Well, even though it was not the first official ding, but I will consider this to be one. I not only gave a lot of time and energy to it but also put a lot of hear into it. As per the application criteria, I doubt there could be any other reason other than “financial need” that would have ditched me here.
Anyways, learning experience is always good and I got a good insight as how much time and effort will be needed in the b-school essays if I have get my heart and soul out there to the admission committee.
Reliance Fellowship “Ding” does not deter me in applying to Stanford because Stanford is my first priority as I feel a strong connection with this school. The only way this fellowship could have made an impact is the “cost of study” tension but I am always prepared for a 50L INR loan the moment I decided to go for my MBA because MBA is something which I need and that could give some direction to my currently lost life. So, lets hope for the best and let me get my hands to the GMAT within a month now. The fight begins and the stage is set. The war is ON and I am keeping my fingers crossed for a positive outcome towards the end. I am going to WIN this war.
hey do u know anyone who has been selected as finalist for RDF 2010
Nikhil, It is very tough to say who has got it unless someone shouts about it from the top. I have no clue about anyone who has got it this year. In fact, I could not find anyone who got it last year also. Seems Reliance Fellows are not the ones to proud of their selections.
Anyways, what I can do here is break down my weakness of the application which I have done here.
[...] outlining some of the lessons she learned while on the job. In early zap news, Deepak was given the zap from the Reliance Fellowship but was going to move forward with his plans to apply to Stanford. Fuqua ‘11 ChocHeaven was [...]
Few weeks back I read about the fellowship in Business world magazine and while searching for it that I came across your blog. Further below site does list out the names of those selected…
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS196984+20-Apr-2009+BW20090420
[...] outlining some of the lessons she learned while on the job. In early zap news, Deepak was given the zap from the Reliance Fellowship but was going to move forward with his plans to apply to Stanford. Fuqua ‘11 ChocHeaven was [...]
looks like the 5 people who got selected last year were:
1. 4 from IITs and 1 from BITS Pilani
2. completed graduation around 2005/2006
I got it this year
as in not actually got it, just cleared the first stage and am amongst the top 50 