GMAT and beyond...

Once it was decided that I would go on with my IIM dream the same year, it was time to plan the details. I hadn't taken CAT 2010 and so it was time to consider the alternatives. GATE was out of question as I plainly hated my engineering degree and could not imagine learning anymore electronics. JRF ,UGC etc were beyond my scope. Th final pick was between GMAT and GRE and I apparently decided on GMAT. Since I had a good base in quant(or so I thought, Mr Kaushik of IIMK would prove otherwise!!), I decided to do my preps online. GROCKIT was the site I mainly referred to. The exam registration cost $250. Well, I was on extended maternity leave, my bank balance was zero and I had a 5month old child to take care of. No exaggerations there, but it was rather difficult! Rajeev paid my exam fee, mamma agreed to take care of Siddhi whenever I was studying and I dug in hard. To our greatest anxiety, my bro was down with chicken pox and none of us including me, mom or my dad had had it ever. Dad was down next, so we were all in the risk category. Chicken pox always had a 2 week gap before it buds in the next person, so you always have to wait to know if you are infected.

And I registered my GMAT for November 17th and behold on November 7th, red bulbs emerged on my skin!!! Yeah....chicken poxy babies had found their way to my blessed body as well! I did not want to cancel my exam. i had to fight, and quite a fight it was!! On November 15th I bathed after the infection, the days in between were a haze, I could not remember any part of it except that I was working working and working. I worked harder than I ever did my whole life. And then Nov 17th came. Rajeev took me to Rajagiri college where I had my exams, and I went in. I was wearing a long sleeved kurtha to cover my still sour pox marks and my eyes were still tired.

The exam went pretty well, atleast the math part of it .Well, under any standards, 710 is not a bad score. Even Harvard averages on a GMAT score of 712. But would that and a 6/6 on analytical writing guarantee me an interview call in my IIM? I completed the application formalities to IIM Kozhikode and waited.....

Beginning of an IIM dream

Ok, so this infact is a very very long dream. I am too lazy to type it all in a stretch. I am right now sitting in my office in UST global Cochin and am happy and well, I am sad too. Parting is always painful and yeah, its time for another bye bye. I have given my notice and serving it now, well, blogging is not exactly a part of the serving, but ofcourse I dont blog when I have to work. And here I go messing up my thoughts again, so lets move on one step at a time :).
And before you start off in the eventful journey of reading this, I am Vidya and if you happen to see my name multiple times in the post, remember, its because the post is mine :P.
Year 2006:
Vidya dreams hard and works hardly. CAT 2006 is a total mess, and the excuse Vidya finds is that she has been placed in oolaa laa Infy. Mysore is calling and Vidya was ready. And CAT? hmm, am demotivated.
Year 2007:
Vidya is in paradise on Earth, Mysore Infy campus and Vidya is feeling absolutely useless. CAT springs in again, Vidya visits IMS Mysore and gets all the material she can, starts working on her quant again. But the fire dies away after almost a month.

Twist in the story:
So here is the big twist, Vidya does not want to do a PGP anymore. 1 year in Education and Research department of Infosys has made her realise that she loved teaching. IIMs offer a doctoral course named FPM(Fellowship program in Management). The course mainly looks at breeding faculty in management. Yeeehaaaww....Vidya now knows what she wants.
2008:
Mamma wants Vidya to get married. Vidya is 23, has a job, and Mamma thinks that is all she needs to start a life. Now frankly, Vidya is bored too, she needs a friend. And Vidya's horrible horoscope says if she doesnt get married before October 2006, she would stay unmarried until the age of 30!!!! Mamma is horrified and secretly, so is Vidya! Vidya finds Rajeev waiting for her infront of FORUM mall in Bangalore and 2 months late, in a typical arranged married fashion, Vidya Panicker becomes Mrs Vidya Rajeev Nair.
2009:
One year after marriage, Vidya and Rajeev realise that they are going to have a new person in life!!! CAT is just an animal to be pampered now!
2010:
Siddhi Rajeev Nair adds beauty to life, but Vidya is restless and Rajeev wants to know. Vidya tells Rajeev about her IIM dream and he thinks for a while. Rajeev finally says, 'Vidya, I respect your dreams, do what you need to, but please dont go away too far from me and Siddhi'. Vidya cries, both happy and sad tears are shed, she sets forth after her IIM FPM dream.

So that is how it all began. The rest of it in the next edition!!