If you want fun, then follow the simple steps. For each day google on the phrase “The best Indian business school blog“, and see how different sites turn up daily. The reason for the variation is the different tactics followed by each one. Only way to beat the system is to hold your important tactical weapon till the last moment…like a wounded sea-snake!!!

For ex., One person has given a big heading on his blog of this size!!..
The Best Indian business School blog.

It’s a long weekend in Belgium [November 11 - November 14]. These 4 days will help me to a great extent in catching up with the pending works and in pushing towards the dealine.

I asked the Admission Committee of ISB if I can ask my Recommenders to directly email the Recommendation Letters to them. I got a reply saying the approach is perfectly ok.

“Dear,
You may use the attached format and request your evaluator to forward the recos directly to admissions@isb.edu
”

This approach is faster and easier. INSEAD, OXFORD also have online Recommendation forms. So I have to send the conventional postal mail only for CRANFIELD.

BTW, INSEAD and MANCHESTER have chosen the approach of “NetApply”. You have to see the PDF application of INSEAD to believe it yourself. It’s clean, tidy and snappy. There is a button “Request Recommendation links” or something. Upon pressing that, it will generate two links, which you should send to your recommenders. It’s professional.

The Architecture of “NetApply“.

The “NetApply” team has also come out with the following idea “NetApply USB”. This is a memory key(USB Flash drive), which can be used by Academic institutions to send out it’s application materials, Campus videos, Dean messages, Student talks etc., Cool!

2 months back, when I was not sure if the Recommenders will complete the letter before deadline,I devised a strategy to get Reco letters from 4 people (yes!). 3 were Client project managers and one was my Director. 2 of them completed the Recommendation letters a week ago (except for some additional questions). Today I got a surprise from my Director who has completed the Recommendation letter. He said he has given very good recommendation saying that he wanted to do some favour for me for what I have done to the organization. That’s cool! Now, I am thinking about sending all 3 letters to ISB.

Looking back, I really can’t believe that I am in the finishing stages of application. It was a solid effort which started way back in March-April. I have been living the life of Analysis, Research, Preparation, Strategies etc., 45 days from now, I would have completed all my 4 apps and would be waiting eagerly for Interviews (Oh yeah! “The last mile”). I am looking forward for that relaxing period. But the sad thing is by that time, all my colleagues in Belgium would have left Belgium, so I would have to spend my time lonely here …Since I am busy with Apps now, I am not feeling the loneliness much. Tough times ahead..I will treat these things (I am bit sentimental!) as a kind of sacrifices one makes for achieving their goal!