I am excited to announce that I have been accepted for the Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program at the Anderson School of Business at UCLA. I will start attending classes this fall.
Although now just a blur, the last few weeks have been the most hectic of my life. The strong academic reputation and ranking of the program attracts a lot of applications and hence it commands a high GMAT (around 700) along with a strong application. When I got the go ahead for the MBA from work shortly before I returned from India in April I had 5 weeks to the application deadline. Ideally 6 months are required to write four essays, prepare for and score well on the GMAT, get two recommendations and complete the entire application.
I knew I had my work cut out but nothing could have prepared me for what was about to come. Writing introspective essays is tough as it is without the additional pressure of meeting a very short deadline. GMAT requires huge amount of unwavering concentration which I found was impossible because of the jet lag. Add to it a 8 month old baby and a full time job and the situation seemed to be a lost cause.
With just three weeks remaining I confessed to S that I did not believe that I would make the deadline. But although I was ready to give up, she was not. She promptly volunteered to run the entire household by herself. I found hot food on the table at dinner time, freshly laundered clothes in the closet, Nanu Coder was taken care of and the house was kept immaculately clean. She abstracted away all non essential work so that I could concentrate solely on application. She worked harder than me and at times it seemed that the MBA meant more to her than me.
On 26th of May after spending most of my waking hours on the application I finally clicked the submit button. Then began the hourly exercise of checking the application website and my email inbox for admission decision. Fortunately the suspense did not last long and on the 3rd of June Dylan Stafford (the admissions director) called with the good news.
I know that the hurdle I’ve crossed is only the first one and it’s only going to lead to bigger and more difficult ones, but I feel relieved and cannot wait to get started.
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Congratulations Lukkha Student and S and little Lukkha…
Thank you Yamini.
Well Done !!
I have been telling my friends here about your score and that you spent only 20 days preparing for GMAT, and all of them are literally awestruck
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