Official 2005- Admits to UK univs for MBA,Msc mgmt,finance..

[fuehrer]

Hi there everyone ,
. This is for all ppl going to Cardiff Business School this sept. esp from MUMBAI . { Hey Vinod r u reading this }


"Lets Meet somewhere at a time
and place convenient to all "


Regards
Mehul

[aparna_g]

hmmm.... well i agree wth u mehul.....its a good idea... if i m nt wrong u and vinod have also approached edwise international for cardiff .....same here.....hey one more thing are u done wth ur visa counselling which edwise conducts on every mon-thu-sat.well im goin on this sat.if u guys r also goin on tht day then do let me know....
anyways...bye cya
aparna.

Originally Posted by fuehrer

Hi there everyone ,
. This is for all ppl going to Cardiff Business School this sept. esp from MUMBAI . { Hey Vinod r u reading this }


"Lets Meet somewhere at a time
and place convenient to all "


Regards
Mehul

[fuehrer]

Hi Aparna
. yes u r quite right i had applied thru Edwise and vinod too . I have done with my visa counselling.
. Than too we all would certainly fix some other day to meet .OR Else we would definetly meet on 19 th aug at cardiffs pre departure brief .

Regards
Mehul

Originally Posted by aparna_g

hmmm.... well i agree wth u mehul.....its a good idea... if i m nt wrong u and vinod have also approached edwise international for cardiff .....same here.....hey one more thing are u done wth ur visa counselling which edwise conducts on every mon-thu-sat.well im goin on this sat.if u guys r also goin on tht day then do let me know....
anyways...bye cya
aparna.

[vinvin_123]

Hey guys/gals,

Am done with my Visa!! just got it today !!!

anyways looks like the thread is buzzing with activity some time now !!!

well first all of welcome to all the newbees ,

And let me tell you something.If you really wish to make a career with your MBA its always better you do it from a good b school be it in india or abroad.Otherwise theres no point.Mpreover its always better that you dont go to these Universities that come down to India for students as well as their agents. Have u ever heard about Cambridge or Oxford or Warwick come to india. All these universities that come are all average b schools.So think twice before you jump into anything.

HI there.I am Manoj and i plan to do my MBA in the UK. Regarding to u r query i always would advice you never to go for an MBA in general management as it reduces your chance of placement.Most of the corporates are looking for people specialised in a certain feild.An MBA in general management is equvalent to" Jack of all trades but master of none." And again Cardiff is not the b school to go to as it has come out of the EMBA association.Its reputation has gone down a lot now.I would suggest you to try Strathclyde,Warwick,Judge Institute of management(Cambridge), Said business school(Oxford) or Cranfeild. Its better do your MBA in india rather than doing it at Cardiff

hey manoj mani respect ur views, but i strongly object ur saying that cardiff is an average school, let me tell u this there are only 8 schools in uk with rae rating 5, So pls give a FAIRER picture !!!
And one more thing the institutes ur saying are no doubt excellent, but they are too damn costly anything in the range of 40 lakhs, not everyone has that kinda fund..Also dont u think that doing an MBA in India means doing it from the top schools and maybe ther are arnd 8000 seats in all,from good schools, but what if ur not one among them, isnt it better to do from a inst that is as good as ur aiming at (Not the IIMS) but tell me cardiff is way better than the somayas and other colleges,

The next thing u said abt the visa extension under the HSMP scheme-2004, well yes they are good schools, but did u note the fact that there ae only 10 uk colleges and 40 colleges from arnd the world , more from the US, so do u want to do from US, also worth noting is that not even one indian school is on the list.. even the IIM's, so u tell which is good or bad...

Am sorry if i hav been harsh but man pls give a fair analysis..not some random..everyone can tell go to harvard, wharton..but not everyone can make it there, and there are good schools beyond them.. and i firmly believe Cardiff is one of them...

cheers,

vinod.k

p.s: am trying and putting together a doc of imp pts and docs needed for student visa, hopefull will be done in a day or 2's time...hopefully will clear most ppls doubts....

[ys11]

CONGRATS ...FOR UR VISA .....GR8 GOING ....


well,for me i don't i wud be making for the uk this yr ....even though i got the final admission letter ..from READING UNIVERSITY ,but there charges are too high ....some arnd 14lacs (inclusive of accomodation) which i guess is too much for just 1 yrs master's programme ......anyhow ...

may be after gaining some work exp i can plan my mba in uk ......which i guess wud be more beneficial for me .......

well,in the mean time ...i need one more favour ....vinod can u suggest me which r the gud colleges FOR IT IN UK ...AND SPECIFICALLY FOR PART TIME STUDENTS ......

VINOD ,THNXS FOR UR SOP ....ALSO ....

THNXS A TON ....

[ys11]

PLZ PPL

DO HELP ...PLZ PROVIDE ME WITH SOME INPUTS ON GOOD COLLEGES IN UK ...GIVIN MASTER'S PART TIME PROGRAMME IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .......


CHEERS ....

[vinvin_123]

CONGRATS ...FOR UR VISA .....GR8 GOING ....[img]images/smilies/icon_smile.gif[/img]


well,for me i don't i wud be making for the uk this yr ....even though i got the final admission letter ..from READING UNIVERSITY ,but there charges are too high ....some arnd 14lacs (inclusive of accomodation) which i guess is too much for just 1 yrs master's programme ......anyhow ...

may be after gaining some work exp i can plan my mba in uk ......which i guess wud be more beneficial for me .......

well,in the mean time ...i need one more favour ....vinod can u suggest me which r the gud colleges FOR IT IN UK ...AND SPECIFICALLY FOR PART TIME STUDENTS ......

VINOD ,THNXS FOR UR SOP ....ALSO ....

THNXS A TON ....

thnks for the kind words man,

abt IT courses, dude sorry dont know much abt them, but can direct u to some very good sites which may be very usefull for you to research on it..

1) www.education-uk.org

2) www.britishcouncil.org

3) www.ukcosa.org.uk

4) www.the-bac.org

5) www.hero.ac.uk/rae/

hope these sites are usefull

cheers,

vinod.

[aparna_g]

hey vinod first of all congrats on getting ur visa. gr8 man u got it so early.... btw i need to ask u smthg abt visas since even i m goin to apply 4 d visas very soon.....
. when did u apply for the visa?how much time does it normally take?
. u got d visa for how many months. say for eg 12 mths/15 mths/21mths?
. have u given ur ielts b4 applying for d visa?coz i haven't as my counsellor said, i dont need to but i m still thinking of giving it coz its better to give ielts so tht d chances of gettin the visas r bit high.
. And if u havnt not given ielts b4 applying for d visas then in tht case did u face any problems in gettin ur visas?

rt now i m bit confused, whether to give ielts or not.so if u can help me out wth this nthin like tht.
anyways.....c ya

cheers
Aparna.

Originally Posted by vinvin_123

Hey guys/gals,

Am done with my Visa!! just got it today !!!

anyways looks like the thread is buzzing with activity some time now !!!

well first all of welcome to all the newbees ,



hey manoj mani respect ur views, but i strongly object ur saying that cardiff is an average school, let me tell u this there are only 8 schools in uk with rae rating 5, So pls give a FAIRER picture !!!
And one more thing the institutes ur saying are no doubt excellent, but they are too damn costly anything in the range of 40 lakhs, not everyone has that kinda fund..Also dont u think that doing an MBA in India means doing it from the top schools and maybe ther are arnd 8000 seats in all,from good schools, but what if ur not one among them, isnt it better to do from a inst that is as good as ur aiming at (Not the IIMS) but tell me cardiff is way better than the somayas and other colleges,

The next thing u said abt the visa extension under the HSMP scheme-2004, well yes they are good schools, but did u note the fact that there ae only 10 uk colleges and 40 colleges from arnd the world , more from the US, so do u want to do from US, also worth noting is that not even one indian school is on the list.. even the IIM's, so u tell which is good or bad...

Am sorry if i hav been harsh but man pls give a fair analysis..not some random..everyone can tell go to harvard, wharton..but not everyone can make it there, and there are good schools beyond them.. and i firmly believe Cardiff is one of them...

cheers,

vinod.k

p.s: am trying and putting together a doc of imp pts and docs needed for student visa, hopefull will be done in a day or 2's time...hopefully will clear most ppls doubts....

[vinvin_123]

Originally Posted by aparna_g

hey vinod first of all congrats on getting ur visa. gr8 man u got it so early.... btw i need to ask u smthg abt visas since even i m goin to apply 4 d visas very soon.....
. when did u apply for the visa?how much time does it normally take?
. u got d visa for how many months. say for eg 12 mths/15 mths/21mths?
. have u given ur ielts b4 applying for d visa?coz i haven't as my counsellor said, i dont need to but i m still thinking of giving it coz its better to give ielts so tht d chances of gettin the visas r bit high.
. And if u havnt not given ielts b4 applying for d visas then in tht case did u face any problems in gettin ur visas?

rt now i m bit confused, whether to give ielts or not.so if u can help me out wth this nthin like tht.
anyways.....c ya

cheers
Aparna.

hey thanks aparna,

1) well i applied for visa last thursday and got it the very next day !!! (this is the general case for all, am not an exception here, so no need to worry.)

2) i got my visa upto 31/jan/2007 thts 16 months.

3) No i have not given my IELTS, see if you hav done ur entire education in English then it is not need at this STAGE to give a IELTS, u will get a visa, it is never rejected on that case if ur First language is english... in fact there is question on this in the visa form, And no i didnt face any problem whatsoever at any time, (dont worry u dont hav to face any Goras there..!!!)

By tomm night i will post the essential docs requid, and my exp on appl of visa, i suppose it shud clear most of ur doubts,

btw when do u plan to apply for the visa,

MOST IMP ADVICE: Get all ur docs in order before applying (i mean originals) !!!

cheers,

vinod.k

[vinvin_123]

This is to all those going to cardiff this sept,

Guys myself and a couple of friends are leaving on 21sept on AI (details below), just thought it wud be great if others also join in as we cud hav a small grp of ppl going to the same place, so everyone can enjoy the journey and on arrival we wont feel lonely in a foriengn country, just a suggestion, pls let me know who all are intrested.....

Filght Date: 21st spetebmer 2005
Flight no: AI 111
Flight Time: 3:40 A.M Reaching U.k at (Heathrow, london): 11.40
Starting place: Mumbai, (may stop at delhi, pls confirm this..)

cheers,

vinod.k

p.s: Start booking, atleast Block if ur intrested as later u might not get the tkts!