First day of school today (actually today ended about an hour ago, so this is just insomniac writing right here). Thus, some academic and professional reflections.
I took my GMAT in Feburary 2007; did quite well if I say so myself. Enough to get into the big leagues, except I don’t have anything else of note. Why is this relevant?
Ever since I started considering using graduate level education to enter Pacific Asia and do something of note there, a MBA from INSEAD in Singapore has been a personal goal for me, because of both its philosophy as a “global school” and its location in one of the major Pacific economic centers. Of course, I have no delusions about a high GMAT carrying me into a school of that selectivity, even if mine is comfortably (if not statistically significantly) above their average, so I elected for a program at Thunderbird that was more suitable of someone of my experience level (MS Global Management).
I still want to go to INSEAD, though, which means the last class I can enter is in December 2011, considering that most schools go by matriculation date instead of application date for the 5-year GMAT validity. (Even then, July 2012 isn’t that far away, really.) Kind of close if you consider that I am slated for graduation from Thunderbird in December 2008, meaning I have less than 3 years to make myself noteworthy, unless I want to take the GMAT again and hopefully get a similar score (I don’t, lol).
That’s compounded by the fact that it’s hard for a foreigner to enter Pacific Asia, at least from what I hear. I’m hoping to find an internship somewhere, but I don’t know how things will pan out, really. Which means I’m gonna be working my butt off to get a job, then working my butt off during the job. I hope I have a lot of butt to work.
Maybe I should just stick to writing stories and drawing crappy crap.
(Bonus for anyone that didn’t get the title.)
