GET HIGH… GET HIGHER.. (Part 1)

Before I graduated last year, I’d been thinking about going abroad to take a higher education course. At the first thought, Europe came to mind. I was wondering about how it would feel to study economics in Groningen or Utrecht. I’m definitely not the brightest student alive, and I suck at econometrics as well as statistics, but I’ve started to feel bound to what I learned in the university.

 

It’s strange though, remembering how I started my first semester as an economics student in Airlangga University. I wasn’t so much interested. Got a very wrong reason to join the course, and also terrified by the mathematical courses. Microeconomics frustrated me, and mathematics nearly killed me. The only thing I could do well was English, and it had nothing to do with the whole degree. It was surprising to get 3 from 4 for my GPA, remembering that I didn’t do quite adequate effort to save my ass from failure. Luck? Perhaps.

 

I started to get interested in economics when I had to learn about development economics itself. Looking at what’s happening around, plus the theories and cases provided during the lectures, it finally caught my attention. Since then, I’ve developed different style of writing papers, different interest to share, and abnormal way to keep myself interested in what I’m in.

 

Enough about it.. It’s over anyway.. :D

 

What’s not over now is me being in the middle of admission process in Gadjah Mada University, taking part of the tests for Master of Management program. To be accepted, we will have to pass three tests:

1. The basic knowledge test

2. Academic potential test

3. Interview test

 

This is relatively new for me. Being a bit ignorant in the pervious studies is definitely not helping.  I was totally fucked up on those two days. The first day test was the basic knowledge test. I had to face 6 management subjects in a row, in a day! None of them I could get very familiar with. Take a look at these three sections:

 

First, Introduction to Business and Economics for Managers

-- They weren’t as scary as I thought. I thought that economics for managers would be similar as managerial economics, and what sucks was I didn’t get it in my previous degree

 

Second, Introduction to Financial Management and Basic Accounting

-- Both were about to be my weakest point. I was helpless in this sectiion. Pff.. Almost nothing I could remember, and the accounting wasn’t basic enough. If it had been really basic, it should’ve been about postings and journals.. :(

 

Third, Statistics for Business and Introduction to Business Information Systems

-- Was dead at statistics, but the IS was okay.. :D

 

Wanna see how did I look after those tests?

I look totally desperate, huh? :D

 

The second day was even much worse. Got my head exploded.. But I shall write again soon. This post is already long enough.. :P