{"id":313,"date":"2010-06-24T15:48:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T15:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2022-05-15T00:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:18:34","slug":"split-second-decisions-mba-or-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/24\/split-second-decisions-mba-or-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Split second decisions: MBA or Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Are you kidding me<\/em>?” This is the reaction to the events of past few days. I dont really know, what i have done. I needed to make a decision, and i had made it over the past 2 months. And yet at the last moment, i changed it. In just a split second. All through June i had been thinking, should i go for MBA at MDI Gurgaon, or go for a job.<\/p>\n

The thing was before coming here, even till a day before, i was to join, i had decided in favour of MDI. The logic was that even after such a CAT fiasco, i had got admission to MBA. It wasnt the best college for finance, but i could make a compromise, and work hard, and get into finance and move up from there. And i would not have to spend time here and there, looking for a financial job off campus. But somehow, the decision was still hard and uneasy.<\/p>\n

I went there on the day of registration. I completed the registration. But the whole thing, made me feel even more uneasy about my decision. It was burning hot. And the whole process was odd. I just dint feel in place at the college. I just wanted to let go. But i had this in my mind , that i should not walk back on a tough decision.<\/p>\n

My friends, and even my family i think, were supporting me, but they really did not want me to go there. One of my best friends said the night before, “Are you crazy, joining MDI<\/em>?” And i said, i have decided.<\/p>\n

Then i was allocated the hostel off campus. About 2 KM’s from college. And the rooms were horrible, old and broken. The heat was unbearable. And to add there was no Air Conditioner or Coolers allowed. Was i to roast to success here? I just felt even more queasy about this decision.<\/p>\n

I started thinking again, am i joining MDI, so that i dont hv to give CAT or interviews again? I had a option, a mediocre one, and i was willing to make a compromise. Why? When i can do better than this, and go to the best colleges? I just dint feel good about it.<\/p>\n

Suddenly i had this visions of all the factors against MDI whirling in my mind, all at once. I felt, why cant i go to Harvard? I can. I can do IIMA, or IIMC or HBS or LBS. why am i settling for this? “I dont want to”, cried out every part of me.\u00a0 And in that split second, the decision was made.<\/p>\n

I wont join MDI<\/strong><\/p>\n

And i did not. I know, things have to be worked out again, and things wont be so easy. But finally i feel happy, and relieved on making a decision i feel is right. And so do others. Most people think, i took the right decision. BETTER LATE than NEVER.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Are you kidding me?” This is the reaction to the events of past few days. I dont really know, what i have done. I needed to make a decision, and i had made it over the past 2 months. And yet at the last moment, i changed it. In just a split second. All through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwbDR-53","jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}