[unlimiteddreamz]

well caught dude ... damn! now i know y i never score good marks in English in CAT! else I wud b in IIM-A today

Originally Posted by vivekrvcse

two of you were in the same class for 4 years?? same class ?


Ok you can groan now

[milindkhadke]

12 noon on 19th must be the time for it.
Just a feeling!!!!
Anyway this wait is getting on my nerves.
By the way are we expecting the result by SMS on our cell also?

[greenmist]

Guys,
Its official. Results to be declared only on the 20th. Check the previous pages

[the.underdog]

Originally Posted by unlimiteddreamz

Great suggestion...Here's a poem from my blog. It's perfect for this occasion. It's an original :P

Killing Time....

(This poem has been written at an extremely boring conference, where I was finding means to do some time-pass, so chances are that it might be boring <:P> but still, enjoy the rhyme scheme!!)

It's easy to kill a dog,
It's easy to kill a man in fog,
It's easy to kill a fruit without a dime,
But what's not easy is to kill time.

Take the dog and buthcher his head,
In an instant the dog will be dead,
Killing a dog is not at all a crime,
But can someone tell me - how to kill time??

Take a knife and slash a men's neck,
Throw his dead body in a crowded deck,
Killing him will surely be a crime,
But I would prefer killing time.

Go to the shrub and pluck a sweet lime,
Devour the fruit at no extra dime,
That my friend is certainly no crime,
But what the hell, HOW DO I KILL TIME ??!!??

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and I dunno how many of u r hooked on to Barneyisms of How I met your Mother (HIMYM), this one's in Barney style -> "When I am anxious, I stop being anxious and start being awesome instead. True Story"
IF you dont know what is HIMYM, just go get ur hands on all the 3 seasons of it and watch it in 1.5 days, trust me it's awesome!

Cheers!
UD

Man if we both land up at ISB and its a foggy day ..... I will stay as far from u as possible. True Story

[jeev999]

Originally Posted by greenmist

Guys,
Its official. Results to be declared only on the 20th. Check the previous pages

20th. Really wish the SMS comes too, before anyone scurries to check email!

[the.underdog]

Off the topic :
Guys check this out .... very funny
YouTube - Wassup? 2008 | Old and New

[ruchir17]

A friend of mine (current student at ISB) was talking to 2 clients simultaneously on a conference call. Both were giving him a tough time and shouting at him. He was listening calmly swallowing all his anger.... till an acceptance SMS from ISB came bang in the middle of the call. All the swallowed anger and pride came back out and a resignation soon followed :-)

[ps1234]

Originally Posted by ruchir17

A friend of mine (current student at ISB) was talking to 2 clients simultaneously on a conference call. Both were giving him a tough time and shouting at him. He was listening calmly swallowing all his anger.... till an acceptance SMS from ISB came bang in the middle of the call. All the swallowed anger and pride came back out and a resignation soon followed :-)

I got a couple of client meetings tomorrow !! Wish me luck

[chandu_v]

Originally Posted by vsriv

Thanks Sarat

Re your 'risk', do the Math

ISB Class of 2010 =560
Last year Inl offers =111 http://www.isb.edu/pgp/Placement_Highlights.Shtml
So assume same or more for 2010, so=120
US H1B quota likely (even with Obama)=100,000
House Republicans Move To Increase H1B Visa Quota
Plus business visas etc.
Doesn't seem to be too much of a risk.
Of course, this year's ISB placements will tell the real story
Cheerio

vsriv,

Still not convinced...
(Pls do note that I was only responding to your specific example)

Most common pitfalls when we start looking at math and numbers is that we tend to ignore the number of variables involved -- or -- in other words dimensionality

Does it look off topic ? Let me relate...




There are lot of dimensions that you seem to be ignoring in your analysis

• Total International offers to placements in U.S;
• VISA restrictions in other countries to that in U.S
• People placed in U.S -- which industries and what's their background
• Mode of operation of strategy consulting companies McKinsey

Only 27 offers from U.S; Mostly from IT companies for Business development roles; few in finance companies; some of these candidates have H1B earlier itself; Do a bit of research on LinkedIn and analyse the trends

International placements in consulting sector at ISB have been primarily for Middle east, South-east Asia, Europe and Australia..


Consulting companies work on country/Office basis; recruitment is done for a particular office -- interviewed by those people; strategy consulting is mostly done on customer site; use of B1 Visas is not the norm for these projects and would not be taken into consideration for HR planning;

Current H1B limit is 65000 and with the lottery system, the probability is less than 0.35. Candidates doing their higher studies in USA, without a valid work permit are also feeling the pinch occassionally. Note, that they have 4 opportunities.

VISA cap will be increased to 100000. Even if it is done, Is a very small relief.. Note that this was being discussed for quite some time now. Obama has voiced his support. However, if I remember it right, he has voted in favor of reducing VISAS from 195000 to 65000 earlier. Remember, he is a democrat.

Would a strategy consulting firm -- which needs to be close to the top management of the customer --make the kind of trade-off cited by you, in anticipation of a law (passing of which is not certain)

[YoungNRestless]

Part of me hopes it's coming out tomorrow and they "officially" only said 20th to stop people from calling/posting about it...