Is it back to square one?

So I'm back. The last few weeks have been quite eventful. Finally got to spend a lot of time with my parents.Played a lot of badminton. Took the GMAT on July 19th and am here at the crossroads again. What next? Well of course it seems easy, apply to the Best B-Schools and if I'm fortunate enough to be accepted then take the next flight. But is this as simple. No introspection, no thought, just apply. Which brings me to the more fundamental question. Why MBA, how does it relate to my career goals. Most of us have been quite clueless all our life about what do we want. We've walked the well trodden path, sleep walking through our lives. Our parents decided what subjects we chose, which was again a function of how well we did academically. It all sounded fantastic: go to IIT, then to Harvard, and then to Wall Street, drive a Merc, own a rolex,talk on a vertu blah blah.Is that being ambitious? I believe if all you want out of life is a big house and a merc, you're not ambitious. So while wanting to be loved all your life is being ambitious, wanting to be respected by one and all is ambitious, wanting pots of gold is not. How we decide our careers is by finding out what we can do well (say add,subtract or paint)and then trying to map it to the most profitable career option, if there is a fit, good and our parents clap, if there isn't then we try to fit ourselves to the other side. The most profitable career option stays and we try to fit ourselves into it. Result: Adjustment, compromise and a screwed up life with lots of money. So is MBA another adjustment for me? Thankfully not. It is something I have dreamt of, for reasons other than money. For networking with smart people, for polishing my otherwise raw personality and to reach where I want to. MBA is important to my goals and thankfully for the first time I am aware of what I am doing at every point of time, aware of the reason why I am doing it and aware of where it might take me. So it's application time folks. I hope I can be as forthright in front of my interviewers as well. All the best Shashwat. God Bless!