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Its been more than a year since I blogged. So, I'm wondering where I should take off from. Well, I'll try to paint a picture of how my year had been.

In TCS, I've had my share of fun and frustration. I finally am out of my practice group and all for a good reason. I've decided to call it a day on my IT career. Ever since that GLIM fiasco, I've been wondering what I must do to. An MBA was surely on the cards. But, to do it in India or overseas was the million dollar question.

I weighed my options and finally thought that I would do a career shift to pursue a career in Finance. The best bet was do it in the US. My current GMAT of 660 didn't look too attractive enough. I gave another shot at GMAT. However, my second attempt landed me a 680, a marginal 20 point increase.

Now, I began the process of shortlisting - based on the career opportunities in the Finance sector, placement records, Tuition fees and its reputation and ranking. This is the final list I came up with.

1. Manchester Business School, UK
2. Brigham Young MBA
3. Michigan State MBA
4. Babson MBA
5. Purdue MBA
6. HEC, Montreal
7. NTU MBA
8. NUS MBA
9. Notre Dame MBA
10. Georgetown MBA
11. Vanderbilt MBA
12. Wake Forest MBA
13. Rice MBA
14. Brandeis MBA
15. William & Mary MBA
16. Pace MBA
    

However. I ended up applying only to 7. And guess what I got an admit to the first university I applied. It's Brandeis University, Boston - International Business School. And even better.... I got a scholarship of 60% and a Univ Loan of 25%. That takes a massive 85% off my tuition fees. Boston with its close proximity to New York is a hub for financial banks and institutions to recruit MBA grads.

With one university offering me an MBA programme, I was confident of calling time on my TCS career. After a weeks of 'sitting on the bench', I was given an assignment to go to Trivandrum as a Faculty. I didn't want to miss an opportunity to visit the place which kick started my TCS career. And only this time, the roles are reversed :P