Hey guys,
So I've completed my MBBS and preparing for PG at the moment, but the current medical scenario is quite disillusioning. It's not that I don't like the field, it's more concerned with the attitude of medical professionals in our country and more importantly, our selection process. I'm more of a conceptual guy and simply can't memorize things just for the sake of it. And this is a major disadvantage when it comes to clearing PGMEE in India as most of the stuff asked pertains to diseases and syndromes one would never ever encounter in their life. So you just need to remember long weird names with their signs & symptoms. There are hardly any conceptual/case based questions.
Adding to above the nearly mechanical life of a doctor in India, and the future hardly looks exciting.
So have been looking at other options too like the Pharma industry and Hospital administration. Both of them are quite intriguing and need degrees like LLB, MBA and Clinical Research. LLB is ruled because it needs extensive cramming. I'm still at fences w.r.t. MBA and CR. Given an option between the 2, I would go for CR as it's more exciting compared to Hosp. administration. But the problem lies in the fact that not many doctors go for alternative career paths and thus nobody whom I know is in either of the fields. Hence the anger/confusion.
Can anybody from the forums guide me in the right direction ?
I know it's an MBA forum so I'm looking for info regarding GMAT, CAT etc (literally have no idea about them apart from hearing the names :lookround:). I left Maths after 10th. Will that be a negative aspect in my profile ?
How do I go about preparing for GMAT/CAT ? And how much time is generally required ?
When should one apply ?
Sorry for all kinda n00b questions but have zero idea about MBA. :|

Also if anybody has info regarding the top 5 CR institutes in the country, their placements and procedures, kindly post your valuable inputs.

Thanks a lot ! :D

Edit:
Some academic info:
Xth: 90%
XIIth: 79%
MBBS: 67.4% (average of all the years)/60% in the final year.
Apart from medicine, computers interest me. Used to code in C++ before med school. Still a hardware geek !

I could not understand your doubt. You want to leave medical field just because you think it's difficult to clear PG entrance?

disappointed,
after a wonderfull GD PI just made 25/34
now my score is 165/240
state rank : 81
OHU open

do i stand any chance at JB ?

You have a good chance to get Bajaj.
Last year my state rank was 85 and OHU rank was 8.
You can talk to somebody from mumbai university with rank one above you and rank one below you. check the difference in state rank and university rank of these people to know your OHU rank.

regarding why MBA question
does the answer always have to be related to the healthcare sector and pharma
will it be wise to say if one wants to enter finance(or any other non health related field) in which case it will be quite clear that one is escaping from the medical field
is it necessary to present yourself in a way that your graduation is aligned with your future goals......will an answer like finance make me look confused? will the revolutionary answer of leaving medical field be a foolish mistake?

also how to answer questions like
India needs doctors why should we take you?
Why did you waste a seat (govt. money)?
Why dont you think about people who would get treated by you if you dont come into management?

No you don't have to say fields related to medical (all the time), but you should show some flexibility in your approach. It is not about escaping medical field but about how you want to design your future, if there are opportunities available outside medical field for doctors then why can't you have inclination towards it without trying to escape medical and to have mere interest in management.
If you say some specific field like finance or marketing then get ready to face questions related to field. You can always say that you have not decided yet but at this moment your choice or interest is finance or...( still you may face question related to the field)
India needs doctors but India also needs managers who are doctors and can align their medical knowledge with managerial skills for greater benefit of India.
Nothing goes in waste, medical knowledge will always help (and same is for all other streams). Here you can give example of hospital chains and pharma industry where your medical knowledge gives you upper hand.
'Patient get treated.....' is same question as answered above (to test your real intention interviewer puts same question in different words, in such a situation your answer should not change)
Don't say anything which will make them think about your ethics.
:cheerio:die but try

hi guys,
I am an MBBS and now doing MBA at JBIMS. You don't have to get emotional while preparing your answers for PI. Many a times we docs perceive question in an interview in a different way, in a PI our intention should be to get a seat in that college and not prove anything to this world.
While answering 'why MBA', say what you actually want to do like..doing job in hospital chain or want to work for a pharma or fmcg or whatever. If you say that you want to start your own venture or some NGO for poor etc then you are in trouble (you should say so only when you are prepared for questions which will actually test your intention).
I hope this will help.:cheerio:

hi, i have been trying at my level to do get justice. i saw too many posts in this thread by so many people but little was done actually. this reminded me someting "jo garjate hai woh barsate nahi, jo barsate hai woh garjate nahi." hum sirf garaj rahe hai baras nahi rahe aur iim sirf baras rahe hai garaj nahi rahe. those who really wana do something just do it. if u wana file case then do it dont think. daily v see somebody or other getting stay order on aything then y can not v people get stay on this. if v can get stay order then media n gov will help us automatically. no offence

thanks kartik, boss finally they allowed us to register. thanks for informing. great job

hi

seniors from sibm pls help
i am among those guys who have not register for sibm but paid the fees at snap site.and today i made a call to sibm n they are saying there are very less chances of my form being considered and they will inform me if something can be done , sir i on behalf of all those who made the same mistake request you to look in to the matter . my reasons for not doing the registration are
1)there is no mention of filling a seprate form for sibm on snaptest.org even when i made the payments there was no prompt given.
2) the payment confirmation mail which i received said that ,Important Note - Paying to SNAP is only the first step. You need to register and pay the application fee of individual institute(s) of your choice. this again is not very clear about a seprate form for sibm because i beleived that what i have done by making the payment at snap site is what being refered as 'register'.
3) i am stupid enough to not check sibm sites admission page which had a link
seniors please help
thanxx in advnc

i also made the same mistake,but when i called them up they told me tht application will be considered bcz server is same. i they could see my name in the list of applied students, so nothing to worry still i wud like to be in contact wid u puys. my emal id; drsunilnature@yahoo.co.in

hi techieskar,
i didnt want to hurt ur sentiments,but come on yaar be practical. thre are only 633 people who want to protest(according to pagalguy poll) all over india. do u call it unity among iim aspirants. out of these 633 people only 300 will come to venue that also all over india. it wont make much impact,but i wud also say tht no.s doesnt matter initially bcz others will join u later as u will continue ur protest. but for that u should continue ur to protest for a few days. u dont have ne leader to give direction. ur community has no face no identity no name( like ours MARD maharastra association of resident doctors). u will be shooed away if u wont take police permission. what u hv planned to do requires lots of will n energy. are u ready to become leader,r u ready to face ne thing whatever may happen. if hrd ministry wont pay heed to ur demand,what will u do then. u dont have contigency plan. what i think is one should protest widout thinking about consequence.

hi guys , i have been following this thread , u guys are doing it patheticaly. i have participated in a few strikes n protests n have been punished for tht many a times., sorry to say but protests are not done the way you guys are plannig to do it.
what you points against you-
1-there is no unity among you
2-there is no one direction. you guys are going randomly in all directions
3-there is no aggressiveness, you are students n students have to be aggressive
4-no leader
5-protest on sunday wont help you. this shows your seriousness. it also shows if no action will be taken then you wont protest again.

how to do it---
1-do it on working day.
2-hit at prometrics origin. it will help cpi to raise issue in parliament
3-dont attack iims as whole,but a few culprits.it will help other faculties from iims to come up(there is always some politics in all institutes)
4-place of agitation should be outside some goverment office or some ministers office.
5-most imp-inform media.
6-get aggressive when media reachs there,if u wont then they will tell u to do it.
7-opposition parties will come on their own.
8-personal attacks helps alot.
9-you need to burn somebodies effigy in front of media
10-josh se nahi hosh se kam lo