last week has been routine ...
COBE assignments
LSCM assignments
DGIS assignments
MGTM finally started .. Prof Henry Moon had some visa issues due to which everything was postponed by 10 days ...
Apart from that only change is that Nocturnality within me is at its peak...
For past many days I am sleeping at abt 6 AM.. even when i crash to bed easly I end up getting up and doing something ...
Paradigm is shifting .. Consulting fever is slowly percolating the campus... Shortlists of big 2 are out .... and the results aren't too encouraging for 500 out of 570 ... 4 more lists to be published and then the consulting fever will be constrained amongst 125 odd shortlists ... Luckiest/smartest ones getting more than one shortlists and luckier/smarter ones gettign atleast one shortlist..
Big G was the disappointment for many ... Their requirement was major in Comp Science and after 7-8 years I actually realized i am not from comp science background ...
Still many more to go but then there are more students anyday ....
It is only going to get tougher .....
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
week 31 - chilled start to term 6
Though term 6 is one of the most gyaan-filled term for me .. the starter week was not much of workload... I have only 4o cases this term .. 1 per subject per lecture ... Talk about case method of learning and i will take away the hilt in this term ..
if only i study .. The paradigm has finally shifted to what we all are here for .. Jobs... Grades dont matter anymore .. Term 5 grades will be the last which we will write in our CVs...Term 6 grades will come when all the shorlisting will be over and hence the grades would not matter .. I dont mind 4 B's in rest of the subjects if I have an A grade job ...
ok ok .. I will do with an A- job.. when i talk to people around i still find many who though worried, have high cutoffs predefined for their target salary... As much as i wish everybody gets their best i doubt this will be the case...
I have applied to ATK, google this week.. just like mckenzie these are companies where applyying is part of graduation .. more than half of the batch applies and more thab three fourth of the applicants get rejected .. still people apply.. i did too .. no second thoughts ...
Come to think of it I would be happy if I get (whatever i was earning before + incremental promotion which I left to join ISB + loan installment + any positive number) .. This actually is lower than what an ideal me wants but then i agree that many students are miles ahead of me and the ones which are behind me are not far ...
I am however giving my best shot so as not to regret in future .. one important thing which shorlisting of this year signifies is the background and work experience before ISB matters a lot .. probably more than grades (if you leave aside creme de la creme companies) ... u need to show a good fit to the role ... aha !! a news ;-)
a) past experience
b) work at ISB - thsi ones toughest bcoz u cant work at ISB more than what many people worked prior to ISB ... thats one of the main reasons I did not take finance ...
c) Passion - i dont really understand how we show this is a page cv ..
Term 6 is ok ..
LSCM is very interesting and what adds fun is that only interesting individuals get enrolled so cp is good ..
COBE - i feel is faff till now ... but thats what marketing is ..
DGIS - the course overall let me down .. i expected a lot more ..
MGTM - the course is running 3 lectures behind schedule , so have not attended a single class till date but the professor's rating has already soared the expectations ...
hoping for the best ..
Best is now defined as a scnari where you have some shortlists .. COme January and best will be a scenario where you have a job ..
P.S. term 5 marks are being declared an there are very slim chances that I will be in top 100 after term 5 grades ... lets c...
Godspeed !!!
if only i study .. The paradigm has finally shifted to what we all are here for .. Jobs... Grades dont matter anymore .. Term 5 grades will be the last which we will write in our CVs...Term 6 grades will come when all the shorlisting will be over and hence the grades would not matter .. I dont mind 4 B's in rest of the subjects if I have an A grade job ...
ok ok .. I will do with an A- job.. when i talk to people around i still find many who though worried, have high cutoffs predefined for their target salary... As much as i wish everybody gets their best i doubt this will be the case...
I have applied to ATK, google this week.. just like mckenzie these are companies where applyying is part of graduation .. more than half of the batch applies and more thab three fourth of the applicants get rejected .. still people apply.. i did too .. no second thoughts ...
Come to think of it I would be happy if I get (whatever i was earning before + incremental promotion which I left to join ISB + loan installment + any positive number) .. This actually is lower than what an ideal me wants but then i agree that many students are miles ahead of me and the ones which are behind me are not far ...
I am however giving my best shot so as not to regret in future .. one important thing which shorlisting of this year signifies is the background and work experience before ISB matters a lot .. probably more than grades (if you leave aside creme de la creme companies) ... u need to show a good fit to the role ... aha !! a news ;-)
a) past experience
b) work at ISB - thsi ones toughest bcoz u cant work at ISB more than what many people worked prior to ISB ... thats one of the main reasons I did not take finance ...
c) Passion - i dont really understand how we show this is a page cv ..
Term 6 is ok ..
LSCM is very interesting and what adds fun is that only interesting individuals get enrolled so cp is good ..
COBE - i feel is faff till now ... but thats what marketing is ..
DGIS - the course overall let me down .. i expected a lot more ..
MGTM - the course is running 3 lectures behind schedule , so have not attended a single class till date but the professor's rating has already soared the expectations ...
hoping for the best ..
Best is now defined as a scnari where you have some shortlists .. COme January and best will be a scenario where you have a job ..
P.S. term 5 marks are being declared an there are very slim chances that I will be in top 100 after term 5 grades ... lets c...
Godspeed !!!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Week 30 ... The term break that never was ...
The week started with same old boring end terms .. MKTR and MKSV in 2 successive days .. both text books opened night prior to exam ...
The subject was my facebook status for 5 days ... It was a term break of 5 days with 5 things to be done
1) MKTR assignment:- Perhaps most interesting of all. Involved diving into 7000 records of data and analyzing the car preferences of middle class Indians ... I ended up doing nothing in this project for 2 reasons a) SRK was best person to do this because of his SQL server skills b) I had otehr assignments to complete because SRK was busy in this
2) MKSV Assignment :- Again a report , pure dil se stuff, we search we search we google we search again and then from many searched PDFs we jot down stuff which we dont understand ( expecting that TAs and profs will understand and will bless us with marks) Sure there was analysis part too. but then worst part is to collate the work of all group members .. worst bcoz that made me the only person to have read all BS and then make a coherent flow from 4 5 incoherent repetitive stuff... MKSV was less onerous because the group was good overall ... Lets see...
3) NEGA Assignment :- I liked this one too.. NEGA was one good subject in which we finally came to know of some concrete concepts which helped us structurally analyze incidents of our life too ... good stuff.. a thumbs up from me ... Assignment was a tad lengthy .. again a good group member chipped in to ensure we put up a decent show ..
4) BTC corporate challenge:- 3rd round was Deloitte ... we thought we would do it in a night but when finally sat on the last night we ended up doing nothing till 2 AM ( the deadlined was 7:30 AM) .. we did put some gyaan but the outcome was not up to our expectations ... a bad third attempt will eventually wash away the hardwork of initial 2 rounds ...
5) HUL - We did not send an entry because we started on last night and realized it needs a 2 minute AVI file so we were already short if time ..
Apart from that we played monopoly a lot of times..So much that I am bored of it now ...
But was great fun ...
Rest is ok..
Have applied for Mck and ATK .. not that i will get a shortlist ... it is just a ritual to apply to these companies ...
The subject was my facebook status for 5 days ... It was a term break of 5 days with 5 things to be done
1) MKTR assignment:- Perhaps most interesting of all. Involved diving into 7000 records of data and analyzing the car preferences of middle class Indians ... I ended up doing nothing in this project for 2 reasons a) SRK was best person to do this because of his SQL server skills b) I had otehr assignments to complete because SRK was busy in this
2) MKSV Assignment :- Again a report , pure dil se stuff, we search we search we google we search again and then from many searched PDFs we jot down stuff which we dont understand ( expecting that TAs and profs will understand and will bless us with marks) Sure there was analysis part too. but then worst part is to collate the work of all group members .. worst bcoz that made me the only person to have read all BS and then make a coherent flow from 4 5 incoherent repetitive stuff... MKSV was less onerous because the group was good overall ... Lets see...
3) NEGA Assignment :- I liked this one too.. NEGA was one good subject in which we finally came to know of some concrete concepts which helped us structurally analyze incidents of our life too ... good stuff.. a thumbs up from me ... Assignment was a tad lengthy .. again a good group member chipped in to ensure we put up a decent show ..
4) BTC corporate challenge:- 3rd round was Deloitte ... we thought we would do it in a night but when finally sat on the last night we ended up doing nothing till 2 AM ( the deadlined was 7:30 AM) .. we did put some gyaan but the outcome was not up to our expectations ... a bad third attempt will eventually wash away the hardwork of initial 2 rounds ...
5) HUL - We did not send an entry because we started on last night and realized it needs a 2 minute AVI file so we were already short if time ..
Apart from that we played monopoly a lot of times..So much that I am bored of it now ...
But was great fun ...
Rest is ok..
Have applied for Mck and ATK .. not that i will get a shortlist ... it is just a ritual to apply to these companies ...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Week 29 ... The lucky me !!
Week 29. One week which had a few good news.. Well nothing really important but then whatever we get in this rollercoaster year is a bonus..
The news was postponement of a few assignments which if we had to submit would have ended in blunderous submissions... Solely for the lack of time as u might know by know ... At least I know ..
there were reports for BBMK MKSV NEGA, presentations for BBMK and MKTR ..
Good fun ... NEGA was probably last week ... We knew for long that we will need to write these reports but then we always wait for last day .. voluntatily, if not involuntarily :-)
Anyways, MKSV and MKTR have been postponed so more abt them next week ..
BBMK took most of the time .. what I hate most in electives is that we finally end up dividing work in group assignments .. so learning is somewhat different for everyone ( if there is any) ... Plus there is extra load of managing multiple groups ...
Grades of term 4 are out .. and so am i ( from list of top 100 ).. As usual I missed 2 grades by a margin of less than 1 mark .. This took total toll to 7 grades (after not counting 3 subjects in because I had to account for 3 in which I had been lucky) in four terms .. Had I been on other side of luck in these 7 i would have got a scholarship .. but thats ok .. i am here for the holistic MBA experience you see ...
The bad news is that all postponed assignments are due next week (which is the time when I m typing this post) so that will take away the term break ...
BBMK presentation was good .. Great job overall.. However I dont like to have freeriders... thats beyond my control though ...
Another expected bad news was the rejection of my first job application ( A D Little) CGPA , Relevant Experience , Extra currics I had none of these ... just the guts to apply, or shamelessness if you wanna call it :-)
Keeping up the spirit I have applied for McK too.. with a CG of 3.53 .. that is a suicide .. but I have 60 of themm After Mck and ADL it is now 58 ...
Hoping for the best :-)
And yeah, cud finally find time to jot down this post in this hectic term break (where I have 3 assignments and a competition) because I am the only lucky b*****d (out of 570) whose house is without power ..
I hate life at times ... rather most of the times ...
The news was postponement of a few assignments which if we had to submit would have ended in blunderous submissions... Solely for the lack of time as u might know by know ... At least I know ..
there were reports for BBMK MKSV NEGA, presentations for BBMK and MKTR ..
Good fun ... NEGA was probably last week ... We knew for long that we will need to write these reports but then we always wait for last day .. voluntatily, if not involuntarily :-)
Anyways, MKSV and MKTR have been postponed so more abt them next week ..
BBMK took most of the time .. what I hate most in electives is that we finally end up dividing work in group assignments .. so learning is somewhat different for everyone ( if there is any) ... Plus there is extra load of managing multiple groups ...
Grades of term 4 are out .. and so am i ( from list of top 100 ).. As usual I missed 2 grades by a margin of less than 1 mark .. This took total toll to 7 grades (after not counting 3 subjects in because I had to account for 3 in which I had been lucky) in four terms .. Had I been on other side of luck in these 7 i would have got a scholarship .. but thats ok .. i am here for the holistic MBA experience you see ...
The bad news is that all postponed assignments are due next week (which is the time when I m typing this post) so that will take away the term break ...
BBMK presentation was good .. Great job overall.. However I dont like to have freeriders... thats beyond my control though ...
Another expected bad news was the rejection of my first job application ( A D Little) CGPA , Relevant Experience , Extra currics I had none of these ... just the guts to apply, or shamelessness if you wanna call it :-)
Keeping up the spirit I have applied for McK too.. with a CG of 3.53 .. that is a suicide .. but I have 60 of themm After Mck and ADL it is now 58 ...
Hoping for the best :-)
And yeah, cud finally find time to jot down this post in this hectic term break (where I have 3 assignments and a competition) because I am the only lucky b*****d (out of 570) whose house is without power ..
I hate life at times ... rather most of the times ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
A typical day... Shouvik style
Blatant copy paste from Shouvik. He is just so awesome.
Damn Obelix. Spare ribs, pork with cumin, pork roast, braised pork. Barrel of beer. You do the math, the man had it good. I’m not one to deny a good man his cholesterol, but when I’m armed with a catapult and a kitchen knife and the solo wild boar in the ISB campus doesn’t show up, my anger’s on boiling point. Pardon the pun, but at this juncture, I’m pretty darned ‘bored’ to death. So I make a few calls to the few good women on campus. Friday night and everyone’s busy looking pretty. Cucumbers, mud packs, almond paste on their faces, so I’m perfunctorily brushed off.
That’s a long fall, brother. From intrepid boar-hunter to feeling like a fly. Optionless, I optimize the situation, dial the digits of a few close buddies. Half an hour and we’re all tuneless Mohd. Rafis, bawling our larynxes off, with bottles of Old Monk and Teachers losing their colour as the minutes roll.
Monday morning and I’m feeling blue. Not the pale ‘ISB logo’ blue but hardcore deep, deep blue. Armed with nicotine, caffeine and common sense, I enter the class. Everyone looks fresh. I wonder how. Figures and facts roll by, the Mensa club wannabes stretch their arms to dislocation point for a fraction of class participation credit. No love lost there, but some points leave me a severe sense of déjà vu. Didn’t the teacher just mention that point, or am I dozing off, again? Never mind. Evening, and it’s time for some club meets, some study group meets (Lehar Kurkure, Thums Up, Haldirams, cashew nuts, and the course pack), a spot of football, where I dodder like a rheumatic rascal. But the point is I try.
These days, I’ve been planning an arm-wrestling and beer-guzzling gig, not to mention posters for Kargil Diwas. Hands and tiny brain packed to capacity, I am bothered with a nagging suspicion that I’ll miss this place sorely. Now for some rumination on that as I head towards Goel’s greasy gruel on a perfect Sunday noon. Shalom.
Damn Obelix. Spare ribs, pork with cumin, pork roast, braised pork. Barrel of beer. You do the math, the man had it good. I’m not one to deny a good man his cholesterol, but when I’m armed with a catapult and a kitchen knife and the solo wild boar in the ISB campus doesn’t show up, my anger’s on boiling point. Pardon the pun, but at this juncture, I’m pretty darned ‘bored’ to death. So I make a few calls to the few good women on campus. Friday night and everyone’s busy looking pretty. Cucumbers, mud packs, almond paste on their faces, so I’m perfunctorily brushed off.
That’s a long fall, brother. From intrepid boar-hunter to feeling like a fly. Optionless, I optimize the situation, dial the digits of a few close buddies. Half an hour and we’re all tuneless Mohd. Rafis, bawling our larynxes off, with bottles of Old Monk and Teachers losing their colour as the minutes roll.
Monday morning and I’m feeling blue. Not the pale ‘ISB logo’ blue but hardcore deep, deep blue. Armed with nicotine, caffeine and common sense, I enter the class. Everyone looks fresh. I wonder how. Figures and facts roll by, the Mensa club wannabes stretch their arms to dislocation point for a fraction of class participation credit. No love lost there, but some points leave me a severe sense of déjà vu. Didn’t the teacher just mention that point, or am I dozing off, again? Never mind. Evening, and it’s time for some club meets, some study group meets (Lehar Kurkure, Thums Up, Haldirams, cashew nuts, and the course pack), a spot of football, where I dodder like a rheumatic rascal. But the point is I try.
These days, I’ve been planning an arm-wrestling and beer-guzzling gig, not to mention posters for Kargil Diwas. Hands and tiny brain packed to capacity, I am bothered with a nagging suspicion that I’ll miss this place sorely. Now for some rumination on that as I head towards Goel’s greasy gruel on a perfect Sunday noon. Shalom.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Week 27 and 28 !!
My Bad... This the second time I am combining 2 posts in one ... but then it was beyond my control...
The taxing max week (week 26 , my previous post) spilled all over week 27 and then week 27 had its surprises for week 28 and week 29 now stares at us with 6 deliverables due in next 100 hours ...
Week 27 was marked with competitions ... The flavor of the season, as I have already posted in a recent entry, is competitions .. Core terms are over and no one bothers about grade now .... Ok ok ... I do .. but still significantly lower than what I used to be ...
few reasons for a change in mindset
1) My core term CGPS finally is all screwed up at 3.54 ... I could have done well and I should have done weel but then "plain unlucky" title is worthy on me ...
2) Core terms CGPA are more important for campus purposes and we now need to focus on getting some spikes in our resume .. Enter competitions and its a beeline to having a spike point to talk about ...
3) I now say .. I am here for the holistic experience and not just grades ... I am lying for sure but not 100% though .. i have learnt a lot here in past 6 months and remaining few have their ows agenda ...
Few good things happened with me though.
1) I applied for my first job. Arthur D Little. Its a consulting firm and I sttand no chance of shortlisting but then its a learning too.. If selected I get an interview experience ( They take as many as 5 6 rounds ) .. An interview experience because I will not stand more than a round... simply because our case prep group is still prepping for our first meet ... And I cant blame them .. I too am in same boat... If not selected then i will hopefully be more worried and hence more bothered thusr more serious about prepping ...
2) I was able to put in decent entries ( as I always think they are ) for competitions I participated in ... No good news yet though ... VCIC was one which we could not do even though the deadlines were extended... poor team I guess ..
3) ELP is kind of on track .. The client is liking what we are offering him .. Though an earlier meet with one of the marketing heads was disappointing all in all the client understands we are doing a good job given our constraints ...
And in the regulars
Classes are an eclectic mix of boring and interesting , zero to max take aways ...
As of now I m poised to get a poorer CG i term 5 than my average of term 4 .. but I am pulling my socks .. and you know I dont really start studying till last night ....
I am sure I will be able to manage ...
Plenty of assignments due this week.. Quite a few delivered in last 2 weeks ... 2 end terms next week along with 2 competition entries and 2 more assignment...
Rollercoater Ride it has been so far ... Literally
The taxing max week (week 26 , my previous post) spilled all over week 27 and then week 27 had its surprises for week 28 and week 29 now stares at us with 6 deliverables due in next 100 hours ...
Week 27 was marked with competitions ... The flavor of the season, as I have already posted in a recent entry, is competitions .. Core terms are over and no one bothers about grade now .... Ok ok ... I do .. but still significantly lower than what I used to be ...
few reasons for a change in mindset
1) My core term CGPS finally is all screwed up at 3.54 ... I could have done well and I should have done weel but then "plain unlucky" title is worthy on me ...
2) Core terms CGPA are more important for campus purposes and we now need to focus on getting some spikes in our resume .. Enter competitions and its a beeline to having a spike point to talk about ...
3) I now say .. I am here for the holistic experience and not just grades ... I am lying for sure but not 100% though .. i have learnt a lot here in past 6 months and remaining few have their ows agenda ...
Few good things happened with me though.
1) I applied for my first job. Arthur D Little. Its a consulting firm and I sttand no chance of shortlisting but then its a learning too.. If selected I get an interview experience ( They take as many as 5 6 rounds ) .. An interview experience because I will not stand more than a round... simply because our case prep group is still prepping for our first meet ... And I cant blame them .. I too am in same boat... If not selected then i will hopefully be more worried and hence more bothered thusr more serious about prepping ...
2) I was able to put in decent entries ( as I always think they are ) for competitions I participated in ... No good news yet though ... VCIC was one which we could not do even though the deadlines were extended... poor team I guess ..
3) ELP is kind of on track .. The client is liking what we are offering him .. Though an earlier meet with one of the marketing heads was disappointing all in all the client understands we are doing a good job given our constraints ...
And in the regulars
Classes are an eclectic mix of boring and interesting , zero to max take aways ...
As of now I m poised to get a poorer CG i term 5 than my average of term 4 .. but I am pulling my socks .. and you know I dont really start studying till last night ....
I am sure I will be able to manage ...
Plenty of assignments due this week.. Quite a few delivered in last 2 weeks ... 2 end terms next week along with 2 competition entries and 2 more assignment...
Rollercoater Ride it has been so far ... Literally
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Week 25 - Post Interval action
I should probably change the blog posting day to wednesday.. That when i usually post...
(though a week later at some times) Last 2 weeks were great. Term 5 has blowm a lot away. The subjects were finally finalized after all that bidding first week of classes and at the end of 2 weeks I have already lost interest in 2 subjects MKSV and BBMK.. Way too slow .. non engaging profs...
Topic and content matter .. Profs matter more ...
The thing that deserves mention is what makes this term different .. Different study groups and
so it requires a hell lot of coorcdination .. I was lucky to have formed groups with few new people ...
Another is competitions .. Its like at every point of time somewhere some comopetition is being
launched and people have suddenly realized we need atleast one on the CV.. And that makes
sense .. Plus it is a welcome change ... though life becomes tiring , some thinking out of the
box , some designing , some formatting .... and all at the cost of pre-reads :-)
The good part for me in term 5 .. No Mid term... and only 2 end terms ... Bad part, lots and lots of assignments and projects ... and high weightage end terms..
We have weathered 4 terms .. 4 more to go ...
Focus is changing .... Gotta foocus !!!
Hopefully :-)
(though a week later at some times) Last 2 weeks were great. Term 5 has blowm a lot away. The subjects were finally finalized after all that bidding first week of classes and at the end of 2 weeks I have already lost interest in 2 subjects MKSV and BBMK.. Way too slow .. non engaging profs...
Topic and content matter .. Profs matter more ...
The thing that deserves mention is what makes this term different .. Different study groups and
so it requires a hell lot of coorcdination .. I was lucky to have formed groups with few new people ...
Another is competitions .. Its like at every point of time somewhere some comopetition is being
launched and people have suddenly realized we need atleast one on the CV.. And that makes
sense .. Plus it is a welcome change ... though life becomes tiring , some thinking out of the
box , some designing , some formatting .... and all at the cost of pre-reads :-)
The good part for me in term 5 .. No Mid term... and only 2 end terms ... Bad part, lots and lots of assignments and projects ... and high weightage end terms..
We have weathered 4 terms .. 4 more to go ...
Focus is changing .... Gotta foocus !!!
Hopefully :-)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Week 24 - Biggest term break ever !!!
Core terms are over ... Before the grind begins for electives there was a break ... 10 days.. 10 well deserved days .. and I just had fun ..
Slept and Slept and Slept ...
Slept and Slept and Slept ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Week 22 and Week 23 !!! Twins ??
Sorry. I know I m combining 2 weeks details into one but then I will try to do justice.
Weel 22 was crazy. We had 5 nightouts (almost) in 7 days and our eyes were actually drooling about bed. We were just done with the mid terms on the weekend and so the background of not sleeping is all set already ( given that you all know i study only on last day, no matter how much i hate myself for that).
On monday after classes I went to SRK's place to do something about the BTC corporate challenge but he was not well so after trying and trying and not getting anything done I left after an hour . Kind off disappointed I was. But then thats ok. He too had slogged hard for midterms and was tired too.
Tuesday was the deadline for DConstruct a competition we were interested in so me , shouvik and deepu puled off the whole night ... making a 6 slide PPT. We actually started for that competition at abt 10 and sat till 6 in the morning.... We made 6 slides of PPT but could not really format them nicely so it was time to fall back on SRK "the great formatter". We called him to wake him up and he surprised me by saying that he dint sleep and has completed work on BTC corp challenge thing. I was smiling ear to ear. What a pleasant surprise it was.
Anyways we submitted Dconstruct on Tuesday (almost another night out) ( got rejected next week). Submitted the BTC thing on wednesday ( will be rejected on national level but we hope to qualify for round 2 of BTC corp challenge)..
Thursday was another competition but we finally dropped it knowing that it was way to open ended and that pure gyaan which will be selected for round 2 cannot be given in a day.
So wednesday we started working on 2 humongous assignments .. SAIT and GSBC and actually finished on sunday .. All plans of preparing for end terms starting next thursday went down the drain ... So did the sleeping plans before starting the end term prep...
This was week 22 for me.
Week 23 started with we submitting the 2 assignments and starting for end terms with continued sleepless nights ...a few more of them and we were done with end terms of term 4.
INVA was breeze , MGTO wowed everyone , GSB stumped everyone and SAIT too was ok ...
Anyways that calls for intermission of the ISB chapter with core terms and electives round the corner..
The weekend was planned to be spent in Bangalore with the gang but then flood in south caused the buses to be cancelled and thoe plans too bit dust ...
Anyways we had fun here...
Weel 22 was crazy. We had 5 nightouts (almost) in 7 days and our eyes were actually drooling about bed. We were just done with the mid terms on the weekend and so the background of not sleeping is all set already ( given that you all know i study only on last day, no matter how much i hate myself for that).
On monday after classes I went to SRK's place to do something about the BTC corporate challenge but he was not well so after trying and trying and not getting anything done I left after an hour . Kind off disappointed I was. But then thats ok. He too had slogged hard for midterms and was tired too.
Tuesday was the deadline for DConstruct a competition we were interested in so me , shouvik and deepu puled off the whole night ... making a 6 slide PPT. We actually started for that competition at abt 10 and sat till 6 in the morning.... We made 6 slides of PPT but could not really format them nicely so it was time to fall back on SRK "the great formatter". We called him to wake him up and he surprised me by saying that he dint sleep and has completed work on BTC corp challenge thing. I was smiling ear to ear. What a pleasant surprise it was.
Anyways we submitted Dconstruct on Tuesday (almost another night out) ( got rejected next week). Submitted the BTC thing on wednesday ( will be rejected on national level but we hope to qualify for round 2 of BTC corp challenge)..
Thursday was another competition but we finally dropped it knowing that it was way to open ended and that pure gyaan which will be selected for round 2 cannot be given in a day.
So wednesday we started working on 2 humongous assignments .. SAIT and GSBC and actually finished on sunday .. All plans of preparing for end terms starting next thursday went down the drain ... So did the sleeping plans before starting the end term prep...
This was week 22 for me.
Week 23 started with we submitting the 2 assignments and starting for end terms with continued sleepless nights ...a few more of them and we were done with end terms of term 4.
INVA was breeze , MGTO wowed everyone , GSB stumped everyone and SAIT too was ok ...
Anyways that calls for intermission of the ISB chapter with core terms and electives round the corner..
The weekend was planned to be spent in Bangalore with the gang but then flood in south caused the buses to be cancelled and thoe plans too bit dust ...
Anyways we had fun here...
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