Describe An Important Decision You Made: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

The important decision I ever made in my life is studying abroad for master's which is in a landscape architecture, actually I was so tenacious about this because most of my friends and family and my close ones told me that to not to do a master's in this field, instance do some other field so that we can shine bright and you can earn more in that future, but I always wanted to do this landscape architecture which is one of my interest, so I made a decision and I applied to a few universities which are all top universities and I am waiting for an offer letter, as a result I got universities from a secondary land but I am especially waiting for one university which is in Edinburgh, Edinburgh is one of my favourite and also the subject I am opting for is very large and needs more creativity, so I prefer this college to enter for this field which will give me more scope in the future, also a bright salary or a decent salary which I can earn in the future and support my family and also to be independently, I can live individually and I don't need to depend on anyone.

We were really blessed nine years ago when I blessed with a girl child, her name is Kaira. After a few years of her birth, we decided to put her in school. Over that time we were a little confused between CBSE board and ICSE board. After making lots of enquiries, research on Google, asking suggestions from friends, we were still confused between the boards. My husband wanted to put my daughter in CBSE board. I was a little sceptical about CBSE board as it is more creative when you want to study only in India for competitive examinations. But my preference was to put her in ICSE board as it will give her more practical knowledge and more exposure towards her future journey as my biggest dream is to send her abroad. So I really wanted to put her in ICSE board. So because of that, eventually I decided to put her in ICSE board. After putting her for six years in the school, she is really doing fantastic in her academics. Teachers always appreciate her whenever I attend PTM and over that time I really feel blessed. Also, she is very much into music. She loves hip-hop music a lot. In the ICSE curriculum in her school, there are separate classes for hip-hop music. So she gets to learn.

The most important decision that I took in my life was choosing up the internship opportunity that NRSC ISRO provided me with. I took up this decision when I was studying in my third year of my college, where I got an excellent opportunity to do an internship project with National Remote Sensing Center of Indian Space Research and Organization. So this was made around by the time of August month of 2023 and it is still going on now as a project scientist where I got promoted from intern project trainee to project scientist. So I made out this from my mind, I should work for a government organization at any cost whatever it takes. So first initially you should apply using an email id with all the college documents that you are provided with. Although I was having an less CGPA compared to all others from the college, I was having around 8.5 and where college average was up to 8.7. And I applied for with my friends and my cousins. Initially first my cousin got an internship offer where I applied before her and I was actually little feeling bad during that time. Later the third day I got a call from ISRO telling that I have been appointed as a project scientist of internship and I have been working under Mr. Syed Shadab for past one year. And it has been a very perfect time for me to work under him where I got to know a lot about technologies and also about personal development. When I got about the job, I felt very overwhelmed and very happy because it was the first time in job opportunity battling between more than 1000 people and getting an opportunity where NRSC provides only internship for 40 persons in a year of a term for a college student. Out of those 40, I was the one who got selected under Mr. Syed Shadab for the particular academic year of 2023 to 2024, again being appointed under him for the year 2024 to 2025.

In life, whatever decision you make, whether it's during your universities or you're going to make in future, it somehow impacts either negatively or positively towards your career, your personal development, etc. One of the most important decisions that I have taken or took during my university was whether to pursue my career in corporate or academic. I remember it was our 8th semester when we were given a form, we had to choose between these two options and there was a clause that we cannot return it or again change back if we have second thoughts about our mind. I was contemplating to whether enter into a world of competition or to pursue further high studies and gain in-depth knowledge about a particular subject. I started to go through many papers in cognitive behaviour and also cognitive learning, gaining knowledge from my elder siblings who are both in corporate and academic worlds. I started to analyze my friends and my peers' memories. It's all that I have. I'm really thankful that I have so much support from my professors who also made me understand that corporate world is a better place and it will always help me to advance my studies whether interpersonally or professionally.

Well, decision-making is part and parcel of everyone's life, however, sometimes decisions are like a hard net to crack, therefore, we always rely on others to make the relevant decisions. And if I were to talk about one of such times, I would suppose I will tell you about a time when I was in a catch-22 situation. To explain it more, I was literally confused whether to stay at home or to study in one of the renowned universities in Amritsar. I nearly forgot to tell you that it was a matter of nearly 5 years back and the reason I was quite struggling with it was quite simple. This was because I had never been away from my family, so I was, you know, literally in a quandary. Thereafter, I took the assistance of my parents and they succoured me to take the right decision. Even though they knew that they wouldn't meet me as much as possible, they made me to take the right decision because they told me that it would be, you know, one of the great opportunities in my near future. So, I decided to, you know, study in the renowned university called Narayana Devya University. Now looking back, I feel that I had made the right decision. This is because I have become the best version of myself and, you know, in the past, even though initially I was feeling, you know, terribly sick, this is because as I felt homesickness and moreover I was not acquainted with much of my friends, but slowly I became, you know, aware with the university life and I have, I believe, I have taken the right decision because had he not taken the right decision at that time, I would have been on edge. And this is because it assisted me to, you know, to become more autonomous and now these days I can take any decision and even can live away from my family. So, all in all, this was the time when I took the

The important decision that I made was the decision to go for my MBA after 6 years of experience post my graduation. I graduated in 2019 and after that I have been working in industry for around 6 years. I decided I want to grow further in my career and I want to move into the leadership position. So I chose to give GMAT and the preparation for GMAT exam was a bit tough and like my schedule was very hectic for 2-3 months. I had to go to office then after coming back I will be having the evening calls with my US counterparts and post that I will be studying for my GMAT till late night. But I am happy now and I am also excited to have this opportunity to go outside and again go back to study and the chance to meet the diverse people from diverse background from all across the globe and I hope and I am really hoping that will give me a chance to develop myself and where I can be at a good position after my studies.

Decision making is a very important thing in one's life and it's basically the mindset of people decides whether he is able to make a decision or not and from me from my 9th standard onwards every decisions are made by me itself and I always take assistance from my parents but I never allow them to take any decision for me so I am the one who always decide everything in my life and my parents are always supporting regarding that and one of the decision which I was made with a confusion but even though it was a very right decision till now was my career change I was a biotechnology engineer I completed my degree in 2024 and I was searching for a job in that particular career field itself and finally I got an opportunity to work with one famous company in India and I joined there but soon after I understood that that was not my path and I was literally confused I was unable to work there I got some work pressure and I was unable to lead a normal life suddenly I was in a confusion mode and I discussed with parents and with my full confidence I quit that career and I moved forward for banking field and it was a really a life changing moment in my life like I suddenly joined to the banking sector it was completely a new world to me and I started to learn new things and it was like a small baby was learning to work and learning to lead a good life and it's such a good thing for me and because of that sector only I am able to stand confidently I can earn a good level of money and it's like very very interesting and very interesting day by day and I used to feel I want to go to office want to do my job like that mindset is only happening for me because I joined