Know your PGite-Suhas Anand, snan, IIM-A 2006

[uRmad]

You've seen him post and have appreciated it. Now here is some real interesting stuff for you guys to munch on. Our own exclusive interview of our PG dude Suhas Anand aka snan , who is at IIMA and will graduate in 2006. Here we go ... !

Suhas Anand a.k.a Sooha$$ a.k.a snan on the forums!

Under-Graduation: REC-Calicut 2001-Mechanical
Work-Ex: 32months ( L& T )
Cat Percentile: 99.79 (phew)
Confirmed final calls: BLACK + NITIE + SPJain

CAT Gyaan:

----> Preparation is the key to cracking CAT. Take tests, and more
importantly analyse each and every test.

----> Maximize Verbal Score ; Clearing Quant cut-offs (sounds quite easy, right)

----> Selecting the right question and leaving the wrong question.
More importantly, knowing when to leave the wrong question and not
letting ego come in way.


Loves these @ A :

----> Standard of Professors and Colleagues
----> Case methodology of teaching

Pet hates @ A:

----> Extreme academic rigour

Whatcha love about Confluence: "Get to listen to good speakers"

How did PaGaLGuY.com help ya ?

----> Being with like-minded people
----> Free resources and more importantly, more relationships with
people who think and live CAT
----> The questions, the analyses, etc

Plans to specialize in ----> General Management + some fin + some strategy papers (IIMA does not have a system of specialization,
everyone gets a general mgmt degree)

Does Suhas sleep?? (all important question!!!)----> Yes
How many minutes a day?? ----> >300 (not at all bad, i say )
"Sleep is entirely a function of the grades that one would be satisfied with"

Plays(i.e. when he gets time) : Cricket, Volleyball

Has this lovely opinion on the food in the canteen ----> Sucks

Take on Life @ IIMA :

----> It ain't as bad as it is made out to be and as bad as he
thought it would be
----> Wonders why term 1 is extremely rigorous
----> Feels the rigour leaves practically no time
----> The entire course is very academically oriented
----> Feels most junta are risk-averse
----> No encouragement for being creative

So, what does it take to survive @ A :

----> One has to be inherently competitive
----> Being intelligent helps
----> Slogging (majorly in terms 1 and 3 of first year)
----> Helps to be a team player
----> An ability to work with people who ahve different levels of egoism


Okay, so what dya feel is the driving force for people doin an MBA @ IIMA ?

----> Placements----for close to 70% of batch, resta folks here for learning

Further queries : Please post on the forum

In conversation with uRmad and typed at 2.00AM while hearing the din of the party @ the ramp on day 2 of Confluence 2004

And here is SooHa$$ trying to look hip and pose for the cam

[beldcat]

gud interview really impressed by d way person lived his life and hope i b d same and hey dis is d habit of person do say bad words for his instii

[catdog]

just want to know if thats AOE running on screen ?

[sidharth_jain]

well,i am new to this group
just wanted to ask doesnt the enticing salaries and placements limit the scope of learning
&if most of the guys r for placements itself then what reasons do they give to the interview board for their doing mba
also with the no. of questions in cat decreasing every year i think there is ample time to do the questions rather than go for speed
isnt the paper becoming more knowledge based??

[Abhishek Jha]

Hi,

Abhishek, working in Cognizant for past one year, will be appearing for CAT third time. I am not good at handling change in the test papers. Can you give some advice to address this problem.

ATB,
Abhishek