Life@IIMK

[Coldfusion]

Ten days into K and it's kinda paradoxical. The first couple of days left us wondering whether the sleepless nights people were talking about was just hype! But the next week has left us in no doubt. It's been quiz after assignment after presentation after case in a never ending spiral.. and the profs seem to be still just getting into 3rd, from an uncertain start.
Met Ravi and Atrangi... but I don't blame those guys for not posting .
The place is beautiful - resort like, though much of the infrastructure is still being built, and the campus is expected to be completed in another couple of months.

Get back with more later-
Signing off for now

[Manpreet]

so...... howz life going in IIMK now?

[ravi]

Almost like Arnie - all i can say is "I am back!" Man, more than the schedule at K it's been the net conn that's kept me away. I like almost evrthng else here. But the net speed sucks It is worse than a dialup! this despite a 2 MBPS line ! Thx 2 people using damn P2Ps all day long !
Life has been fun ! I admit that I had my doubts abt K b4 joining and with 4 calls in all I really didn't think that I'd end up here. But guess, what - when i got here i realised i was lucky 2 get at least K. It's hard 2 find people with a combination of a lousy acads record and little extracurrs. I had no idea there were so many superachiever Type A personalities out there. Of, course there r guys like me 2 - but not all that many !
Classes r fun - little mugging 2 do. Most of it is just Apps - so unlike Engg.
But i gotta go - next week v have mid-terms and i gotta prepare a case 4 2mrw
Oh, BTW, the hostels and the mess in K r grt ! After Engg, this place rocks !
Ravi

[ravi]

Hi.

Abt the current term. Term 1 at K is normally 8 papers (out of which 4 r rated tough and anthr 2 as soft-courses and the rest as soft-courses which can turn hard ) But v had the bad luck 2 have 9 courses as our Operations prof is going 2 AIM 4 research during term 2. Ops was bumped up 2 this term bcoz of that. Man, that has increased the workload like hell ! There is so much work that u don't feel like working like, u know that there r at least a couple of subjects that u shouldn't b putting in much work. saving ur energies 4 the rest. And time mgmt is crucial ! I never realized how much time i used 2 waste loafing arnd - surfing the net, hanging out with friends etc etc. Here the most organized people won't win popularity contests, but r guaranteed of decent grades. Surprise quizzes ensure this. I've got creamed in a couple of them despite putting in a lot of work. Anyway, any plans of specializing in Ops is def out of the window ! That is my worst paper Guess it'll b Finance. But K is not a great place 4 Finance placements, at least going by last yr. But funnily enough the Finance dept has grt faculty. K has this reputation of being a Sys place, but the IT and Sys profs here r lousy. We do have good guest faculty though - some guys from US univs come over 2 teach ERP for the 4th term.
gtg. class in 5 min !
Ravi

[Coldfusion]

Since Ravi has put it all so succintly, I don't think I have much to add. What I find the toughest here is keeping awake in class. As at all b-schools sleep is at a premium, and when we have one guy who thinks that his is the only paper we have, it gets kind of tough.
We're all settled in, and getting to know each other. And this time K has done a complete turnaround and picked a batch with > 50% freshers. Profs teaching us are kinda good, with marketing and operations by far the best. IT as Ravi said is lousy.
Got to go now, or Ravi will have me for not preparing for the case discussion

Adios

[atrangi]

Hi PGites !
Ravi and coldfusion have covered a lot ! but let's c if i can add more......

1. night life at K is real fun. typically any extra curricular activities start at 9. all interest groups etc are scheduled then. Anyone feeling sleepy ( if at all ) after these go to night canteen. We have this night canteen with music and all foods and drinks. Typically case discussions and etc take place here if not on the room. This is the place where all the birthday and other small parties are held.

2. We have been having a number of parties. my count is 4 by now. they are held with all music and masti typically on saturday nights. it goes till 4 in the morning !

3. K-special. though the frequency has reduced now but we have beautiful foggy nights. u feel real good. with the campus lit in fog. It's sight to see !

4. We have four hostels as of now. u find people playing TT @ 2 in the night. the hostel let's say is in full swing @ 2. we have two categories valley facing rooms and nonvalley facing room. lucky juniors ( i am one of them ) or seniors get the valley facing rooms and the scene from rooms is real nice.

5. we had our elections for all committees just an hour before. i am also participating. Results due in 3 hours. guess there will be fun after that.

6. Lastly watching people sleep in class is real fun. we have innovative ideas in how to sleep and be not caught. it is quite a job to keep up with a prof.
Subjects :
operations is the killer !
marketing cases are real good !
eco u feel understand everthing but grades prove that u dont !
there's lot more but i guess i better go and study them now cause we have got mid-terms next week.
ok
bye for now
Atrangi

[Sandeep Achar]

HI Ravi,
Great to hear from u pal, after quite some time. Keep posting.....

Cheers,
Sandy A.

[Coldfusion]

Midterms are done. Don't think it could have been worse. Can't say all the papers were tough. But then my performance is nothing worth writing home about.
Eco looked more like algebra than anything else and after straight F's in quizzes, I hope for some respite. Maybe the eco guru Ravi did better, but I haven't seen him since then Organizational Behavior was cryptic, global gyan with "word limits" - as tough as you can get . About the rest the less said the better. And Manac - you guessed it- it never tallies
Tonight we PARTY and tomorrow we go right back to the grind.

--Signing off --

[ravi]

Hi guys.

As Coldfusion said, Mid-terms r over and we've started getting results So far it has been a mixed bag 4 me !
There r some things that i find weird - any research 4 any project seems 2 b carried out with just 1 source - the Net ! What did people do b4 the net ? life must have been tough. Now, if v get a tough case (paerticularly HBR ones), people rush 2 surf the net and download half a dozen solns and wade thru these 4 inspiration. Yeah - this doesn't help the learning process, but grades rule ! sad, but true ! And adding to that is the fact that a minute saved in this way is a minute u can relax and have fun or work on sthng else (which u don't have answers to )
There r people who google everything ! any word or phrase they don't know, they google it ! Admirable but me - i'm 2 lazy 4 that i'd rather ask the resident gurus on gyan abt sthng i don't know !
BTW, atrangi, I and Coldfusion r all in the same class - luckily 4 us, that is the easy going class - no CAs, and not many swotters ! So pretty relaxed and friendly bunch! When we were offered a choice of having a close book test or an open book test, our class voted 4 an open book. The other class was overwhelmingly 4 a closed book and we ended up having it their way ! They wanted it closed bcoz it'll benefit people who've been putting in regular work. God - if this is what competition turns u into, i don't want any of it
Cheers to the slackers ! Most of us have started trying 2 preserve our bodies by pickling our bodies in alcohol and the slackers r leading the charge !

Ravi

[pagalguy]

Sweeet post mate ! Haven't seen such a post in soo long .. Looks like you're getting back into the grove..

I was wondering about that google thingie myself. May be they should block google.com and then it should be fun to see how it goes ? Try dropping a proposal to the diro

No google for a week.. Wouldn't it be nice to see how you folks get the projects done :P