Vision board and the search
January 2023…….My departmental head, asked me to make a presentation on any topic that I like during one of the weekly meetings. I thought of various topics, and eventually settled for “making a vision board that works”. While preparing materials for the presentation, I said to myself, “ I am about to be a hypocrite”.
Here I was, preparing to talk to my audience about making a vision board that works, but I was yet to do anything about my goal of getting a MBA qualification , which had been sitting on my vision board for years. There and then, my search for a school for the MBA began.
I searched for some Universities in Nigeria, but none of the information I got made me excited.
I decided to search outside Nigeria. I googled some schools in the UK and the US and found a couple of good schools. I went a step further to send enquiries to Hult International Business School. The results of the various searches came back in pounds and dollars. The accountant in me, took a calculator and did the conversion from naira to the amounts specified in pounds and dollars. It dawned on me that I had not reached my destination…
I went on the google app to search for good business schools in Nigeria, and The Lagos Business School came up in the search results.
I went online to read about the school, I researched about the school on LinkedIn and spoke to a couple of friends who confirmed to me that I had found the right school.
My application begins.
I applied to the school online, and before I knew it, I was getting calls and DMs from staff of LBS who were willing to help me through the application process. I was shocked to find that such excellent customer service could exist in Nigeria. My application was acknowledged and a date was set for the test. GMAT links were sent to me as I began to prepare. Everyone in my family knew that I was preparing for a test because all of a sudden I became ‘overserious’.
The day finally came, and I had the online test with the help of one of LBS staff and it was quite seamless, the excitement at how seamless everything went, made my interest in the school more profound. I saw my results immediately, as I scored above average in all the tests. I was about to heave a sigh of relief and the staff told me that I will be contacted for an interview. See wahala!
I didn’t know how to prepare for the interview, all I said to myself was that I will just be myself. The day of the interview came and I had to be interviewed by a panel. The interview was also online. One of the questions I was asked during the interview was “what is your favorite channel?” and I responded ‘African Magic’… …to be continued #EMBA28
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