After having a dream journey of San Francisco and Los Angeles, I returned back to India hoping that the joy ride will continue (indirectly hinting God - I am expecting a good CAT result :) ).
28th February arrived and CAT scores were declared. I was shattered beyond imagination to find that I had badly .... no... very badly ... no ... 'tremendously' (I know this word doesn't fit into here but I was poor in guessing the 'Choose the right word for the blank in the sentence' questions appearing in VA and hence please pardon me) underperformed in one of the sections (DI). I thought for a moment the CAT result that I was seeing must be not mine. I crosschecked my test registration number multiple times, much to my dismay that the result being shown was indeed mine !!
Game Over !! - I thought, at least for 'MBA Dreams 2010'.
I got another chance of 'discussing' this point with God. (Since I was poor in GD's, I took this opportunity to develop my GD skills like how to keep on arguing on a worthless point in a 'fruitful' discussion, how to re-iterate the same point again and again and again when you don't have any other point to put forth etc. Thank You God for strengthening my skills ! ) He opened up his point first (In GD it is a general perception that one who initiates the discussion, has some advantage, believe me it is TRUE !)
He said, "So here you are .... now crying for your poor CAT score ... huhh ... but what about your US trip and all the fun you had there ? (He meant to say to me - Be Happy with what you get, specially when you didn't deserve it :P) While enjoying there did you ever think about the CAT and all? .... leave CAT aside .... did you remember Me even once ? .... Now that the fun part is over and you didn't get a good CAT score, I am brought in, in the game and all the blame is put on Me" ..... But I was prepared for this and aptly replied back, saying that I had not asked for all that fun in US, all I wanted was a good CAT result for my further career plan.
He said, "Haha ... What plan and all .... You can fool others, kid, but not ME !! Anyways just Wait and Watch" !!
I said what is there to wait for? All the topnotch IIMs (read A, C and L) have come up with their shortlists for GD/PIs except IIMB ; I explained to myself - Kaustubh, don't commit the mistake of even floating a hope for B's PI call - what is point in getting more disappointed after not seeing your registration number in the shortlist of one more premier IIM (B)!!
Though I had received PI calls from FMS, Delhi and some other B-Schools (IIMK, SP Jain and MDI) I had made up my mind of giving self one more chance next year to aim for the top 4 IIMs - A,B,C and L. So I had decided to take all the above calls light only, seriously light !! - what a gamble!!
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
My journey into IIMB - The Beginning !!
Well ... this is all about a boy who always used to complain about life (and has now decided he will NEVER !!)- life being cruel ONLY to him and he never getting anything that he wishes to or deserves to.
It is not just an interview experience but it encompasses his mad chase for his dream, his journey till he achieves his dream and all the other people who have made this journey colorful and interesting. Let me start ..... the boy describing his own story ......
September,2009 was the month !!. The alarm started ringing for me - probably a wake up call. I decided enough of job now! I need to do something different - but 'what' ?? (My friends would like to confirm about this - I have discussed various options right from M Tech , MS-even though I had scrapped GRE once, even joining an NGO was considered an option - phew !!!)
After doing a 'very very careful' analysis (99% of it revolved around what my roommates were doing - vigorously preparing for MBA and the remaining 1% was my dream - do nothing) I decided that it was time to do MBA (Don't ask me why I wanted to do an MBA suddenly - I couldn't answer this question satisfactorily even in my final interview). Wow just 2 months in hands and a mission impossible ahead !!
After getting fantastic percentile (there is sarcastic tone to this - please appreciate) in my first ever MOCK CAT of Career launcher, I immediately realized following points :
[1] This year's CAT is not for me. But I would start preparing nicely for CAT 2010 right from here. I advised myself many times - take this year's CAT as another MOCK, simple.
[2] The scariest factor for me, was turning out to be those very friends who once showed to me this damn MBA dream. Their everyday discussion about various 'interesting' DI sets, how one guy managed to crack a dare-to-solve-me puzzle while he was working in office (it shows his office productivity !!), one guy roaming about day and night in my room with word list in hand, guys giving one MOCK test after another so passionately and cracking all of them - a perfect demotivating scene for me. In short these all were studying more than me, scoring more than me, and having more fun than me.
[3] I naturally turned to my group of best-est Comp Sci - Tronix friends to find solace. But I realized almost all are busy with their own studies (PG studies). But to my relief there was one (who also hopefully will not remain anymore) - as dying as me to get out of this useless job life and do MBA for no reason. He has been my single ever source of inspiration - I really mean it. (Say thanks to me for this line, Sahil:))
There are some more interesting characters in the plot - read some NRI's - Pravin, Chaitanya- who had come to India, as if just to chide me - DON'T CRY ANYMORE !! There is one more guy nicknamed 'Padhai Baba' aka Harshal - who was my roomie in Hyderabad and had cracked IIMB in 2009 (phew he will be my senior in IIMB :)). Another is a Tech Wizard - Ankit, peacefully dwelling in Microsoft. Another kool guy - Rahul-who cracked IISc and always told me how the job life was lot better than PG life and hence I should enjoy my job and not think of any MBA. Then the Tronix guys - Ameya, Kadya, Nirmal, Pandhri - I can't do the mistake of missing their names here
All kinds of advices flowing in from all the corners in the last two weeks as the D-Day was approaching near. Quant me Probablity padhna, Puzzles jyada solve karna, RC's se jyada Grammar puchenge ... I always knew these are of no use to me this year. My preparation even at that point was not that great to really start looking into all these recommended areas.
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It is not just an interview experience but it encompasses his mad chase for his dream, his journey till he achieves his dream and all the other people who have made this journey colorful and interesting. Let me start ..... the boy describing his own story ......
September,2009 was the month !!. The alarm started ringing for me - probably a wake up call. I decided enough of job now! I need to do something different - but 'what' ?? (My friends would like to confirm about this - I have discussed various options right from M Tech , MS-even though I had scrapped GRE once, even joining an NGO was considered an option - phew !!!)
After doing a 'very very careful' analysis (99% of it revolved around what my roommates were doing - vigorously preparing for MBA and the remaining 1% was my dream - do nothing) I decided that it was time to do MBA (Don't ask me why I wanted to do an MBA suddenly - I couldn't answer this question satisfactorily even in my final interview). Wow just 2 months in hands and a mission impossible ahead !!
After getting fantastic percentile (there is sarcastic tone to this - please appreciate) in my first ever MOCK CAT of Career launcher, I immediately realized following points :
[1] This year's CAT is not for me. But I would start preparing nicely for CAT 2010 right from here. I advised myself many times - take this year's CAT as another MOCK, simple.
[2] The scariest factor for me, was turning out to be those very friends who once showed to me this damn MBA dream. Their everyday discussion about various 'interesting' DI sets, how one guy managed to crack a dare-to-solve-me puzzle while he was working in office (it shows his office productivity !!), one guy roaming about day and night in my room with word list in hand, guys giving one MOCK test after another so passionately and cracking all of them - a perfect demotivating scene for me. In short these all were studying more than me, scoring more than me, and having more fun than me.
[3] I naturally turned to my group of best-est Comp Sci - Tronix friends to find solace. But I realized almost all are busy with their own studies (PG studies). But to my relief there was one (who also hopefully will not remain anymore) - as dying as me to get out of this useless job life and do MBA for no reason. He has been my single ever source of inspiration - I really mean it. (Say thanks to me for this line, Sahil:))
There are some more interesting characters in the plot - read some NRI's - Pravin, Chaitanya- who had come to India, as if just to chide me - DON'T CRY ANYMORE !! There is one more guy nicknamed 'Padhai Baba' aka Harshal - who was my roomie in Hyderabad and had cracked IIMB in 2009 (phew he will be my senior in IIMB :)). Another is a Tech Wizard - Ankit, peacefully dwelling in Microsoft. Another kool guy - Rahul-who cracked IISc and always told me how the job life was lot better than PG life and hence I should enjoy my job and not think of any MBA. Then the Tronix guys - Ameya, Kadya, Nirmal, Pandhri - I can't do the mistake of missing their names here
All kinds of advices flowing in from all the corners in the last two weeks as the D-Day was approaching near. Quant me Probablity padhna, Puzzles jyada solve karna, RC's se jyada Grammar puchenge ... I always knew these are of no use to me this year. My preparation even at that point was not that great to really start looking into all these recommended areas.
Next Part Link - here
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