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2456
Hi,
I have done my B.E in mining.I have heard that if i do MBA after mining in colleges not in top 20 i will not be able to sit in placements.Someone please clarify if is it so....What are the factors that affect in placements.
Is doing MBA after B.E in Mining a good option???

buddy,

what you have heard is not right!

There are people who have done mining in graduation and have bagged in great jobs after MBA ... and these people even had work experience.... as i have earlier said in one of the posts that there are good number of companies across top B-Schools which during recruitment look for people with core work experience/ freshers from core background, which can help them in further management roles !!

For colleges which are not in top 20, i will suggest to talk to seniors studying there, try to get the correct information and take an informed decision .. do not just go by what the websites say !!!

Hope this helps,
Varun
2457
mohd_k Says
You joining letter and last two months pay slip is sufficient to prove your work-ex. Nothing more is required.



Thanks for the information.
Will the absence of reliving letter become any sort of problem during placements in b-schools.
Do you have any idea whether companies stresses on candidates having work ex certificates??
2458
hey bro...lemme give you my my sister's and her buddies' experiences in dealing with certain dilemmas..
for some apparent reason most of the mbbs guys after 5 and half years tend
to get a wee bit disillusioned about their line of work..
my sister finished her mbbs last year ..and she along with her friends were still pretty confused to whether slog again to do pg in medical which is a logical decision or take a road less travelled..(altho they had no clue where it might lead..)..

but after a lot of introspection.. and serious talks with fellow seniors and docs
(THE MOST IMPORTANT PART..)..she realised it would be really better for her
career in a long term perspective if she pursues pg in medical itself ..(although she was not very gung ho about it..)...nd once she made up her mind..there was no looking back..u probably must be knowin how docs slog..cant beat them in that..
AND fast forward to the here and now....she is right now pursuing her pg in
OPTHA from AIIMS delhi..(wantd radiology..but u knw the cutoffs)...and boy..she gets a pretty hefty stipend per month :wow:while studying (although money is not everything..but it does play a role)..and yeah she's having the time of her life now...and now she realizes the various avenues
available to her in her own field which she never knew existed (get what im talkin now.)...nd yeah..she for sure knows that she made the right decision..

so my 2 cents to you is..
bro...an mba after mbbs sure seems like a maverick choice..but keep in mind...
IT DOES NOT ALWAY PAY TO BE A MAVERICK..AND SOMETIMES THE ROAD WELL TRAVELLED PAYS RICH DIVIDENDS...:)..
it seems it would help if u consult ur fellow seniors ..they will definitely let u know about the various diff options in ur field itself( u can always indulge in collaborative resarch..a part time prof in a nearby medical college.publish papers ...to name a few)....
and trust me if u think only mba makes a leader..
lemme say this ..a senior doc in a hospital who has to multitask and guide their juniors as well..who undertakes no formal mba .is .NO LESS A LEADER than a hot shot corporate guy..
nd to pursue MBA just to change yourself and think of it as a panacea is pretty naive and..think about in a long term perspective..i mean..u know everyone says docs are pretty common and all..but bro ..trust me ..if u really have it in you ..and do a pg in medical from a top notch college..(yeah ..the competition is mindnumbing)..u r second to none..coz the options available to you increases manifold..
so make a wise choice..not based on what u dont want to do..but on what u want to do..(there is a big difference..):D..

but if u genuinely hate ur line of work and get utterly bored..nd feel cloisterd with it..then probably goin on the otherside seems inevitable t..



thanks for replying
now since your sister is into this field you know a lot about how difficult it is for doctors to get a good clinical PG branch
but let me tell you that i am not in one of those pioneer institutes of medical studies (all india pmt rank 1369 though this isnt also easy to score)
everyone knows how much potential they possess....... so even if i take the normal course .......not to forget i have a clear disinterest........it will take me at least a year or even more to get a PG seat .....and that too not sure a clinical one
i do not want to sound pessimistic but AIIMS is just not possible for a person of my caliber ( there hasn't been a single guy/girl who has got into AIIMS from my college)

i am one of those unfortunate students who was so good in maths and physics but because of my family pressure i was brain washed into getting into medical field
the reason i cleared PMT exam in my first attempt was owing to the great marks i scored in phys chem section while in bio i scored just an avg.

since then my life has been of a normal student .....no achievements to rejoice

never have i felt that 'yes' i want to be a 'doctor'
in fact whatever i have done until now has been what my parents said
and for the first time i have a feeling that this is what i want to do

and about life after MBA ....it isn't necessary for a doctor to enter only into hosp. administration .....by doing an MBA i will be open to many new opportunities and i am sure i will find something i can fit into
2459
thanks for replying
now since your sister is into this field you know a lot about how difficult it is for doctors to get a good clinical PG branch
but let me tell you that i am not in one of those pioneer institutes of medical studies (all india pmt rank 1369 though this isnt also easy to score)
everyone knows how much potential they possess....... so even if i take the normal course .......not to forget i have a clear disinterest........it will take me at least a year or even more to get a PG seat .....and that too not sure a clinical one
i do not want to sound pessimistic but AIIMS is just not possible for a person of my caliber ( there hasn't been a single guy/girl who has got into AIIMS from my college)

i am one of those unfortunate students who was so good in maths and physics but because of my family pressure i was brain washed into getting into medical field
the reason i cleared PMT exam in my first attempt was owing to the great marks i scored in phys chem section while in bio i scored just an avg.

since then my life has been of a normal student .....no achievements to rejoice

never have i felt that 'yes' i want to be a 'doctor'
in fact whatever i have done until now has been what my parents said
and for the first time i have a feeling that this is what i want to do

and about life after MBA ....it isn't necessary for a doctor to enter only into hosp. administration .....by doing an MBA i will be open to many new opportunities and i am sure i will find something i can fit into


Hey doc,

Firstly let me tell you its never late to realize your dream and thus if you feel you should be doing an MBA to change your line of work there is nothing wrong in it. I have many engg friends who still continue to be involved in research jobs just because they don't want to waste their degrees.

If an MBA is what you want to do and as you say you were good in physics and maths you should be able to handle the CAT. In fact if you manage to crack the CAT you stand a better chance of cracking the interviews keeping in mind the diversity/distinguishing factor in profiles that these institutes look at.

The only advantage you will have if you stick to the medical profession is that it will extend your career to maybe 70 or 75 yrs of age or beyond(older doctors are valued more cos of the exp they get in) whereas in the corp orate world you will have to hang your boots at 60. Also the medical profession is a very stable business no job losses as witnessed in other :).

Finally its a call you have to take.
2460

Hi,
I am doing BBA from amity lucknow and am in my final year. I am interested in finance and economics and would like to do MBA-finance ( obviously from any of the IIM's) or MBE (from department of financial studies, DU).
But right now I'm in a dilemma: earlier I did not want to give CAT because i thought that everyone was giving it (i know that was very very foolish of me) and it was very common course and so i did not prepare for CAT. Also, i was confident (and very wrong i was - i have now realized this) that i would clear the Joint admission test (JAT) for MBE with just 2-3 months of preparation (the test was usually conducted in march) so I did absolutely no preparation for CAT. But in mid-September it was announced that the JAT for MBE was cancelled and they would also take CAT scores from this year onwards. Now I had only 30 odd days to prepare for CAT . I am not very good in QA (in fact its bad - but I know that if I have time to prepare, I can improve QA). VA is my strongest point and DI is also good. But this year I honestly have no hope and am giving CAT only to gain experience and see what type of questions come.
My course at amity will finish in april-may 2011, so I am thinking of dropping 1 year and preparing thoroughly for CAT 2011. I will have time from May to October and during this time I DONT want to do a job - but I have heard that many good colleges hold the view that if a person drops an year for preparation then he should at least do some job and gain some experience and this counts for a lot as far as selection to the top colleges is concerned. I really don't want to do a job at this point of time, so please tell me if I get a good enough percentile, would it matter if I have not done a job while I dropped 1 year.

2461
thanks for replying
now since your sister is into this field you know a lot about how difficult it is for doctors to get a good clinical PG branch
but let me tell you that i am not in one of those pioneer institutes of medical studies (all india pmt rank 1369 though this isnt also easy to score)
everyone knows how much potential they possess....... so even if i take the normal course .......not to forget i have a clear disinterest........it will take me at least a year or even more to get a PG seat .....and that too not sure a clinical one
i do not want to sound pessimistic but AIIMS is just not possible for a person of my caliber ( there hasn't been a single guy/girl who has got into AIIMS from my college)

i am one of those unfortunate students who was so good in maths and physics but because of my family pressure i was brain washed into getting into medical field
the reason i cleared PMT exam in my first attempt was owing to the great marks i scored in phys chem section while in bio i scored just an avg.

since then my life has been of a normal student .....no achievements to rejoice

never have i felt that 'yes' i want to be a 'doctor'
in fact whatever i have done until now has been what my parents said
and for the first time i have a feeling that this is what i want to do

and about life after MBA ....it isn't necessary for a doctor to enter only into hosp. administration .....by doing an MBA i will be open to many new opportunities and i am sure i will find something i can fit into


hey bro..u are right about the competition..it is crazy..especially for clinical seats..the fact that admission is based only on the written exams and no interview just adds to the competition..i mean most of them after finishing mbbs just sit at home at give it all..nothing wrong with it though.:) ...
even my sister just managed to make the cut.. and some of my sister's mbbs grad batchmates still havent secured a decent clinical seat ..(altho some of them have chosen less desired non-clinical ones like anaesthesia and all...shuld say they were not pretty excited about it tho..)...
newaz ...it seems that ..u pretty much have made up your mind:D..
which is a great thing..and u seem to have much clearer visions about
how you want things to pan out in your lifel...like i said before ..if u got absolutely no interest in ur line of work, then it's just not worth it...
and bro..about u changing ur line now..if u have any apprehensions ..dont...coz as far as i know a lot of varied professional like lawyers ,defence personnel and an increasing no of docs. take that route...
so what i would like 2 say 2 u is:
..if u have finally made up ur mind for giving CAT..join the league bro
and i personally feel, u got a lot of good things goin for u..
ur acads in 10th and 12th are good which matters for cat unlike medical..
plus u have finished mbbs which is definitely a big advantage ..(boss..mbbs koi mazzak nahi hai..)..
..and yeah the fact that u have finally chosen to do what you believe, not what ur parents want you do..speaks volumes about ur personality..coz it takes courage..(nd final mba admission is more of a holistic process rather than mbbs pg which is solely based on written test)
so my final say would be: if u have finally made ur decision,then there is no need to worry about it.In my view, if u can take care of the CAT..then there is no reason why u should not end up in one of the top b schools..:D

PS: dude...u seem to be little distressed in ur posts about ur career ..
TAKE IT EASY MAN...i mean ..my personal opinion is that ..u have
absolutely no screw-ups atleast on the educational front in ur life( infact quite the contary)...so why all this anxiety bro..
newaz do lemme know how things go with you ..cheers mate 😁
2462
Hi,
I am doing BBA from amity lucknow and am in my final year. I am interested in finance and economics and would like to do MBA-finance ( obviously from any of the IIMs) or MBE (from department of financial studies, DU).
But right now I'm in a dilemma: earlier I did not want to give CAT because i thought that everyone was giving it (i know that was very very foolish of me) and it was very common course and so i did not prepare for CAT. Also, i was confident (and very wrong i was - i have now realized this) that i would clear the Joint admission test (JAT) for MBE with just 2-3 months of preparation (the test was usually conducted in march) so I did absolutely no preparation for CAT. But in mid-September it was announced that the JAT for MBE was cancelled and they would also take CAT scores from this year onwards. Now I had only 30 odd days to prepare for CAT . I am not very good in QA (in fact its bad but I know that if I have time to prepare, I can improve QA). VA is my strongest point and DI is also good. But this year I honestly have no hope and am giving CAT only to gain experience and see what type of questions come.
My course at amity will finish in april-may 2011, so I am thinking of dropping 1 year and preparing thoroughly for CAT 2011. I will have time from May to October and during this time I DONT want to do a job but I have heard that many good colleges hold the view that if a person drops an year for preparation then he should at least do some job and gain some experience and this counts for a lot as far as selection to the top colleges is concerned. I really dont want to do a job at this point of time, so please tell me if I get a good enough percentile, would it matter if I have not done a job while I dropped 1 year.


my two cents:

Dont drop a year for cat. I am assuming you have not registered for the test. If you have then make the most of this one month and try to find out where you stand. This is too early for 2011 so if you are serious you can cover a lot of ground before april next year, i'd ask you to defer your decision until then. Cat should not be the reason to give up any employment opportunity. There is no age limit for getting an mba and in most of the colleges people having work ex are preferred over fresher unless you are a topper throughout.

Atleast try before giving up.

All the best.
2463

Hey!

I was just wondering if anyone could help me out with good schools offering an MS. in Marketing in the U.S.?

I've done a dual degree in Economics and Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani, going to graduate this year. The courses I'm looking for are the kind that don't require an prior work experience and are slightly technical in nature (I'm too sure of the value addition of doing an M.A. after a B.Tech and an MSc.-my dual degrees).
I'm hoping for something at tier-1/tier-2 colleges, while my CGPA isn't too great at 7.03, I made a 1530 in GRE and 740 in GMAT. I'm hoping my academics balance out (and I have the excuse of excessive extra-curricular activities for the college cg).

Would really appreciate any help, even if it is suggesting an alternate course of action!

Thank you 😃

2464
my two cents:

Dont drop a year for cat. I am assuming you have not registered for the test. If you have then make the most of this one month and try to find out where you stand. This is too early for 2011 so if you are serious you can cover a lot of ground before april next year, i'd ask you to defer your decision until then. Cat should not be the reason to give up any employment opportunity. There is no age limit for getting an mba and in most of the colleges people having work ex are preferred over fresher unless you are a topper throughout.

Atleast try before giving up.

All the best.


I am giving CAT this year but i know i wont get a good percentile because i have not done any kind of preparation. I am giving it just to know what kind of questions come and to gain experience but having prepared for only around 20 days i wont be able to know where i stand because in reality i should have prepared for at least a few months.
As far as post graduation is concerned, i really cannot delay it for more than 1 year and have to start my post graduation latest by start of 2012 instead of start of 2011 .......so now please tell me whether i should do a job from april or should i just concentrate on CAT 2011. Also i am not very good in QA so i know it would take some time for me to get the hang of it.
2465

i have asked this ques 2-3 times but never got a sureshot answer.
please help me.is it illegal to pursue 2 postgraduate degrees at a time.one from regular mode n another form distance learning mode?
:|

2466
i have asked this ques 2-3 times but never got a sureshot answer.
please help me.is it illegal to pursue 2 postgraduate degrees at a time.one from regular mode n another form distance learning mode?
:|


Nope its not illegal. But it depends upon university to university. For eg. In Nagpur University its allowed. In fact i know of one person who did 3 post graduations simultaneously from Nagpur. But in Mumbai University , its not allowed, afaik.
Check out concerned university site and contact the authorities.
2468
hey bro..u are right about the competition..it is crazy..especially for clinical seats..the fact that admission is based only on the written exams and no interview just adds to the competition..i mean most of them after finishing mbbs just sit at home at give it all..nothing wrong with it though.:) ...
even my sister just managed to make the cut.. and some of my sister's mbbs grad batchmates still havent secured a decent clinical seat ..(altho some of them have chosen less desired non-clinical ones like anaesthesia and all...shuld say they were not pretty excited about it tho..)...
newaz ...it seems that ..u pretty much have made up your mind:D..
which is a great thing..and u seem to have much clearer visions about
how you want things to pan out in your lifel...like i said before ..if u got absolutely no interest in ur line of work, then it's just not worth it...
and bro..about u changing ur line now..if u have any apprehensions ..dont...coz as far as i know a lot of varied professional like lawyers ,defence personnel and an increasing no of docs. take that route...
so what i would like 2 say 2 u is:
..if u have finally made up ur mind for giving CAT..join the league bro
and i personally feel, u got a lot of good things goin for u..
ur acads in 10th and 12th are good which matters for cat unlike medical..
plus u have finished mbbs which is definitely a big advantage ..(boss..mbbs koi mazzak nahi hai..)..
..and yeah the fact that u have finally chosen to do what you believe, not what ur parents want you do..speaks volumes about ur personality..coz it takes courage..(nd final mba admission is more of a holistic process rather than mbbs pg which is solely based on written test)
so my final say would be: if u have finally made ur decision,then there is no need to worry about it.In my view, if u can take care of the CAT..then there is no reason why u should not end up in one of the top b schools..:D

PS: dude...u seem to be little distressed in ur posts about ur career ..
TAKE IT EASY MAN...i mean ..my personal opinion is that ..u have
absolutely no screw-ups atleast on the educational front in ur life( infact quite the contary)...so why all this anxiety bro..
newaz do lemme know how things go with you ..cheers mate :D


the anxiety resulted because of the last few months i had, which have been quite tough on me , when i wasn't sure what i really wanted.
but now that i have made up my mind , i feel a lot better
thanks bro .....really appreciate it
2469

Hi
I m pursuing mba in india n want to find job in US. So wat is the procedure for the same and also is it possible finding job in US based on India MBA.

2470

thanks mickey !

2471

Hi,

I have done graduation from Delhi University in 2009 and after that i started preparing for Government Exams.I have been selected for 2 Interview round but unable to clear that.Now i am interested do to MBA from a good B-School.This year i am also appearing for CAT and fully prepare for that but still have doubt about the interview round...Is the interview round is also matter after scoring good percentile..? Can you suggest what i should do for interview round..? Also suggest some resource for interview preparation.

Thanks
Akhilesh

2472
Hi,

I have done graduation from Delhi University in 2009 and after that i started preparing for Government Exams.I have been selected for 2 Interview round but unable to clear that.Now i am interested do to MBA from a good B-School.This year i am also appearing for CAT and fully prepare for that but still have doubt about the interview round...Is the interview round is also matter after scoring good percentile..? Can you suggest what i should do for interview round..? Also suggest some resource for interview preparation.

Thanks
Akhilesh


Yes, interview and GD are also the rounds that hold importance. There is no solid resource for interview preparation. It is a test of personality. What you can do is go for mock interviews in any coaching class. It would really help you. If you want some specific tips on how to prepare for it, then feel free to PM me.
2473
I am giving CAT this year but i know i wont get a good percentile because i have not done any kind of preparation. I am giving it just to know what kind of questions come and to gain experience but having prepared for only around 20 days i wont be able to know where i stand because in reality i should have prepared for at least a few months.
As far as post graduation is concerned, i really cannot delay it for more than 1 year and have to start my post graduation latest by start of 2012 instead of start of 2011 .......so now please tell me whether i should do a job from april or should i just concentrate on CAT 2011. Also i am not very good in QA so i know it would take some time for me to get the hang of it.


Get the job and try to prepare for cat along with it. If you feel the preparation is not upto the mark you can take a leave in the last leg of preparation. Please see the main pg page there is a nice article about what to do in the last month. No one will ever advice you to drop a year for cat.why? Even if you are able to crack cat, this issue might haunt you in the pi. Getting atleast some months of work ex will be good.

Regarding quant, you need to plan carefully for it. There is almost a year.

Remember that cat is just a test of your academic intelligence. I've seen people writing cat without any preparation and ending up in top ten percent.

One last thing that i will ask you to consider is that it is your career so whatever you decide make sure it is optimum for you, no one can be a better judge.

All the best.
2474
Get the job and try to prepare for cat along with it. If you feel the preparation is not upto the mark you can take a leave in the last leg of preparation. Please see the main pg page there is a nice article about what to do in the last month. No one will ever advice you to drop a year for cat.why? Even if you are able to crack cat, this issue might haunt you in the pi. Getting atleast some months of work ex will be good.

Regarding quant, you need to plan carefully for it. There is almost a year.

Remember that cat is just a test of your academic intelligence. I've seen people writing cat without any preparation and ending up in top ten percent.

One last thing that i will ask you to consider is that it is your career so whatever you decide make sure it is optimum for you, no one can be a better judge.

All the best.


thanks for the advice.
2475

I have completed my Bachelors in law(LLB). Right now, i am in second year of Masters in law(LLM) with specialisation in labour law which i will finish by next July 2011. i have been practising law for 17 months now.

After my experience with practise, i realised i wouldnt want to do something purely legal all my life.

I want to study further. i am torn between a PHD and MBA. i would like to to either from a good college/university.

I am also contemplating whether i should answer the Probationary
Officers Exams in Banks...

I really don't know how to decide....

2476


I want to study further. i am torn between a PHD and MBA. i would like to to either from a good college/university.

I am also contemplating whether i should answer the Probationary
Officers Exams in Banks...


Buddy,

As far as i know, if you decide to go for PHD , then seeing your experience so far, i think you might end up building career purely in law, may be in a different role .

And if you go for MBA, then it might add a specific domain expertise coupled with your knowledge in law and help you building a career where you can have a mix of management and law.

So, you can decide as per your choice now ... and as far as going for probationary officer at this stage is concerned, i believe going for PHD/MBA is a better option .

Hope this helps
Varun