Two Days Left to Apply for Beat The GMAT 2012 Scholarship

**2012 BTG Scholarship Announcement**

Two Days Left to Apply for Beat The GMAT 2012 Scholarship

Beat The GMAT (BTG), the world’s largest social network for MBA applicants, is now accepting applications for its seventh annual Beat The GMAT Scholarship Competition. This year, BTG will award scholarship packages for six winners, valued at more than $11,000. Each of the winners will receive one GMAT prep course, an admissions consulting package and a $250 GMAT voucher. BTG will accept applications until Monday night, April 23rd, and winners will be announced on April 30th.

“Giving back to the community is an important part of our mission,” says Eric Bahn, Founder of Beat The GMAT.  “We believe that our annual scholarship is an important initiative to help talented individuals achieve their dreams of going to an amazing business school.” 

Since 2006, Beat The GMAT has been able to distribute $193,000 in scholarships to MBA applicants.

The following companies made generous donations to make these prizes possible: Admit Advantage, Clear Admit, Kaplan, Knewton, Manhattan GMAT, Master GMAT, MBA Admit, mbaMission, Precision Essay, The Princeton Review, and Veritas Prep.  For a full list of prizes, click here.

To learn more and to apply for a scholarship, please visit: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/scholarship

Make the most of it!

A

Mixed feelings

Yesterday was the day with mixed feeling.

:-( -- The day started with Reliance Stanford fellowship result which was not in my favour. It was not a very big shock as getting such prestigious scholarships are always tough and unexpected.

:-) -- Then in the afternoon came the good news of my long due promotion with a decent salary hike and a business trip to US soon.

:-( -- And then, day ended with the ding from long awaited Tepper, which being a International applicant, I was somehow mentally prepared for as it's too late now. Though emotionally it is hard to absorb, but practically I feel its good as it would have been difficult for me to arrange for funds and visa in just 2 months.

:-) -- Now, as the clouds are clear, I'm all geared up for my next set of applications for coming Fall. And, I'm very sure to get into my dream school this time. As they say, dreams don't die until you stop seeing them.

Never give up,

A

Reliance Stanford Fellows of 2009

There was a open chat organised by Gurome inviting Reliance Stanford Fellows of 2009. Unfortunately, the chat was scheduled on May 15th, so we have missed that opportunity. But still, click here to know about those five brilliant fellows and their amazing profiles.

Cheers,

A

Update: Reliance Stanford Scholarship essay

Phew! Just finished the 8th iteration, and hopefully the final, of Reliance Stanford Scholarship essay.  It seems to be in a pretty decent shape now, and its the time to get it reviewed by the people I feel would give justice by reading it sincerely and providing their honest comments.

Two points I feel are worth mentioning here:

1. An essay partner could do wonders to your essay. I'm lucky to have such a friend who is also applying for this fellowship. She really understood my ideas and contributed to my essay as her own. This has really helped me bringing in clarity in my ideas with every discussion, thereby shaping my essay tremendously.

2.  As I said, essay must be review by a few trusted people who know well about you and about the topic of the essay. But don’t send your rough drafts to anyone for reviewing. More than often, they might not be able to get the actual idea you want to convey and their interest might start wandering in subsequent reviews. So, get them reviewed once essay reaches a stable state.

So as I wait for the comments from my reviewers, I'll start building my Resume.

 

Cheers,

A

Thoughts on Reliance Stanford fellowship essay 2010

How do you aspire to shape the future of India? When I first saw this around 20 days back, I knew it is not going to be easy; and in 250 words, not at all. The first draft was more than 1000 words, giving my friend, who is also my reviewer, jitters. But now after 3 reviews, it is actually taking shape, is 367 words, much clear, but still it’s a long way to go before submission. Well, its not worth publishing my idea as without its selection it doesn’t hold any credibility, but I could very much publish the structure of my essay, so if anyone has just started could have it as a reference to let his creative juice flowing, and others could review and post their comments to make it better.

While pondering and discussing, I realized this essay, according to me, should be structured in four parts as listed below:

1. The reason of your aspiration to serve your country. This could be any incident or your upbringing or your mindset or anything which has left an impact on the way you think/aspire now for India. (approx 30 words)

2. What have you done so far to realize/implement your aspiration? (approx 50 words)

3. What is your key idea to realize your aspiration to shape the future of India? It should not be very innovative or should not be related to social service. It could be anything such as technology advancement. But whatever your idea is, it should be very realistic. That’s the key, I believe. (approx 120 words)

4. How you connect your MBA with this idea? (approx 50 words)

These are just my views, which might work for me to approach this essay. Your views are welcome.

Keep thinking,

A

QS MBA Scholarships

For the selected applicants from around the workd, QS offers various appealing scholarships. But many of us remain unaware of these and miss them or realise them later.

Check out the details. (This link might work at some point later, am not sure)

This blog might not be of any help this year but I'll going to attend QS World MBA Tour later in this year and try my best to avail this fabulous opportunity for my next year MBA. In sense, it is a part of planning.

Cheers,

A

Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowships

In my last post, I mentioned Reliance-Stanford essay. For those who are not aware of this, I would say it is a rare opportunity for an Indian applicant to chase his dream of pursuing an MBA at Stanford, without spending a penny. Yes, the Fellows will recieve the full financial support for 2 years at Stanford. Only 5 brightest candiates are selected by Stanford each year under this program, and they are required to return to India post 2 years of MBA.

Applications for Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowships are now open. Please visit further details and apply here.

All the best,

A