Advice Needed🥲

Hey everyone!

I’m currently in my 2nd year of undergrad studying Marketing at NMIMS, Mumbai and I’ve honestly been super confused and anxious about my postgrad plans lately.

I know I want to work in branding/marketing long term and eventually join my family’s event management business in Mumbai. I also dream of opening my own cafe someday, which is why I’ve recently become really interested in pastry school as well.

Now I’m confused between:

1. directly pursuing an MBA after undergrad
2. taking a gap year and doing pastry school first
   or maybe even doing a Master’s in Marketing instead of an MBA

For postgrad I’m mainly looking at:
-US
-Europe (especially France & Spain)
-Australia
-India

Would love some honest advice from people who’ve studied abroad or work in marketing/business/hospitality:

1. MBA vs Master’s in Marketing?
2. Is a gap year viewed negatively especially at top universities like NYU, HEC?
3. Any good uni recommendations?
4. What should I focus on during college to build a strong profile? Internships, extracurriculars, networking, GPA etc?

Anything you regret not doing during undergrad?

Honestly just trying to figure things out and would really appreciate any advice from people who’ve been through this 😭