Frustrated and I need some inspiration/advice

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Inspite of preparing well got 94 in cat and ended up with a single IMI hr call..attended gdpi+essay and it was just fine..now i hear that hr doesn't attract much recruiters nowadays..
Tried taking help from seniors around but got only diplomatic replies but i don't blame them..if u are really interested in hr then go for it..this is boring man..i am a fresher and know many people who just get into good b school with good amount of labor and choose their specialization thereafter and now how can i know whether i am into hr or not..the worst thing is i am still unplaced and having a tough time getting a job..i can't prepare by taking a drop because that will be a dark spot in my profile..
I am very frustated and need some inspiration..


dude, ur case is very much similar to mine. last yr, i worked hard, but scored only 95.61.. got a few calls, converted a few but no good colleges.. got placed wid a fortune 100 company, but dint get joinin date for a long time.. but i dint lose hope...
i decided i'm not goin to sit at home, waiting for the company to gimme a joinin date, i went on the streets, walked into a lot of firms (am a b.com grad, went to banks, audit firms, brokerage houses), but to no avail.. job market was very bad dat time... finally, a small brokerage house told me to join them widout any pay, n dey will decide in a month if dey wanted to hire me.... it was a tough call for me, leavin a fortune 100 job, for a completely unknown firm without any package.... but i agreed, coz i wanted to learn... n blv me, i was hired in a week... the package was exactly half of wat i was supposed to get thru coll placement... i kept preparin for cat...
it dint end there, i had to leave this job in 2 months due to medical conditions... had to go back home for a month for treatment... wen i came back, dint know wat to do.. again started looking for job, and got job in a big MNC this time... wid a decent pay... n finally, fortune 100 company also gave me the joinin date, but i dint join it, coz i found the other MNC's work profile better.. again, dint consider the package here....
so blv me, if there's a will, there's a way... there must be enough opportunities in the world, u juz need to spot them...
then i worked hard, and scored 99+ in cat... but to no avail.. hardly any iim calls... but other decent calls... now, i hope to get into a decent college, doesn't matter if it's an iim, but should gimme good opportunities...
dude, don't lose hope, keep tryin hard... u'll achieve wat u aspire to.. no one can stop you but you....
ATB
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dreamz unlmtd Says
my friend is pursuing bba n is in her fiinal year.....she is planning to drop her year....fr mba prep.....wat shud she do in this period to make her profile look good...???plz help....


the best option is to find a meaningful full-time job (not call-centre/BPO/direct sales and the likes) and prepare for MBA entrance exams simultaneously. because b-schools prefers either people who are fresh out of college or those doing a job. they want candidates to juggle MBA prep with some other full-time activity (either studies or job).

but since in this case it will be a gap of only 1 yr (and only a few months between graduation and MBA entrance exams) she can still defend herself in the interview. if asked about the absence of work-ex in the interview she can frankly say that she took a drop for prep and decided to join a job afterwards if she is unable to secure admission in a decent b-school in her first attempt which is what she should really do, i mean don't let her take another drop, then it'll be difficult to get even pre-MBA jobs after more than a year of gap after graduation if god forbid she doesn't get a satisfactory b-school in her second attempt.

things for profile building during gap year:

*join some NGOs (you can join more than one), do social-work like teaching street children for free etc. and get certificates.

*cultivate some hobbies, and try to know anything and everything about your hobbies, broad as well as deep knowledge, for example if you say your hobby is playing the piano you should know that the frequency of the middle C (C4) in a modern 88-key piano is 261.626Hz, how its calculated and how the strings are tuned using electronic tuners and you should learn by rote the biographies of every renowned piano player throughout history.

*participate in competitions (business plan/quiz/debate etc.) and try to win prizes or at least get participation certis.

*clear 6-7 NCFM modules, AMFI, other short term certification courses.

*enroll for CS and pass the foundation course.

*enroll for CFA level 1, but this one is risky coz its expensive and requires commitment and slogging (much more than sem exams) plus the december test date may clash with other MBA entrance exams. u can enroll for july though

*do freelance work

*start a small business (easier said than done)

the first four bullet points, i feel should be sufficient for the panel of any top 30 b-school. the rest are for top-10 schools.
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the best option is to find a meaningful full-time job (not call-centre/BPO/direct sales and the likes) and prepare for MBA entrance exams simultaneously. because b-schools prefers either people who are fresh out of college or those doing a job. they want candidates to juggle MBA prep with some other full-time activity (either studies or job).

but since in this case it will be a gap of only 1 yr (and only a few months between graduation and MBA entrance exams) she can still defend herself in the interview. if asked about the absence of work-ex in the interview she can frankly say that she took a drop for prep and decided to join a job afterwards if she is unable to secure admission in a decent b-school in her first attempt which is what she should really do, i mean don't let her take another drop, then it'll be difficult to get even pre-MBA jobs after more than a year of gap after graduation if god forbid she doesn't get a satisfactory b-school in her second attempt.

things for profile building during gap year:

*join some NGOs (you can join more than one), do social-work like teaching street children for free etc. and get certificates.

*cultivate some hobbies, and try to know anything and everything about your hobbies, broad as well as deep knowledge, for example if you say your hobby is playing the piano you should know that the frequency of the middle C (C4) in a modern 88-key piano is 261.626Hz, how its calculated and how the strings are tuned using electronic tuners and you should learn by rote the biographies of every renowned piano player throughout history.

*participate in competitions (business plan/quiz/debate etc.) and try to win prizes or at least get participation certis.

*clear 6-7 NCFM modules, AMFI, other short term certification courses.

*enroll for CS and pass the foundation course.

*enroll for CFA level 1, but this one is risky coz its expensive and requires commitment and slogging (much more than sem exams) plus the december test date may clash with other MBA entrance exams. u can enroll for july though

*do freelance work

*start a small business (easier said than done)

the first four bullet points, i feel should be sufficient for the panel of any top 30 b-school. the rest are for top-10 schools.



I am sorry but this is really bad advice for more reasons than one.

First of all the "street children" are not something provided to you as a handy object to improve your profile. When I worked with an NGO one reason why we were not able to build a level of trust with kids from underprivileged backgrounds is because they had the experience of people who came to them started teaching them etc and then went away in a couple of months and this meant they were suspicious of everyone who came to help them. If you want to teach them or help them in any other way, do it because you care about them, because you think they deserve our help or because you want to bring about some positive contribution to the society you live in. If you do it for "profile building" then not only is it selfish, it also does more harm than good.

You second point is absolutely BS. I refuse to believe that this is how ridiculous admission criteria is in our top B Schools. A hobby is by definition something you do in your free time. So if playing the piano is your hobby then you are expected to know the basics of it depending on how long you have been following it. You are not expected to know "by rote the biographies of every renowned piano player throughout history" that is the job of a professional historian and not of someone who plays the piano in his free time.

Again, if you do CFA do it because you intend to get into financial analysis, investment management etc after you do your MBA, doing a CFA level 1 because you want to get into B School and then forgetting about it will do more harm than good for your professional career.

Try and look at profile building more holistically. Your life does not end with admission to a B School, it only begins. So do stuff that will give you skills and pleasure for a long time and not something that you wrongly perceive can fool the adcom to believing that you are the ideal candidate.

Cheers
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I am sorry but this is really bad advice for more reasons than one.

Cheers


well well the response was kinda strong....my personal views on this

1.Talking about NGOs.I have been involved with NGOs since nearly an year now.Now there are two kinds of people who come to us.One who want to do something positive and feel strongly for this issue.Second who want to improve their profile.And to be honest both the groups perform nearly equally well in the targets given to them. And the second group over a period of time starts becoming sensitive to the issues they are involved with and the feeling of "giving" is inculcated in them.

About lack of trust coming from people teaching just for a few months.You can never be sure that it was due to lack of intent or insensitivity of the group involved.

You cant become sensitive to issues while sitting at home.Reason being that right from our childhood we have been blinded to the ills facing our society.its only when you go out there that you inculcate that feeling of doing something for the underprivileged.

Moral of the story is:You can feel strongly about a lot of issues but just sit on your a** and do nothing.And you might just want to build a "profile" but you go out there do something positive and in the process you start feeling strongly about the issues you are dealing with.

2."You second point is absolutely BS. I refuse to believe that this is how ridiculous admission criteria is in our top B Schools."

Well thats pretty strong language.To be honest the guy above you is absolutely spot on.For some1 who just plays TT ,questions like the radius of TT ball or the length and breadth of the TT table are not uncommon at all in top b school interviews.So deeper you know about the hobby ,greater the chances are of impressing the panel.

3.I agree that some1 who doesnt want to make a career in finance wont benefit greatly from CFA level 1 apart from making his/her life in the b school easier as a lot of fin syllabus of a b school is covered in L1.

4"Try and look at profile building more holistically. Your life does not end with admission to a B School, it only begins. So do stuff that will give you skills and pleasure for a long time and not something that you wrongly perceive can fool the adcom to believing that you are the ideal candidate. "
Very aptly put.I believe there is no harm in building the profile but you should try out stuff which you feel will actually interest you.If you are bad with numbers then no point in dabbling with CFA just because finance is the "hot" thing and it will get you into that coveted b school.
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Is quitting job a good option?

This year for all 2009-2010 exams i continued my job and gave all exams. I have to work in shifts and shift timings change every week. I failed to study completely and failed to give enough number of tests frankly cuz less time available after office. I work for 11 hours includein transport n all.

I'm planning to quit job in august this yr to prepare well. Would this be a problem in interviews (if i get thru written exams this yr)?


Quitting is not at all a good option according to my personal experience.

Last year, I was transfered (to be frank "laid off" ) from IT to KPO division of my company. After working there for few months, I resigned for preparing for mba exams. Joined a coaching institute and slogged for hours. But results were heart breaking. Got few interview calls but cudnt convert any. Interviewers asked about my decision of quitting but I think they were not convinced.Now I'm back on naukri and monster but with a gap of more than 6 months getting a job is proving very difficult.

This is just my personal experience. Things mite be totally different for you(I really hope). But these MBA exams have become a gamble these days. So one must always have a plan B.
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Sometimes traveling deep down a wrong path a human wakes up and realizes its not here i want to be. The best way to find the path he lost is to travel back and find the right road.
I am on such a path.
Previous failures deterred me. Now i have reached a point where i have nothing to loose only to gain but apprehensive whether an above average student can make it to the elite IIM club?
Any help is welcome from all the guys here.

I used to think two failed attempts taught me to move on as life had to move on but then cant stop these words ringing in my head IIMs .. kept myself away from my friends who achieved and won so that i can get over this madness this turmoil inside me but living a life and doing a job where these 3 words never ever ring i still keep dreaming these words with my eyes open. I dont want to get started about what happens when i close my eyes. Sometimes i think i am a looser but then i think sometimes pain and loss drive me to get me what i want. Sometimes i get up in the morning think alright Rambo no more thoughts about that today. But, I forget Rambo was Sylvester Stallone not me. No pressures from anyone - nothing have a good job and all but have you guys felt a void that something is not effing right.
Apologies if i am speaking trash here. But lately i feel this is driving me nuts. The last attempt i made took a lot away from me and the one thing which i felt was mine also left me. You see, i devoted myself understanding a simple fact that IIM is a miracle and to make a miracle one has to become a miracle. At least a mere mortal like me thinks so.But, nothing happened except that i was holed in my room for two weeks when the result was declared. No food, no nothing. Hell, did i stink when they broke down the door and came in to search for me. But i have never blamed anything in my life. Took what i have and like they say in Rugby ran with it till the end zone.
But, now i feel strange as if i am supposed to do something tread back ... i dont know guys i feel something.
A shrink sounds a better idea. Forgive me but i felt staying anonymous and speaking about me might help me find answers inside me .


I think you need to realize that not getting into IIMs doesnt make you loser in any way. As they say IIMs is not the end of life. I understand your passion for it but your decision must be based on logics and not emotions. I think you need to rationally decide how a career in management can help you; for a moment think about a mba degree not IIM college.I think you should get back to your IIMs friends and see how their life is post-mba. There might be a chance that you could be deriving greater satisfaction from your job/life than them. Discuss it with your closed ones and then go ahead with your decision. Good Luck!
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Hiii guys...hope u all are doing well der..
Bhai Log...dun knw whether i am doing it right or wrong by actually writing my personal prob...but my heart is actually forcing me to do this.

Wel til date have wrote cat twice...In 2008 cat i got 70 odd percentile...decided to write cat again coz as evry MBA aspirant e1 i wanted to get into(i stil want to) IIM...but then some heart breaking incidents took place and here i am writing wat my heart is telling to do..


It all started 2 years back...met a girl...she was already into a relationship..bt den dat guy(wid who she was in relationship wid) turned down her proposal of getting married...meanwhile e1 we dont know how we became best of d besties...and d best part or rather d worst...i fell in love wid her....we startd chatting day and night..was actualy placed in a company bt den due to some job satisfaction reasons i left dat....meanwhile e1 she was writing CAT'09...so wat better option wud be except preparing and writing CAT wid her...we gradualy started preps...someday seriously sometimes in a jocular mood...and it all got messed up...got a mere 53 percentile and she fetching 70 odd percentile...it was our dream to get into a gud colg together as we cud spend some time and it wud also add an advanatge to our dream of getting married...

But d worst was yet to come...was already pissed off due to my results...and there came in the that guy(wid whom she was in relationship earlier )..yes her first love ...now dat girl tells me she wants to marry dat guy...and when i try to persuade her, she bangs me wid d words "you wer already half mad, and now you are a full mad...y shud i marry u"...i knw des words were in shear anger and she didn't mean dat..she has clearly told me dat she wont get back to in my life...i am stil trying my efforts to tel her how much i love her...she tells me, she is aware how much i love her, but she is helpless, as she has got her love back..her words always ends wid dis "i wont come to you ever"

And now after all this i am down and out...trying to be an optimistic fool dat she wil come in my life again....i have a job in my hand bt den i day dream bout her only..not being able to concentrate on my job....hav got high BP too..not being able to eat properly....even in my dreams i see her face..

Have tried my level best, but stil she is not ready to be wid me..and her xcuse...."i have got my first love back in my life...i cant leave him in any case"..

I knw many of you wil suggest me to move on...but trust me guys..am not being able to forget her....:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(...


Please Help me...:(

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Hiii guys...hope u all are doing well der..
Bhai Log...dun knw whether i am doing it right or wrong by actually writing my personal prob...but my heart is actually forcing me to do this.


if your love wants to go away, let it go.....if it comes back then its yours....else thank god for saving you ....:o
on a more serious note....go back to all the days spent with her.....do you even think it was love...???
"her xcuse...."i have got my first love back in my life...i cant leave him in any case"... don't you feel this sentence of hers is enough to tell you that she wasn't interested in you from the beginning....most probably she was just trying to fill in the void left in her life by her ex-boy-friend....
now you have only two options with you.....
one, move on...build for yourself a life to be envied....and ten years down the line laugh at this incident....
two, stay where she has left you....watch others passing by....wait for her to return.....and ten years down the line wish that you had chosen the first option....
zindagi itni sasti nahi hoti ki kisi ek insaan pe khatam ho jae.....care only for them who care for you.....the rest will take care of themselves..:w00t::drinking:
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I am a software professional from hyderabad. Year 2009, I have prepared a lot but could not do anything(tanks to CAT 2009 this year....) this year.......i am lost completely.....I am gone...no way to come back.....i lost all my hope.... Today when I seen my job hike letter it was very surprising for me....i didn't get hike as expected.....

When I talk to my manger he said "Your performance is not as expected....." ....I am completely dejected..... Most importantly i dont have good acad .... so very less chance get admission in good B school...... I dnt think i can do any thing in my life................

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Hiii guys...hope u all are doing well der..
Bhai Log...dun knw whether i am doing it right or wrong by actually writing my personal prob...but my heart is actually forcing me to do this.

Wel til date have wrote cat twice...In 2008 cat i got 70 odd percentile...decided to write cat again coz as evry MBA aspirant e1 i wanted to get into(i stil want to) IIM...but then some heart breaking incidents took place and here i am writing wat my heart is telling to do..


It all started 2 years back...met a girl...she was already into a relationship..bt den dat guy(wid who she was in relationship wid) turned down her proposal of getting married...meanwhile e1 we dont know how we became best of d besties...and d best part or rather d worst...i fell in love wid her....we startd chatting day and night..was actualy placed in a company bt den due to some job satisfaction reasons i left dat....meanwhile e1 she was writing CAT'09...so wat better option wud be except preparing and writing CAT wid her...we gradualy started preps...someday seriously sometimes in a jocular mood...and it all got messed up...got a mere 53 percentile and she fetching 70 odd percentile...it was our dream to get into a gud colg together as we cud spend some time and it wud also add an advanatge to our dream of getting married...

But d worst was yet to come...was already pissed off due to my results...and there came in the that guy(wid whom she was in relationship earlier )..yes her first love ...now dat girl tells me she wants to marry dat guy...and when i try to persuade her, she bangs me wid d words "you wer already half mad, and now you are a full mad...y shud i marry u"...i knw des words were in shear anger and she didn't mean dat..she has clearly told me dat she wont get back to in my life...i am stil trying my efforts to tel her how much i love her...she tells me, she is aware how much i love her, but she is helpless, as she has got her love back..her words always ends wid dis "i wont come to you ever"

And now after all this i am down and out...trying to be an optimistic fool dat she wil come in my life again....i have a job in my hand bt den i day dream bout her only..not being able to concentrate on my job....hav got high BP too..not being able to eat properly....even in my dreams i see her face..

Have tried my level best, but stil she is not ready to be wid me..and her xcuse...."i have got my first love back in my life...i cant leave him in any case"..

I knw many of you wil suggest me to move on...but trust me guys..am not being able to forget her....:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(...


Please Help me...:(


Well I am not saying that you will move on today now in this second or all that crap. Its not possible Mon Cherie`. But what i can tell you is that if you spend time on a person who is so confused and does not even realize that even when she was with you, she was thinking about him in her heart.
She will never admit it but thats what happened. You must have loved her a lot thats for sure. How do i know?
Simple.
It takes guts to come out on a forum and talk like you did, because even at the expense of sounding like a sissy you did pour your heart out or atleast some of it.
Some things never end Bro, they just linger on. But look at the bright side now - you have nothing to loose. Nothing makes a human more dangerous or firm. From my own experience i can tell you this - CAT is like baptism under fire, to be reborn again and to do that for someone else is not the right motivation. Do CAT for you - not for the money, the world, a girl, your parents or to be known around in a better light. Do it because you want to prove something to yourself.
One needs to loose a lot to know what he is actually worth. This is the time put up a fight with your heart and try to win over your heart and who knows you might have a silly smile on your face come this time next year.


- From a looser who lost a lot and is trying to find his bearings (forgive me if i sound stupid - birth defect)
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Hiii guys...hope u all are doing well der..
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Please Help me...:(


Well I am not saying that you will move on today, now in this second and be able to live a blissfully ignorant life or all that crap. Its not possible Mon Cherie`. PAIN IS PAIN. NO TO THINGS ABOUT IT.
Two things that have happened - either the girl feels bad that she is still in love with him and wants to stop hurting your feelings or she is more confused than a kitten with a ball of string. Either way - you are in hell Bro.
Lets face the deal - you spent time on a person who is so confused and does not even realize that even when she was with you, she was thinking about him in her heart. That was not what you fell in love with, did you?
She will never admit it but thats what happened. You must have loved her a lot thats for sure. How do i know?
Simple.
It takes guts to come out on a forum and talk like you did, because even at the expense of sounding like a sissy you did pour your heart out or atleast some of it.
Some things never end Bro, they just linger on. But look at the bright side now - you have nothing to loose. Nothing makes a human more dangerous or firm. From my own experience i can tell you this - CAT is like baptism under fire, to be reborn again and to do that for someone else is not the right motivation. Do CAT for you - not for the money, the world, a girl, your parents or to be known around in a better light. Do it because you want to prove something to yourself.
One needs to loose a lot to know what he is actually worth. This is the time put up a fight with your heart and try to win over your heart and who knows you might have a silly smile on your face come this time next year.
Even if you dont win, so what? The journey will teach you something abut yourself.


- From a looser who lost a lot and is trying to find his bearings (forgive me if i sound stupid - birth defect)
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srktugga Says
I have 39 months exp in Accenture and i failed miserably in CAT 2009 and other exams.Everytime I go through the season of exams the results seem to be the same.I am going to try for one last time in 2010.As Jim Carrey says in "BRUCE ALMIGHTY" "BE THE MAIRACLE".Just now saw Dhoni hit 2 sixes to win the game and guide CSK to the semis.12 was needed of 4 balls.Dhoni went BOOM BOOM.We need to deliver that kind of a performance everytime to get into the IIMs.I am sure that if we all prepare for 3 to 4 hours a day from now on or atleast from May we will be able to do it.Lets do it!


Dost , keep your spirits high and best of luck.I however feel it was bad bowling that led Dhoni to hit sixes in the final over. CAT may not give bad Bowling to candidates. So its also nice to do SWOT analysis of oneself and to know where he/she stands in the mad rat race. I personally believe that if a person solves a calculation little fast or analyse problems quicky , do it mean he/she is a managerial material? . or if a person is slow in both , does it mean he/she is a dump and good for nothing and cannt be a managerial material? arent Japanese people who are famous for slow decision making fools? Point is even if you cannt make to IIMS you can definitely achieve whatever you want based on your caliber. What if you cannt get the initial thrust given by IIM , you CAN definitely shape your career evenif it takes time.
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Hiii guys...hope u all are doing well der..
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Please Help me...:(


Well I am not saying that you will move on today, now in this second and be able to live a blissfully ignorant life or all that crap. Its not possible Mon Cherie`. PAIN IS PAIN. NO TO THINGS ABOUT IT.
Two things that have happened - either the girl feels bad that she is still in love with him and wants to stop hurting your feelings or she is more confused than a kitten with a ball of string. Either way - you are in hell Bro.
Lets face the deal - you spent time on a person who is so confused and does not even realize that even when she was with you, she was thinking about him in her heart. That was not what you fell in love with, did you?
She will never admit it but thats what happened. You must have loved her a lot thats for sure. How do i know?
Simple.
It takes guts to come out on a forum and talk like you did, because even at the expense of sounding like a sissy you did pour your heart out or atleast some of it.
Some things never end Bro, they just linger on. But look at the bright side now - you have nothing to loose. Nothing makes a human more dangerous or firm. From my own experience i can tell you this - CAT is like baptism under fire, to be reborn again and to do that for someone else is not the right motivation. Do CAT for you - not for the money, the world, a girl, your parents or to be known around in a better light. Do it because you want to prove something to yourself.
One needs to loose a lot to know what he is actually worth. This is the time put up a fight with your heart and try to win over your heart and who knows you might have a silly smile on your face come this time next year.
Even if you dont win, so what? The journey will teach you something abut yourself.


- From a looser who lost a lot and is trying to find his bearings (forgive me if i sound stupid - birth defect)
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Hi all,
Awesome dude,I was also in a gloomy mood due to CAT Fiasco.Though I dont have any lover so to say.I dont regret.I was in sad mood bcoz just like you I had left job from a prestigous company 9 months ago.Salary 3 lac.So of 9 months I lost 2.25 lac.I donot have any job with me nor I could convert calls from good B-schools.
(Calls from SIBM-P,SCHMRD,IIT-B,IIT-Khg,FMS
Converts-SIBM-P only
Rejects-SCHMRD,IIT-B,IIT-Khg,FMS)
I was really frustated with my performance.
But thanks to this post,It has lifted my spirits somewhat,we must try to crack CAT for ourself and not for anybodyelse.Why just CAT,for anything we pursue we must do it for ourself not others and excel in it.

"Banaa hai toh kaabil bano ,kaamiyabi jhak maar ke biche aayegi"---vey well said in '3-Idiots'


Wish all the souls frustated (like me) this season all the very best for future!!!:thumbsup:
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help needed puys !!

I am a final year BCA student from jaipur..gave MBA entrance exams this year and got calls from few colleges also like NMIMS,SIIB and GIM but dint get selected in any due to same reason i.e WORK EXPERIENCE !!! Missed NMIMS just by 3 marks coz got zero in work ex ..now i have decided to go for work ex after my grads but don't know what kind of work ex should i go ?? Work in an IT field or work in marketing field as i have my interest in marketing and will take it as major in my MBA !!! I don't know which way to go !! please help me out and solve my problem !! Wan't to know what is relevant work ex ???

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Hi puys!!...
I am 3'rd year student of B.Tech(IT)..
My acads. are too poor
10->75.2%
12->68%
but i am a NATIONAL PLAYER(won Bronze medal twice) and have done tremendous amount of extra curricular activities including NGO experience and summer training in MNC's...
if i will get a decent score in CAT then is there any chance of IIMs??...
and what should be that score that i need to get??........
please reply!!...

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Wish all the souls frustated (like me) this season all the very best for future!!!:thumbsup:

Deepti /puys,

I do not want to sound pessimist or to dishearten people. I do however believe that one should ALSO do reality check , instead of living in fantasies . It is rightly said "Banaa hai toh kaabil bano ,kaamiyabi jhak maar ke biche aayegi" but kaabil are not only those who crack CAT or go into IIMS... In hindi there is a saying " Insaan ko lakir ka fakir nahi hona chahiye" which means one should not be finicky and have rigid stand . This attitude may hurt a person even more. One should dance on chance. Few groans expected.
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Deepti /puys,

I do not want to sound pessimist or to dishearten people. I do however believe that one should ALSO do reality check , instead of living in fantasies . It is rightly said "Banaa hai toh kaabil bano ,kaamiyabi jhak maar ke biche aayegi" but kaabil are not only those who crack CAT or go into IIMS... In hindi there is a saying " Insaan ko lakir ka fakir nahi hona chahiye" which means one should not be finicky and have rigid stand . This attitude may hurt a person even more. One should dance on chance. Few groans expected.


Truly said... wish to share my story..was at the top Engg. college in the countrymany of my batchmates cracked cat, got in IIMs, FMS et al when they passed out of college, while me not so lucky, joined an MNC ... Again prepared for cat next year, again failed..The third time, i was determined to crack it. Prepared hard, filled a lot of forms from top to the bottom of the pagalguy rankings.. but again, did not get into that "top league" college in which scores of my batchmates were studying/even passed out... was even skeptical of telling them, where I joined.. Continued to study there, screwed up the grades.... but maybe, my luck, that's all past.....right now, I'm going to sign a deal with a Venture Capitalist for my own new venture... even I can't believe such a thing is happening.... unimaginable a year back when I was depressed before my MBA joining....So please don't get depressed... Or I shouldn't say that as depression sometimes brings in u the zeal of doing something which u definitely require....but even without that zeal, u never know what happens with u the next second... cheers!
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help needed puys !!

I am a final year BCA student from jaipur..gave MBA entrance exams this year and got calls from few colleges also like NMIMS,SIIB and GIM but dint get selected in any due to same reason i.e WORK EXPERIENCE !!! Missed NMIMS just by 3 marks coz got zero in work ex ..now i have decided to go for work ex after my grads but don't know what kind of work ex should i go ?? Work in an IT field or work in marketing field as i have my interest in marketing and will take it as major in my MBA !!! I don't know which way to go !! please help me out and solve my problem !! Wan't to know what is relevant work ex ???


Hi Himanshu

Now since all this has happened ,so I thinks lets move forward and think about what you should do in coming MBA season. Definitely you should get a job, if you can get a job in marketing then its good otherwise go in IT. In the end you should be working coz it helps you grow as a person and professional.

And work hard for entrance exams, get so much marks in them that you don`t have to worry about 2-3 marks here and there

ATB
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Hi puys!!...
I am 3'rd year student of B.Tech(IT)..
My acads. are too poor
10->75.2%
12->68%
but i am a NATIONAL PLAYER(won Bronze medal twice) and have done tremendous amount of extra curricular activities including NGO experience and summer training in MNC's...
if i will get a decent score in CAT then is there any chance of IIMs??...
and what should be that score that i need to get??........
please reply!!...


You posted your query in wrong thread..
post in Cat 2010 study group
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Hi puys!!...
I am 3'rd year student of B.Tech(IT)..
My acads. are too poor
10->75.2%
12->68%
but i am a NATIONAL PLAYER(won Bronze medal twice) and have done tremendous amount of extra curricular activities including NGO experience and summer training in MNC's...
if i will get a decent score in CAT then is there any chance of IIMs??...
and what should be that score that i need to get??........
please reply!!...


your overall profile is decent. its not an easy task to be a national level player. concentrate on the written exams, keep updated on current-affairs, improve your general awareness, and most importantly know yourself well. be frank in the interview, you'll do fine. people with worse profile have made it to IIMs this year.

only prob though is SPJain most probably won't take you, so better not waste money on the form, c'mon just one top-10 skool less doesn't make much of a difference. there is MDI- a rocking school which give maximum weightage to CAT score.

and also IIM A's this years call-giving criteria was 70%+ in 10th and 12th. but then again who knows they might change that next year to average of 10th and 12th 70%+, then u too will hav a chance. y i'm saying this is bcoz last year their criteria was heavily tilted towards those with >90% in 10th & 12th. this year came down to a lower limit of 70. who knows what will happen next time.

and lastly something which has been said over a hundred times in PG

STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE PAST. THINGS WHICH ARE DONE WITH. THINGS YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE NOW. FOCUS ON THE EXAMS.