Life@IIMA

[philiptj]

Hi,
Got my PC & net connection a few minutes ago. Life is going on pretty hectic. The place is impressive, will give more details later. Food is okay, havent started receiving the non-veg stuffs till now. Climate also pretty ok. Having a very hectic life with all the course work etc. C u all around...

[poltergeist]

hi junta
got my comp. 2day too, same as philip. here everything revolves around dorm culture.. philip is in dorm 18 , me in 17. this is called the institute that never sleps and 4 good reason too... coz it never allows u 2 sleep either.... life starts ater 9pm with a hetic work load... me and philip r taking it a bit easy though...and goes onto the wee hours of the night, or shud i say next morning? get max around 5 hours sleep daily and this is in the first week, when the workload is supposed 2 b light.... food has ben atrocious till now anyway, wih only veg. food and bad veg. food at that...breakfast is the best meal of the day, if u get up early enuf wth enuf time 2 go 4 it b class. class timings r sacrosanct.. u can't even b late by 1 second.....hope life gets a little easier at least in the second year...
rgds,
rakesh.

[thedarklord]

Hey Philip, You may remember that we met at one of the mensa Bangalore meets (I think when we debated abt Iraq). Anyway, just wanted to wish you the very best for your acad year. And do log in to the mensa Forums also sometime! It would be great to see you there!

[lijo]

Hiii philip,

Dom no is not bad(1+8=9; the lucky no) :P .After following your preparation(way back from IMS free Mock in 2002 when u had a rank 30+ ), interview mails and success through cat2k2 yahoogroup it is so nice to hear from you gain through pagalguy forums.All the best , Buddy! Have an enjoyable (?) stay in IIMA .Come out in flying colours , mate



Lijo

[philiptj]

Time is past 1AM... And I am starting my day here... Back after a dorm party and then some long Bday celebrations... No wonder ppl in IIMs becomes like blackholes, mails/messages goes to them, but nothing comes out . Anyway I gotta mug a lot for the Manac class today. Guess it is time for me to logout from net...

[email2buddy]

Philip

Could you please tell us in detail abt the life at IIMA

Also tell us how was u feeling when u reached IIMA - the first day

Regards
E2B

[philiptj]

Thanks Lijo...

Well just climbed the first step of being a wimwian... Finished my first WAC assignment a lil while ago.. For the uninitaited, the wac assignments are our biggest nightmares throughout first year. Now I guess it is party time... Time for celebrating till tomorrow morning... Then it is again another long week and preparations for that... BTW I am having a very tight schedule next week with a lotsa quizzes coming up, but now anyway the next 12 hours are for freaking out...

[poltergeist]

hi
1st week:
wanted 2 be in top percentile of class and ace all
exams.. study till 2 am every day. kept awake by
putting mustard in eyes...
results obtained:
got a F(which means fail) in 2 out of the 2 quizzes
held. time 4 rethinking strategy....after
introspection , decide that prep. was not adequate and
decide 2 reduce sleep 2 4 hours a day.
2nd week:
determined 2 do better this time around.....study till
4am in the morning( at least sit in front of a book
till 4am), and wait 4 results 2 come knocking at my
door. had 2 quizzes again.. and the results sure came
knocking....
results:
got a conirmed F 4 the first one , other result not
yet out, but i had done the first one better. so no
reason 2 expect an A+ 4 it
..
3rd week: change strategy.. enjoy life as much as i
can.. sleep as much as u can.. try 2 put in bare
minimum effort, and c what develops...no results out
yet, but i think i like this strategy better..let's us
c how this one turns out...if i get a grade better
than an F, i am sticking 2 this one...
nthg else...adios...
P.S for the unintitated, u need 2 get minimum of a C
grade 2 pass the firt year, and there is a D grade
between a C and an F.....so......

[shub001]

3rd week: change strategy.. enjoy life as much as i
can.. sleep as much as u can.. try 2 put in bare
minimum effort, and c what develops...no results out
yet, but i think i like this strategy better..let's us
c how this one turns out...if i get a grade better
than an F, i am sticking 2 this one...
nthg else...adios...

I'll pray for this strategy to workout for you

you are welcome

[philiptj]

Uff....

It was one hell of a hectic week.. Just completed one eco quiz, which I had no clue about what happened. Only consolation is that I found some eco(hons) grads from St.X & St.Y colleges also saying it was tricky... Hope the prof will have some pity on me.

I guess except for yesterday we had quizzes everyday this week. And I am getting used to the single digit marks. But then there are enough avenues here to waste your time also. During this week it was all mallu/gujju/tamil.panju parties in the evening. Today it is welcome night. And then I have got excellent company also in my dorm. I guess all here in my floor hates studies as much as I hate it. Man, dorm life is real fun...

The greatest shocker of last week awards goes to IC (introduction to computers). A huge group of IT professionals and engineers were shocked to see their quiz scores. I am gonna have tough time with these spreadsheets also... More tragedies are expected next week.. Till then, good bye....