[overlord]

Originally Posted by suresh_mba

All right! Now for some opinion that I am actually looking forward to hear - In these times of this huge ongoing global economic sluggishness, would a 2 year MBA make more sense? I know even the 1 year shelters you up until mid-2010 but I think it is a point worth pondering over..
Any comments/thoughts/opinions?!

Good point Suresh...but then again I would say that it would depend on what you want to get into post MBA.....if its finance then i guess a two yr MBA would shield you frm the turmoil for an extra yr but then again most b-schools including ISB realise this as an issue and have increased the number of companies coming to campus so as to help their students....and mind you this is just abt the time of the course...content wise a one yr MBA is not exactly a cut down version of a 2 yr course but rather a compressed one....however a two yr course does give u the time for an internship....so whr are we at the end of all of this..??....ur guess is as good as mine....

[mission_mba2009]

I have used 80% of space describing what I will do before meeting and 20% of it describing what I will do during the meeting

Originally Posted by mask

Hi guys, congrats to all getting the calls. I wished to apply in R1 but for reasons more than 1, I have decided to push towards R2.

I am stuck on that Zumba essay. There was a post here asking whether the essay should focus on "what you should do in the one hour you have before the meeting" or on "what should you do during the meeting". I remember myself answering that I will write what I will do during the meeting. However, I just want to know what tracks you guys took.

Thanks.

[overlord]

Originally Posted by mask

Hi guys, congrats to all getting the calls. I wished to apply in R1 but for reasons more than 1, I have decided to push towards R2.

I am stuck on that Zumba essay. There was a post here asking whether the essay should focus on "what you should do in the one hour you have before the meeting" or on "what should you do during the meeting". I remember myself answering that I will write what I will do during the meeting. However, I just want to know what tracks you guys took.

Thanks.

Its pretty much up to u dude ...this topic really cant have a right or wrong method of approach...i personally just spoke about my solution to the problem and not about what i would do an hour before.....btw i'm frmHyd so I havent exactly been selected or dinged yet so lets wait and see if i got it right!!!

Maybe a few of the Delhi Pgs can give u beter insights...

[the.underdog]

Originally Posted by mask

Hi guys, congrats to all getting the calls. I wished to apply in R1 but for reasons more than 1, I have decided to push towards R2.

I am stuck on that Zumba essay. There was a post here asking whether the essay should focus on "what you should do in the one hour you have before the meeting" or on "what should you do during the meeting". I remember myself answering that I will write what I will do during the meeting. However, I just want to know what tracks you guys took.

Thanks.

I too spent many a day pondering over "The Zumba Dilemma" ...... showed the topic to all my friends to get thr opinion of what they thought was expected ...... eventually decided to balance it out ...... So talked abt both my solution and a few of the things I would do before his visit ..... eventually you have to write the essay that satisfies you, I guess ..... and like overlord, havent been selected or dinged yet .... so don't know how my essay was received

[durgesh28]

Ahh.. the river Zumba essay .... i focused on solution... and used the meeting as a medium to communicate the ideas, not only to the leader but also to the media, general public and others....

Hint : think about it this way ....

Dam - Nano car plant
you - Ratan Tata / Ravi kant
resistance movement leader - Mamta Banarjee

and you dont have an option of relocating the plant / dam.....

[t_aditya]

nice analogy durgesh..but where does narendra modi fit in..the stakeholders i guess...

[sheetalkathuria]

Originally Posted by overlord

Good point Suresh...but then again I would say that it would depend on what you want to get into post MBA.....if its finance then i guess a two yr MBA would shield you frm the turmoil for an extra yr but then again most b-schools including ISB realise this as an issue and have increased the number of companies coming to campus so as to help their students....and mind you this is just abt the time of the course...content wise a one yr MBA is not exactly a cut down version of a 2 yr course but rather a compressed one....however a two yr course does give u the time for an internship....so whr are we at the end of all of this..??....ur guess is as good as mine....

Yepp.. interesting topic and ripe with speculation I'd say! Here's an interesting fact - there is a high positive correlation between times/years of econmic downturn and number of B-school applicants:: meaning as/when the economy has shown signs of weakening, the number of applicants to B-schools has shown a marked uptick.

What this is also suppossed to mean is that we are in for a higher level of competition this year..or maybe not yet. I hope it's the latter :angel:

[t_aditya]

definitely a higher level of competition and more so for candidates applying to colleges in the US. There has been almost a 22% increase (figures from Time's issue of last month) in the number of applicants both international and from within the continental US. And the % of scholarships offered have gone down too because let's not forget even the Univ's need a lot of moolah and the international students are the prime candidates for them to rake it in...as far as the 2yr or 1yr debate is concerned, who knows how long this economic downturn is going to continue for ???

[karan4444]

Originally Posted by mask

Hi guys, congrats to all getting the calls. I wished to apply in R1 but for reasons more than 1, I have decided to push towards R2.

I am stuck on that Zumba essay. There was a post here asking whether the essay should focus on "what you should do in the one hour you have before the meeting" or on "what should you do during the meeting". I remember myself answering that I will write what I will do during the meeting. However, I just want to know what tracks you guys took.

Thanks.

Hi mask!

I just rechecked.. the essay topic says.. You will be evaluated on the creativity and practicality of your solution!
So I guess you have to lay emphasis on the solution that you provide!

Does that help?

Ciao
Karan

[s_subramanium]

Originally Posted by t_aditya

definitely a higher level of competition and more so for candidates applying to colleges in the US. There has been almost a 22% increase (figures from Time's issue of last month) in the number of applicants both international and from within the continental US. And the % of scholarships offered have gone down too because let's not forget even the Univ's need a lot of moolah and the international students are the prime candidates for them to rake it in...as far as the 2yr or 1yr debate is concerned, who knows how long this economic downturn is going to continue for ???

Well out here in the US, it is getting worse by the day and it is no longer contained only to the Financial Sector - so I guess going back to school is amongst the high order choices when you don't have a job! I for one will be keeping a close eye on the placements this year.

On the question about 1 year vs. 2 year - I think we need to look at specific sectors and/or job functions: consulting services for instance should and will remain in demand as the Companies rejig and get reorg'd and only pursue projects which have a quick time-to-benefit so consulting should continue to see activity

Manufacturing / Marketing - mmm.. I have my doubts

Financial Services - thats a no-brainer!



On a separate note: @ Expedite - I have plainly ignored your useless comments. I give up - do not have the time or interest to 'get down' and disprove your notions!