and just for the update. After a few 99.xx, numerous calls and rejects, will be joining FMS this year.

Thanks to all the people here. Will always remember the endless gyaan, bakar and the fruity blizz which flows in the PG meets.

Season Ends.

Season Highlights and experiences in short:

XL BM- Was not really prepared. GD was bad and the Pi was all about taxes and how my school produces people who only talk. random stuff at best. I was unprepared and un-interested and it showed. Expected straight reject. Got a W/L of 79..

IIM A - decent wat , Pathetic PI. They were really interested in knowing what i knew and all that i did was let them down.. a very chilled out panel. was asked to take a toffee and leave after 15 mins. expected a reject and got one.

FMS- No WAT. Easy GD, I started it, Gave the thing a structure, moderated, plus was speaking completely against the group and was making gud points. was pretty pumped up after the GD. Extempore topic- If i were an actor.. talked in points about changing common perception of actors, extending shelf life and finally doing meaningful roles. The interview was cool. Was asked about 3 operation research applications in companies. Gave 2 along with the process. was giving the third when i was cutoff. Asked about books. gave authors that even they did not have anything to talk about ,finaaly we settled on arvind adiga's the white tiger and what it is one line. a very short interview. Expected and got a convert.

IIM L- An abstract Wat topic which the whole group might have misinterpreted. Did not start the GD but the first guy did not give the structure, so spoke second and gave an elaborate one. Loads of points with diverse viewpoints and a calming effect on the group. In my opinion one of my best GDs. 2 female profs , one of whom was trying to stress me out, however my gd performance had impressed them and it showed. I had a gud intro prepared which was slightly different. i used it to good effect here. Was asked to give a business plan in 5 mins, Had one explained it. Loads of discussion on entrepreneurship. Asked about the owner of Zomato- did not know, Nobel prize related questions-answered. Some reading related qns that i forget. Something about my national level debates. Finally they told me that our whole GD was not even clkose to the topic. Gave some random justifications about interpretation etc etc.. exteremly chilled out. I was laughing all the time. They asked me about the other calls i had. No toffee. Expected a convert and got one.

IIM C- The last one. Easy Wat with some fundae about the education sector, a field i love, gave truckloads of facts and figures and some different fundae. The interview however was hell. I walk in and somehow say good afternoon at 10 am.Proffs pounced on the faux pa and started talking about how it was noon somewhereetc etc. Sardarji in the interview panel asks me what the significance of 12 o clock is. itell him its the time when the sun is directly ovehead..Next the prof asks "tell me something about Game of Thrones",thankfully i had read that book. Another proff starts shouting at me for being careless and not stapling the documents properly. I tell him that the office boy did it. More snide remarks. Was told that Samsung copies patents, is a cheat, my project is of no use as there are loads of players in the market. had to prove something vry basic , could do it only partially. Extreme stress where i was being bombarded with multiple qns at a time and all my answers led to derisive sneers.

No toffee. Expected a reject. Was shocked after the convert .

Joining IIM C..

Mixed news for BDT.
BDT 2011 rocked no doubt, I am proud of my team. Seshendra and Vijay, you guys have made me even more proud of the team which we had last year. I still can feel the flavor of BDT 2011, even though I have been a part of 6 dream teams now :)....there is something special about that team

And BDT 2012 guys, especially Firsty and RDN, guys you all are pretty young and have the full luxury to chase your dreams.

Firsty you have some grand converts under your belt, the ones which the cream of India would die to join. IIMA to hai hi bohot bari cheez, but XL , man enjoy your success, I sincerely hope you convert IIM C, but XL is no child's play either.

RDN, bhai you are just 1 year into your job and you already have the taste of IIM A interview. Man this is an advantage none of us had, when we went for the interview. I was totally numb in the interview itself. Seshendra and Vijay have seen a lot before they reached that stage. Bhai go for the kill next year. Build your resume in next 2 - 3 months, they go for CAT, maul it. I am very happy that you don't have many calls under your belt to flaunt about, the reason I will give you just a year later You will do it, no doubt about that.

Other guys, whassup? Ek bakar confy ke baare mein kya khayal hai? Aur we need to meet as well sometime soon

But I am still waiting for A...