My MBA journey -Part1 (Why MBA )

It's been a long 2 years since I started my MBA preparation. After my engineering ,I was amused seeing so many of my peers, seniors and even juniors going into one or the other top b-schools .This made me wonder what is so special about this word "MBA".

Researching, talking to alumni and prospective students and goggling threw many reasons/facts listed below (in no order):

1) Big Moolah
2) Enhanced career prospects in the same function/industry
3) Current job/industry sucks so need to change (especially true of IT guys :) )
4) MBA would provide opportunities for networking
5) Blah blah blah

Pondering over the list, I thought what shall be my reason for doing an MBA.I thought and thought and finally came up with an answer (though this took me 1 year) .I took 1 more year to mentally prepare myself that I really needed an MBA .External conditions/factors especially those beyond one's control do influence a lot if you want to make an important decision and this indeed was the case with me. But the point is after 2 years of introspection and circumspection and retrospection and all other spections :), I finally made a call to prepare for one of the most coveted degrees (at least this is what I thought at that time).

How I prepared, what did I do, nitty-gritty of GMAT/CAT, what were the failures/setbacks etc. would be covered in the subsequent blogs.