I always wanted to do an MBA from a renowned business school, but it was just a “want” till March 2007, when I actually decided to spend some sleepless nights to do soul searching on why I “need” to do an MBA and to research on the golden question – MBA from “where”.

These sleepless nights led to more sleepless nights after I booked a GMAT slot especially with important projects at work gaining momentum. I thought of getting some sleep after getting a GMAT score but I soon realized that more sleepless nights were waiting for me as application deadlines were approaching. Luckily for me, I had some priorities clear – I could only afford a year away from a regular salaried job and a school below the top 20 FT ranks didn’t make sense for my career. 

Thus I spent sleepless nights making some b-school applications and I thought there would be some respite once I received an admit from Saïd Business School. But then sleep had a negative correlation with the time remaining for the start of the course – Finances and visa had to be arranged and moreover Prof. Tomo Suzuki had ensured that we had some pre-course reading for the Financial Reporting course.

Nevertheless, on coming to Oxford I was overwhelmed with the lively buzz that goes around this campus, city and spent some more sleepless nights attending “networking events” organized by different institutions that I am affiliated to here – Saïd Business School, Green Templeton College and the University of Oxford.
Did I say that I was here to study and make a career – oh yes!!! That too takes some sleep away… Most people want to come to business school to take up careers as i-bankers/consultants/… other glamorous roles where the amount of sleep you get is inversely proportional to your salary. I am also one of those wannabes.

For all those, who are looking at pursuing sleepless nights, I will be posting my experiences on how I am coping with sleeplessness…follow this blog for further posts.