Welcome to the second season of Panoptic Conversations with Tapan and Ishan. Woohoo, feels good to be back! In this season we will have unscripted discussions with our peers and friends who inspire us and we will try to get a sneak peek into their lives. 

As our first guest we have Aashay Mehta, our dear friend from BITS Pilani. Aashay is that guy in your college with excellent academic record and yet ever so humble. With a perfect score of 340 in GRE, we discuss Aashay's thoughts on GRE preparations, university selections and most importantly, is Masters abroad worth it? We also deep dive into some interesting topics like the higher education system and end it with some sports banter. We had lots of fun during the conversation, hope you enjoy it too. Cheers!

ToC:

(0:00) - Introduction

(1:30) - GRE prep

(19:50) - Choosing university for MS

(34:00) - Measuring up academics and industry

(42:00) - Aashay and sports

(48:00) - Travel experiences (partly ruined by COVID!)

Links:

1. Word Power Made Easy - Norman Lewis

2. How Music Got Free - Stephen Witt

Live Update: Aashay just received admits from top US universities. Congratulations!