Grad school anyone!

You need to retake the classes you got a D in.

Why ?

Else you wont get into Graduate school

Grad school! More studying? No! I do not have any intention of going to grad school.

Okay but I hope you dont regret this decision.

Ah! the young and the naive. The above is an excerpt of a conversation a lazy 21 year old (me) had with his college academic councilor.

Now an older and much wiser me is in the process of applying to GRAD SCHOOL! To be specific an MBA program. Why? (you ask) ... There is a 500 word essay on that, which i am not going to post here.

So what have i learnt from this. Well, life changes. You can plan ahead on you life path but chances are that you are going to have to make changes to it. The 21 year old, me was absolutely certain he was not going to further continue his studies. So why is the 29 year old me applying to MBA programs? Simplest reason, i have found a passion a passion that i did not know existed as a college student. Is an MBA necessary to follow my passion? Well no, but it does require some advanced studying that only masters programs or tremendous amounts of time in a library can provide.

So i chose the MBA path and since I am going to Business school I thought I might as well try to get into the best of the lot. Where competition is stiff and selectivity into the program meanders around 10% of all applicants. If your going to dance might as well dance with the best of them, right. What are the weaknesses of my candidacy? The foolishness of the 21 year old mentality and poor grades suffered as a consequence is probably the biggest.

I guess it actually pays to listen to your elders, they may not have the same life experiences as you. But at least they are more aware of the complexities and changes that can occur in life.