She took a voluntary career break for her little one. Now she is ready to spread her wings and fly again. Like most working women who take time off during pregnancy, Shini Narayanan wondered what it would take to not just get back to what she loved doing, but also help her accelerate the pace ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
Why do chartered accountants get an MBA? Isn’t the CA qualification good enough? What if you combine a CA with CFA – would that be better? Ananya Wadhwa had both qualifications on her resume (CA + CFA Level 3), but they didn’t seem enough for the career goal she had in mind i.e. getting into ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
MBA is competitive. Not just the journey within, but especially the ride into a prestigious business school. As they say, it is competitive because it is highly selective and it is highly selective because it has to stay competitive. Think of it as the snake eating its tail, excuse the gory imagery. It is natural ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
Chartered Accountant and Big 4 auditor, Karthik Venkat, was not in a good space when he came to us. His first GMAT score was 560! And after 4 attempts, the highest he could score was 720. In his view, it was a low GMAT score for his target schools. But he wasn’t going back to ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
In the quest for a Top 15 (T15) MBA admit, sometimes the motivation can come from unexpected quarters. Rishika Chatterjee realised this the hard way. But she channelised her unpleasant MBA admission experiences into positive energy and got admits from Duke Fuqua and UVA Darden with scholarships. She completed her Bachelors of Science from St ... Read more| MBA Crystal Ball
