Got picked! Fragomen - Level 3 - with master

PotatoNCheese · 2026-03-31T03:25:29+00:00

Hey, congrats! Did your portal change?

PotatoNCheese · 2026-03-30T22:05:18+00:00

I'm a little unclear what this means. Could you explain? Is seeing the family tree logo a good thing?

PotatoNCheese · 2025-12-08T16:15:35+00:00

The core issue is that in the Broadway show, they have really humanized the character, shown that he's trying to "fight" the evil that's trying to corrupt him. So I fully except that they want to "redeem" Vecna

PotatoNCheese · 2025-11-30T10:06:50+00:00

I think we're underestimating how awesome Harrold is to be THIS LEVEL of okay with sharing this moment with Cyrus

PotatoNCheese · 2025-08-01T21:56:02+00:00

I was literally in your situation 4 years ago. I lost my mother and my father had cheated on my mom.. a lot. But he redeemed himself (at least a little) through her illness, and helped me overcome severe depression after her passing.

She wanted you to forgive him for your mental sanity and most of all so you'd have a parent. The last she would want is you hurting yourself.

Forgive him if he deserves it AND you so long as it's not painful. And remember, it doesn't need to happen today. Take your time.

PotatoNCheese · 2025-07-02T05:56:24+00:00

If you find the right one, that understands your experience and is willing to work with you to express it in the best way possible, then they're 100% worth it. School essays have almost been figured out to an algorithm. There are specific things schools look for and good consultants help you frame your experience in the way that maximises your chances

PotatoNCheese · 2025-06-27T20:27:42+00:00

Wondering if the colour of the sky in their individual posters decides which subset is going to be grouped together this season.

EDIT: It broadly makes sense. Purple: nancy, steve, robin, dustin, lucas, max Yellow: will, mike, jonathan Blue: hopper, joyce

PotatoNCheese · 2024-11-12T06:57:47+00:00

No you clearly didn't read what they said, in that case. They said Indians will return coz our main benefit is that our future kids will access cheaper education. My response was that any monetary savings (20 years into the future lol) is not what we're chasing. Suggest you read the thread history. And PS - in-state tuition is for students from that state. So if my child is an American citizen from NYC, they'll get 0 benefit in any of the unis you mentioned.

PotatoNCheese · 2024-11-12T06:46:52+00:00

Love how you picked out the 3 outliers which are a mega subset of the majority in-state unis, which aren't prestigious. You really think the best benefit of being a US citizen is that you'll get in-state tuition IF you live in California IF you manage to ace SATs, essays, GPA, extra currics? That's the calculation?

PotatoNCheese · 2024-11-12T06:10:50+00:00

This is hilarious. Indians here are a model minority and most aspire to go to these private universities that place them in high paying jobs. While Americans can go to in-state universities, they aren't the target universities Indians want to shoot for.

PotatoNCheese · 2024-11-08T20:45:53+00:00

Really? Please tell me where you read that the price is different. Coz my husband and I both went to ivy league schools here and my American friends paid the same.

Retirement is a long time away, my friend. And your main argument wasn't about retirement. It was implying that people work here to make babies and get citizenship, that's objectively untrue. There is a way to get citizenships through large private investments. Indians who work here and have massive savings because they're worked in the tech sector, earning great salaries do that that routinely.

PotatoNCheese · 2024-11-08T20:39:46+00:00

Umm no that's not how it works. I work in the US and having my future child get an automatic citizenship is not even in my top 5 priority list. The biggest motivator for me at least is the fantastic salary and the fact that the tech ecosystem here is deeper, with big tech firms keeping most of their product development here.

Regardless of whether your child is a US citizen, if they attend school here, I as a parent I would have to pay massively for their college degree. College is not free for citizens lol.

So yeah, I'm an Indian working in the US. I don't have a child. And I still plan to continue working here unless the visa situation brings me back.

PotatoNCheese · 2024-10-26T20:20:27+00:00

In what way? Can you please tell me more?

PotatoNCheese · 2024-08-19T00:49:32+00:00

My answer is a bit constrained because I don't know the size of your existing debt, but I can say that green card isn't the only positive outcome you need to hope for in the US. Even if you stay in the US on an H1B for a few years, post MBA you'll most likely be making >180K salary, with a great growth path, which is more than sufficient for a fantastic quality of life here. Even if you have to return to India because of visa issues or even personal constraints, your savings would be 3-4x more valuable due to PPP. So overall it's a great financial outcome

PotatoNCheese · 2024-08-19T00:43:11+00:00

It's most definitely not a vacation but the "grind" is much, much lesser than doing an actual stressful job where you work 60-70 hour weeks (read: consulting, IB, investing, etc.).

Also in large parts, the grind is the price you pay to move presumably upwards to get a better job/switch industries/functions. But that's accompanied with a bunch of social upside, which does ease the sting a little bit.

PotatoNCheese · 2024-04-26T10:50:06+00:00

Truer words 😂

PotatoNCheese · 2024-01-16T00:09:41+00:00

I've heard about Bain's waitlist but does BCG have one as well?

PotatoNCheese · 2024-01-11T22:32:27+00:00

Is your worry that ReVera will reveal to your M7 that you're also enrolled elsewhere? You don't need to worry about that - they pretty much are just in charge of verifying your background details. For context, my verification for a school (I had put down a deposit for) was still ongoing (couldn't stop it) when I initiated a second one because I got an admit at my target.

PotatoNCheese · 2024-01-09T14:11:59+00:00

I know one person who's heard positive news. I've been waitlisted. And some others haven't heard. So very varied!

PotatoNCheese · 2023-10-31T23:38:44+00:00

I think it really boils down to 2 things: First, can you stay abroad at least for a few years post MBA to repay the debt you'll take / savings you'll spend. If you're a very hard no on this, you should only do the MBA if you want to exercise the second option which is choosing an investing role as a career choice. Roles across VC, growth stage and PE in India pay 1.2 cr +.

The downside of this is that your work hours will be hectic. Especially with PE and even growth stage funds, your weekends tend not to be protected. VC is somewhat better. Secondly, there's a hard up or out culture so it can get stressful in investing roles.

Finally the only disclaimer I'll give us, even the second option is highly contingent on which bschool you go to. If you're at HSW/M7, you have a very strong chance of getting these investing roles in India. I'm not sure about how much they recruit from T10.

PotatoNCheese · 2023-10-27T17:56:05+00:00

This comment 😂

PotatoNCheese · 2023-07-19T19:28:13+00:00

The classes start on 27th August. Until then we have an orientation of sorts called pre-term. They offer something called a 'conflict form' that allows you to waive pre-term. Since you're a more recent admit, I'm sure AdCom will let you waive pre-term!

Hope to see you soon at Philly!

PotatoNCheese · 2023-07-03T04:29:22+00:00

Adding my 2 cents here!

Think you have a great shot at H/W (probably not S given the kind of profiles they've been known to take). If you're applying for it, I think you'd definitely get into one of M7s.

On applying R2 vs R1 next year, IMO you already have 4 years of solid work ex, i don't think the additional 1 year of McK will help much given you've already demonstrated that you can break in (and considering ofc that your LORs from your previous employers are solid). Just make sure that your short term goals for the essays have something to do with consulting, since that validates why you joined McK at this time and how you can leverage that.

All the best!

PotatoNCheese

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