Another , most of the applications ask for what MBA major I would like to choose...for IIMs u can mostly get away with ' I haven't decided' but here ,'not decided' would be a bad impression? I can choose finance or something but I am actually not decided. I mean if I choose finance but then I wouldn't know why finance-corporate and not finance-investment or vice versa.This I asked in my previous email , just consolidating my questions.
You have to have some kind of plan to show what you want to do. Like your background and interests are in say IT and you want to do brand management just to sound kool, that would not be a good approach. The application asks for the details so that you do some research on the tracks that are available talk to various people what kind of job they do or the options available if they are an MBA in Finance or Marketing or IS . So there is a purpose to ask this question and that is for you to research and find out and be prepared.
The Indian counterparts a.k.a IIM's, IMT's , MDI's of the world do not ask for anything because of the difference in culture. With no malice towards India, people tend to be more of a herd mentality as I did Computer Science engineering because it will help me have better career options later. I did not know I like programming or not. Every one wants to get into IT because IT is hot. There are several examples and people do not research a whole lot as to what they are getting into while in the US they lay more emphasis on researching what they are getting into.
Most of the job interviews are also the same way. They are looking for more of a culture fit than the grades. I hope I was able to express myself on this one. Again, India is my home country too but I am trying to outline the difference in culture and that is true for a majority of population on both sides (exceptions are always there).
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