Scholarship Essay

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE



I‘ve always had a fascination, or rather, a sort of veneration for Scientific Management, and of course, Taylorism. Many didn’t approve my idea of wasting time on a degree in Operations Research and Management Science, or so they called it. But for me, the plan was always the same: Follow my heart. Wild as it may seem, losing out on a chance to do an MBA and straightaway getting into the higher salary brackets, pursuing a career in Operations Research, a not so illustrious career choice as thought by many Indians, was what confused many people. Yes I have a dream, that of running an organization of my own, but I have my own ways of going about it. This was all they got from me. I made my choice, to pursue a challenge, a passion. A choice to diverge from the mainstream path into an exclusive specialization in a single intellectual realm, with a serious commitment.
Getting an M.B.A. makes perfect sense for a lot of people, most M.B.A.s. are successful. ...