I'm getting ready to shoot (very, very weak) applications to universities abroad to try and sort of beg them into taking me in for their semester this Fall. Fat chance, I know. My hopes must have made it to the sea by now via the toilet where I last remember dumping them.
So anyway, my counselor gave me a questionnaire to fill out, you know, for him to find out about me and help with the paperwork. (There's just too much of that shit everywhere, isn't there? AAAH!) When I told him this was a bad idea, he said, "Just write whatever you feel like, but fill the damn thing up and toss it back pronto or else the chances of you doing dishes at an Udipi joint for all of 2012 will touch the sky, as opposed to the chances of you being on a flight to the States this Fall."
I did what I was told to do and sent him an e-mail at 12:16 p.m. I've shared my responses to some of the less embarrassing questions on that list:
What Course are you applying for? Why do you want to do this course?
I don’t have the slightest idea but I’m told that MIS is “lucrative” and “best suited” for me. Whatever that means.
Was there an incident that influenced your decision? If so describe it.Had enough of engineering.
What is your educational background? How will it help you in the course you want to do?IT Engineering. I really don’t know how that is going to help.
What are your objectives for doing this course?To wipe the slate clean, try and build a set of skills and if possible, a career.
What are the professional skills that you have acquired through your education, work and extra-curricular activities? How will they help you in this course?
I can talk, throw orders; try to follow them sometimes. With due respect, you will have to answer that last question yourself.
Did you ever go outside the call of duty?Not that I can remember, but I’m all for it. I would, if I HAVE to.
Have you done anything on your own initiative? Did it succeed or fail?I’ve thought about stuff. But plans always fizzled out before they properly hatched. Some fizzled out afterward.
What do you think your parents taught you in life?Nothing really, but for some reason they keep telling me to try not to spill the milk in the first place.
Have you ever been in a leadership position? What makes a good leader?Yes. I think that a good leader is one who takes opinions (read nonsense) from everyone and knows the bad ones from the really bad ones. A good leader is tactful, smart and takes risks; sometimes calculated, sometimes instinctive.
For counselors only: Please give me your frank opinions of this person.
Exactly 20 minutes later at 12:36 p.m., I got the following reply:
"Adwait, answer the questions in greater detail."
Anyone know a good Udipi joint?
