With no doubt doing an MBA is a serious investment and something that anyone keen on it should think of carefully. No doubt.
After reaching the point that pros outweigh the cons of that decision (and that depends most of the time on your unique idiosyncratic case), there is another quite vital point that concerns which MBA programme to go for? I want to discuss that and how I experienced it.
There are definitely a few top MBA programmes out there that, if someone manages to get admitted to, in terms of future monetary return he or she would probably do fine – make tons of bucks, become a top C-suite executive and so on…If you are interested only on the aforementioned, then you should probably stop reading the rest of this post since it’s going to be a waste.
The way I’ve been leading my life so far is to get the most out of things in terms of experiences and friendships that last, since at the very end of the day it would be too superficial for all of us striving constantly to get another extra dollar into our bank accounts.
Life, simply, cannot just be about that.
Within this context, if you have been on a constant wanderlust in your life, enjoying to meet new people in all different and weird places in the world and be able to get out of your comfort zone easily without a hassle and without making it a big deal, then for sure the INSEAD MBA is perhaps the only choice for you and you will know it’s right. It’s right because it feels right for you as a person and above all as a human being interested in the unconventional aspects of things (and here comes the money part discussed previously) but also in contributing socially as much as you can. Before even starting my INSEAD MBA, I am impressed with INDEVOR (a INSEAD social contribution club) and other clubs of that nature and feeling grateful and content that I have other fellow INSEADers going on a Philippines Relief Trek and how future fellow mates are getting together/organizing travelling/designing our 14D logos and T-shirts /gathering up all sort of material re job search, even before officially getting started with the MBA, in all kind of places around the globe with all that in mind.
I am about to begin the INSEAD MBA experience as a member of the 14D class (having applied to the INSEAD MBA only) in a couple of weeks time and I can ensure you this, that if you possess similar attributes as the ones mentioned and having decided you want to do an MBA, then – and believe me on this one – after reading the numerous attestations of alumni from around the globe and getting to know what INSEAD is all about, you will get the same feeling/revelation as I got. That feeling that it is not only the right thing to do but also the only way of doing it. Cause’ it just feels right – as it should.[/rss2posts]
Thanks a lot for these posts, particularly this last one. I think it was one of the most sincere ones I've read so far; no trace of university brochure mumbo jumbo.
05 Dec 2013, 07:39
