End of a long GMAT journey with a 740(V-42,Q-49)

I agree with you completely that Asia Pacific is the place to be and that's why businesses from the western are scouting to enter or expand in India China.With the growth in the middle class segment in both these countries, the companies abroad view this as an opportunity to increase their revenues which have almost become stagnated because of the control in consumer and government spending in the western world. At the same time, I do feel that getting educated in the US is many times more an enriching experience than it is India/China. Most of the Asian education systems are based on rote learning or theoretical learning while most of the business schools in the US have a heavy emphasis on practical application of concepts in real life scenarios. When you study in environments like those, you tend to develop your horizons,and your understanding of problems and this in turn prepares one to become a leader. An MBA from top US/European business schools in highly revered in Asia or for that matter wherever you'll go . So even if someone would want to work later in Asia, he's going to get a headstart if he has a US degree.

Great points. Really insightful analysis. I agree with your points, but I think that each indvidual is unique and one has to take various factors into consideration before deciding. Since I am married, going for an MBA abroad would prove to be too expensive. I don't want to burden myself with a huge loan because that would mean compromising on the lifestyle post-MBA for some years which is something the society doesn't expect from a married man. Secondly, my wife is also working so going for an MBA at this time would unsettle her career too. So a lot of factors are involved .

LOL! Very true!


I think that if your spouse accompanies you for your MBA abroad, she(he) can work full-time . Isn't it ?

well I guess it all depends, given the tough situation @ the corner in the west. How difficilt/easy would it be to search a good job ?

It obviously isn't gonna be an easy job though. The problem someone's spouse is going to be face is that most of the schools are located at remote places or at least are fairly removed from the city ,so finding for quality job in such kind of places becomes a little difficult.

You're true. That's the very reason I don't wanna go to the US. My MBA will unsettle my entire family life That's why I want to first exploit all possibilities in India and if I run out of them,then possibly I may think about MBA abroad

Great discussion going on here guys. Learnt quite a few new things. I was just thinking that if the scenario in the US is not very good so I think that It'd be even worse in the business schools in UK and Europe where the economies are even worse shape than that of the US. What do you say ?

Yes and no.Yes, because the economies in Europe are really struggling to stand on their feet and the job creation is as bad as it in the US. No, because there are only a handful of good business schools in Europe(around 10-15) in contrast to the US where there's no dearth of good business schools. So getting a job in Europe if you're graduating from one of these schools shouldn't be very difficult.

Couldn't agree more!

I agree but if you look at the scenario ,you'll see that the number of applicants at the top US business schools has gone down this year .Clearly, proves that not all are fully convinced with the dreams associated with the dreams associated with an MBA degree and people are playing safe in this job market.

Thank you for the post. It was helpful. Do you remember that how many inequalities question did you get on Maths. I recently took a GMATPREP and there seemed to be quite a few of them and all of them seemed to be difficult.

I don't remember exactly how many inequalities questions were there but I guess there were 4-5 of them. They seemed difficult to handle especially the Data sufficiency ones.

Oh God! If I see that many inequalities questions,I'm sure that I'll start sweating. But thanks for the info

No, don't worry much. There are 8-9 experimental questions on the GMAT so it is entirely possible that these seemingly difficult looking maybe experimental

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Since you're targetting the Indian schools, so thought that I'd ask you this. Do you think that applying to GLIM is worth it ? How does it compare with ISB Hyderabad ? I am getting very mixed opinion about the school .

Yeah, you're right.GLIM is a little difficult choice for most of those who are in the 2-4 years work experience category. Their tuition is around 10 lakhs and the average starting package is almost the same. Since the average work experience of the students is around 3.5 years, I think that it is good for those who do not want to wait for another year or so for say ISB because of varied reasons. At the end of the day, an MBA is what you make of it. ISB is quite costly also so some candidates go to GLIM so that they are not set back by a huge MBA loan. Personally, I am not a great fan of GLIM. Doesn't command that kind of brand recognition in India as the other biggies.

True, GLIM only has a regional influence and isn't in the same league as ISB is. Btw, did you know that they have also going to start a 2 year MBA program from the next year. A candidate can apply to both the programs, so this in a way will give more choice to the student to select the type of MBA program he wants to study in -1 year vs 2 year at the same campus.