Tips - Version 1.0

Hey Guys,

I am sure all of you would be busy with your mock tests, coaching classes and would be eagerly waiting for CAT to advertise.

Words like RC, CR, LR , Quant, VA would have become an essential part of your vocab now and the coaching institutes would be doing their best in making you all adept in these concepts.

Thus, I would not delve into the techniques of the above acronyms. What i want to bring forward is the use of these concepts in your Post - MBA classes.

Lets take a long Jump...

By June next year, most of you would be joining some of the top notch MBA institutes like IIMs and XLRI. You would be entering into the domain which would polish your intellectual abilities to the utmost to craft out a world class manager out of you.

The above process is not an easy one. You would be required to make the best use of the grey cells of your brains.

The process used by most of the B schools is that of pre reading and case studies.
There would be umpteen tasks in your plates at a moment and you would need to prioratize and implement them. Here comes the funda of speed and accuracy would you all would be concentrating upon in your prep.

Reading is the activity you all would be most involved in - be it case studies, pre reading, class discussion on a particular topic. Here comes the funda of RC , LR and CR.

Projects would be an imperative part of your course, wherein data analysis and interpretation is the key.

Thus, the point I want to stess upon is that the parameters which the B schools test upon in their enterance examinations is not arbitrarily decided , rather, it is a true reflection of what you would be undergoing when you come to the other side of the fence.

Thus, be motivated and understand the fundas clearly as they would be your tools when you join an MBA college.

Best of Luck for your preparations and may all of you land up in the B schools of your preferances....

Topsy Turvy and Thankful

3:00 AM go to bed
8:30 AM get up for a 9 o clock class
try to find sleep inbetween classes...

No..my final year exams are not going on...this is the routine of a normal day in XLRI...

It has been approximately 2 months...have got used to this lifestyle..but as they say - it is in man's nature to crib.

Sometimes I tend to find the *oppurtunity cost* ( yes, you got it right..i have Economics in this term ;) )of this type of a lifestyle and tend to ask a question to myself "Why MBA???"

But the fact remains that doing MBA from a top notch college had been a long cherished dream for me..

Even though we are struggling with mid terms, project submissions and always short of sleep, yet i want enjoy every moment here. I am living my dream and there is no point in cribbing about trivial things ( like sleep , buhuhu )

Will continue with my experiences in XLRI later, let me catch with some sleep right now ;)