Know your PGite - Nickspeedster a.k.a. Nikhil -Class of 2006, IIM-Ahmedabad

A conversation with Nikhil, Class of 2006, IIM-Ahmedabad Heres yet another d00d who rejected an admit @ ISB to fight it out from a seat @ IIMA. Heres Nikhil Vaswani aka nickspeedster aka Hooka. CAT Percentile: 99.8 Final Calls: LAC…

A conversation with Nikhil, Class of 2006, IIM-Ahmedabad

Heres yet another d00d who rejected an admit @ ISB to fight it out from a seat @ IIMA. Heres Nikhil Vaswani aka nickspeedster aka Hooka.

CAT Percentile: 99.8

Final Calls: LACKI + ISB(2003)

GMAT: 710

Work ex: Two years with Wipro

CAT Gyaan:

----> Use a lot of logic

----> read Economic Times daily- Helps a lot during GD/PI and when inside college too

----> Practice RC majorly

----> Understand your strengths and weaknesses

----> Maximize your verbal scores

Nikhil likes these @ A :

----> Profs

----> Some real studs with top profiles

----> Case methodology, very application oriented, stresses on decision making

And he isnt particularly fond of:

----> The fact that it is difficult to adjust initially to the grind. Takes a lot of you

----> Doesnt get to play around much

Loves these @ PaGaLGuY forums:

----> Makes you realize that similar people exist

----> Great place to learn new fundae (vividly recalls the stock markets thread)

----> He feels PaGaLGuY.com is likely to, and should, become a representative body of for students across B-schools as well as aspirants



His take on Life @ IIMA:

----> Life @ IIMA is about working hard; and if you get the time, partying hard !! (keyword being if, right nikihil 😉 )

Survivors kit @ IIMA:

----> Resilience


Tips on GMAT:

----> Concentrate on sentence correction

----> Read a lot of unusual stuff (economist.com)

----> Dont rush through the actual exam

----> Stress on accuracy

----> Register before-hand and keep enough time to prepare.

Sound-Bytes:

CAT is a big mental game- do not get psyched out

Every person falls, but one should get up



i know he really sounds intelligent also... and after seeing his profile here.. allah bachaye mujhe.. lol....


have a date this weekend with Nikhil... now dont knw whats gonna happen.he is now in IIMB, near my offcie for his summers...

Nikhil Aka Hooka :P,


Bhabhi nahin hai bangy mein toh date and all :)) ?

ranjan