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Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire)
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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 05:29 PM

I must say that iim has lost one very good student.I think u r Harsha bhogle in making(not in cricket but in humour) .Excellent write up.
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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 05:59 PM

Hats Off Pradeep bhai ! Awesome post!

Good Luck for the other exams !!


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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 06:38 PM

Man, Pradeep!!!!!

that was so damn funny & so nicely written...........

hats off 2 ya......

just a suggestion.....do one thing......u can send this to JAM, a famous humor/satire magazine focussed on youth started by IIMA alumna Rashmi Bansal ......jammag.com her blog: youthcurry.blogspot.com ....u havent exaggerated the reality .....& when they publish it u might get a wider fanbase....:wink:

& yes....sympathies for not getting a call from any IIM....the real loser is IIMs themselves.... :neutral:

btw, i just completed Snapshots from Hell by Peter Robinson...& was surprised to know abt the diversity of the class...there were drama grads, professional baseball player, people who had ALREADY worked in i-banks, treasury secretary & so on....when IIMs gonna focus on that kind of diversity of backgrounds...it'd only add to their intellectual wealth....
& when im saying this ....im a plain-ol'-codejock-fedupwithsoftwareindustry guy:satisfie:

newayz....

there's life behind IIMs ....atleast thats what im hoping....

all the best for XAT & FMS... CRACK'EM!!! :grab:

just a point .....


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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 06:59 PM

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just a suggestion.....do one thing......u can send this to JAM, a famous humor/satire magazine focussed on youth started by IIMA alumna Rashmi Bansal ......jammag.com her blog: youthcurry.blogspot.com ....u havent exaggerated the reality .....& when they publish it u might get a wider fanbase....:wink:
Thanks a lot dude.. I regulary visit her blogpage (youthcurry) but it never struck me to send this stuff to JAM.. Its a good idea. Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Nothing to loose, afterall. And who does not enjoy a fanbase.

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& yes....sympathies for not getting a call from any IIM...... :neutral:
Yeah dude.. Sometimes I feel bugged. But its k. Something better is hopefully waiting. After all if just 3 CAT's get me bogged, then whats the fun in life.. Lets play the game.

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btw, i just completed Snapshots from Hell by Peter Robinson...& was surprised to know abt the diversity of the class...there were drama grads, professional baseball player, people who had ALREADY worked in i-banks, treasury secretary & so on....when IIMs gonna focus on that kind of diversity of backgrounds...it'd only add to their intellectual wealth....
I have not read that book though have heard a lot about it. I agree with your points whole heartedly. Will get my hands on that book. Had initially thought will read that once I get into an MBA. But wat the heck!

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& when im saying this ....im a plain-ol'-codejock-fedupwithsoftwareindustry guy:satisfie:
newayz....there's life behind IIMs ....atleast thats what im hoping....
Dont tell that.. If you start applying to Internation B schools, you will actually find out that you are unique and have done stuff which others have not done. You will find out coz you need to highlight the same in the essays. Since we have rigid boxes and columns in our good ol' MBA application forms asking for 10th, 12th %age and no. of months work-ex, which will more or less be the same for a group of people, we feel we have nothing to differentiate other than the CAT scores.

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all the best for XAT & FMS...
Giving only XAT. ATB to ya too. Thanks for the encouragement.
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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 07:31 PM

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I have not read that book though have heard a lot about it. I agree with your points whole heartedly. Will get my hands on that book. Had initially thought will read that once I get into an MBA. But wat the heck!



Dont tell that.. If you start applying to Internation B schools, you will actually find out that you are unique and have done stuff which others have not done. You will find out coz you need to highlight the same in the essays. Since we have rigid boxes and columns in our good ol' MBA application forms asking for 10th, 12th %age and no. of months work-ex, which will more or less be the same for a group of people, we feel we have nothing to differentiate other than the CAT scores.



Giving only XAT. ATB to ya too. Thanks for the encouragement.

oh btw.....the best thing about Snapshots from Hell was that Peter Robinson, its author, was a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan !!!!!!...for 5 years....imagine working for APJ Abdul Kalam @ Rashtrapati Bhavan & then getting into IIMA

one excerpt:
Prof to Peter :
"What exactly is a b-school: is it a business or is it a school???"


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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 08:02 PM

Hats off to you mate. This piece really really had me off my feet. I was laughing like mad.

But, behind all that humour was a nice subtle message too. And that message loud and clear is "To Hell with the IIMs"

Bhai meri baat maan, chod MBA. Let us do our own thing. U write articles and I will publish them. And one day we will get on to the board of the IIMs and set the paper ourselves. And that will be the most logical, error-free and competent CAT paper ever set by the IIMs. And only then will these idiots realize our value.


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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 08:12 PM

Lovely article! Don't stop here! Let it float around! kzx8a's suggestion is quite apt, but don't stop at there, send it to other resources; it'll be a good start to your writing skills too if this gets published on any site like rediff or jam!

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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 08:46 PM

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Hats off to you mate. This piece really really had me off my feet. I was laughing like mad.

But, behind all that humour was a nice subtle message too. And that message loud and clear is "To Hell with the IIMs"

Bhai meri baat maan, chod MBA. Let us do our own thing. U write articles and I will publish them. And one day we will get on to the board of the IIMs and set the paper ourselves. And that will be the most logical, error-free and competent CAT paper ever set by the IIMs. And only then will these idiots realize our value.

My frst post on PG ........ and even i shout ..... To Hell With The IIMs ..... being a non engineer ... wat i realised after 4 days of drama is that CAT was a pro - "lucky engineers" paper completely ........ and not for an arts background guy like me :( NO more CAT for me .... thts for sure .......

@ rpradeep ..... mate just in case u plan to come out with the book ; then i can add my one liners and poetry in it ..... collaboration main kaam kar sakte hain ?? i further my case by giving ths piece .....


na jaane kyu aaj dil ne kaha
likho kuch CAT ke baare main
samjho arth is adbudh shabd ka
jaan lo hain yeh hain dhoke ka matka
hain aasu chupa jiske kan kan mein
likhu kuch CAT ke baare main

panno main toh bas teen sectiono ko jorta hain yeh
par asal main ek chakravyuh ki yatra hain yeh
phasa hua tha jo har kamal, tatti main isme ...... (jst a coincidence if u thnk chabra and tatimatla )
phir bhi decode karne ko bhagya chahiye tha usme ....

na jaane kyu aaj dil ne kaha
likho kuch CAT ke baare mein

Din raat ek kar mahino bitaye
girl friend , movie aur naa jaane kya kya gawaye
har sunday khud ko cut-off se katwaye
bewakoof the jo kismat aazmane hum aaye

na jaane kyu aaj dil ne kaha
likho kuch CAT ke baare main

jee karta hain kaash woh paper setter kahi dikh jaye
na jaane kyu woh hum sab ki zindagi se khele jaye
rab se dua hain ki koi kaali billi uske shareer ke har ang ko kaat jaye
aur use dekh hum sab khare ek awaaz main cut-off cut-off chillaye

na jaane kyu aaj dil ne kaha
likho kuch CAT ke baare main

waqt toh aur hain nahi ki is CAT main hum lagaye
zindage main bas "Keep Walking" karte jaye
par kabhi is duniya main agar mere bacche aaye
aur agar bare hoke woh CAT ka naam liye jaye
toh kasam hain paida karne waale ki
maar maar ke bhooth bana dalunga unko
chahe homicide ka ilzaam hi kyu naa mujhpe aaye


ab dil keh raha hain
bahut likha CAT ke baare main
XAT ki maya bhi kal dekh le
gar kuch hota hain toh gd/pi join kar lena
nahi toh baithenge phir likhne XAT ke baare main

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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 09:00 PM

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My frst post on PG ........ and even i shout ..... To Hell With The IIMs ..... being a non engineer ... wat i realised after 4 days of drama is that CAT was a pro - "lucky engineers" paper completely ........ and not for an arts background guy like me :( NO more CAT for me .... thts for sure .......
good poetry dude..
hey pardep for sure i will put the source...no prob......thanks for the permission.....
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Re: Chat between two serious IIM aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs (Satire) - 06-01-2007, 09:36 PM

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good poetry dude..
hey pardep for sure i will put the source...no prob......thanks for the permission.....
Its "Pradeep".

Big words man 'permission' etc.. I was kidding with ya..

And ya, Payback.. Your idea is superb.. F'k MBA.. Lets become entrepreneurs.. Checked out that ya too in Sales and Marketing. Me too. We will make a gr8 combi. And saw ya JMET results. Congo.

@Ninja, Superb idea.. Will mail everyone from Midday Times to The TIMES . Thanks a lot. This is one thing I love about this forum.. Hazaar ideas you get.

Anyway, will not send it to TOI. They would put this near the "How to lose weight? Tips from Mallikka Sherawat", Bombay Times column and I am doomed.

Cheers,
Pradeep
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