Apoorva Makhija aka The Rebel Kid moves to New York for MBA: ‘This degree of no use’ | Bollywood News

Explaining her choice to maneuver, Apoorva mentioned, “I’ve travelled rather a lot and once I landed in New York, I used to be like… I actually need to stay right here. There’s something about that metropolis. It’s so quick. Everyone seems to be so well-dressed. The meals is nice. I really like the structure. And I’ve seen New York in virtually each single net sequence that I really like. And so I’ve all the time wished to stay there so I solely utilized to 1 faculty as a result of I solely wished to stay in New York. I used to be like if I get in, I get in and I’ll go. And I received in. So now, I’ve to go.”

Apoorva Makhija is at the moment in New York.(Photograph: Apoorva Makhija/Instagram)

‘This diploma I’m going to do is of no use’

Apoorva acknowledged her priviliged place and mentioned, “I’ve nice mates, nice home, a full-time home assist. My profession goes nice. I make some huge cash. All people right here is aware of me. I’ve entry to loads of issues on this nation. Then I’m leaving all this to stay in a dorm in Manhattan to check and be a scholar. And I don’t know anybody there.”

Apoorva mentioned that the training course that she has chosen to pursue, an MBA, received’t actually assist her in her profession. “This diploma that I’m going to do, is of no use. I by no means need to do a 9-5. I can begin a enterprise right this moment if I need to. So why? Why would I do this which is why I’m just a little scared however I’m additionally glad that I get to go,” she mentioned.

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‘My considering has turn into very restricted’

Apoorva mentioned that her major purpose for travelling was to satisfy new folks. “I need to meet new folks, and the one approach you are able to do that’s by faculty. Right here (In Mumbai), I can solely meet new creators by this job. I don’t need my circle to be simply creators. My considering has turn into very restricted, I haven’t touched grass in a really very long time and I simply need to meet new individuals who don’t care about this world. The one approach I might do this was if I’m going and examine.”

Apoorva Makhija was not too long ago seen within the actuality present Lock Upp. (Photograph: Apoorva Makhija/Instagram)

When the host concluded that she was probably not going for the training, Apoorva mentioned, “I don’t thoughts learning. I’ve all the time been good at learning.” When requested about her qualification, Apoorva mentioned: “I’ve accomplished B-Tech in Laptop Science. I had a ten GPA in my tenth. 95.4% in my twelfth. I had a 8.4 GPA in my faculty. So, I don’t thoughts learning. I can examine. I don’t thoughts giving exams. I simply need to have enjoyable whereas at it.”

‘I need to have an excellent faculty life’

She additionally revealed one other vital purpose. “Once I was in faculty, I used to be in a relationship. I met this boy on the primary day of faculty and I solely frolicked with him for the subsequent 4 years. I actually f***** it up. Now, I need to have an excellent faculty life.”

Apoorva Makhija turned to content material creation throughout COVID-19 pandemic. (Photograph: Apoorva Makhija/Instagram)

When requested if she would proceed to make content material there, Apoorva mentioned, “I haven’t been doing that for a very long time anyway. Even once I journey, I don’t really feel like pulling out my digicam and recording issues. I do it principally as a result of my supervisor asks me to or as a result of I’ve a model deal for a specific journey. However I by no means really feel like doing it.”

‘Dad nonetheless manages my funds’

In the identical dialog, Apoorva recalled talking to well-known sharks who had been able to put money into her magnificence model, however she dropped the plan after realising that she didn’t know sufficient about working a enterprise.

She mentioned: “I wished to start out a magnificence and private care model and I reached out to folks and these are folks that you’ve got seen on TV and persons are dying to speak to those folks for simply an hour. They had been able to put in cash, deal with operations, give me 50% fairness, ensure that they purchase me out in a number of years, they had been able to do all of that. Once I was engaged on this model, I realised that I don’t know a lot. I don’t understand how provide chain works, I don’t know the right way to do operations. Apart from advertising and marketing and branding there may be barely something that I do know on this world. I don’t need to be this particular person. I need to get smarter.”

She shared that since faculty, she has felt caught with the mindset of her 21-year-old self and has struggled to maneuver past it, admitting that her father nonetheless manages her funds.

“It’s so silly. Why can’t I simply be taught it? I used to be like I’m going to power myself to get a level that teaches me all of this and I’m going to power myself to take a seat with individuals who have labored in these fields who need to run companies who’ve most likely labored at senior positions. If nothing else, I get to stay in New York.”

When Apoorva needed to undergo large trolling

Apoorva Makhija discovered herself in an issue after she appeared on Samay Raina’s India’s Received Latent with Ranveer Allahbadia in February 2025. The remarks made by the contestants and panelists on the present had been perceived as offensive, and the present was cancelled on the time. This led to a number of police complaints and FIRs towards the panelists, they usually additionally confronted extreme hate on-line.

She was not too long ago seen on Netflix’s Lock Upp.