhs.

IIMA....dont have to say anything...its one of the best schools in the world.

Right now working on NUS essays...will then have to work on Kellogg and Haas.

Me and my wife were watching a movie called "Crash" today. The movie had lot of crime scenes shot in the LA area. At the end of the movie, my wife asked me to strike off UCLA out of the list !

If she sees movie's with similar scenes in Berkeley and Chicago...I can stop writing essays!