It is that time of the year again when hundreds of MBA grads are all set to conquer the world. You come in with a lot of hope and zeal only to realise that appearances are often deceptive, you learn to thrive anyway and now it’s time to bid goodbye!
Now that I am eight months into an IIM, I wanted to review how close my life at IIM is, to the expectations I had before joining. I refer to an article which I wrote a few days before I joined the institute. In the piece, I wrote, “An MBA means a lot of hard work – classes, case studies, group studies, presentations, surprise quizzes and I am up for it.” I went on adding, “I shall participate in all the activities that I am capable of, I want to learn new skills – public speaking and swimming are a priority.” Well, of all the things I have done here, and things I regret having not done, swimming never ever came close.
Hello friends,
When aspirant arrives first time here, first thought that comes to his/her mind is “Damn, this building is smaller than their department…leave the college”.
“What will you do once you enter the gates of your dream b-school?”
It has been a year since I joined IIM Lucknow. Now, when seniors are packing their bags for home we are realising that about a year has actually passed. Time really moves very fast in this world of IIML (aka HELL). I hope the information given below will be useful for upcoming students. I have added some of my experiences and information a new joiner should be aware of.
This article is written from the perspective of aspirants with over 2 years of work-ex and parts of it may not be relevant to freshers. Reader discretion is advised.
It is that time of the year again when hundreds of MBA grads are all set to conquer the world. You come in with a lot of hope and zeal only to realise that appearances are often deceptive, you learn to thrive anyway and now it’s time to bid goodbye!
Now that I am eight months into an IIM, I wanted to review how close my life at IIM is, to the expectations I had before joining. I refer to an article which I wrote a few days before I joined the institute. In the piece, I wrote, “An MBA means a lot of hard work – classes, case studies, group studies, presentations, surprise quizzes and I am up for it.” I went on adding, “I shall participate in all the activities that I am capable of, I want to learn new skills – public speaking and swimming are a priority.” Well, of all the things I have done here, and things I regret having not done, swimming never ever came close.
Hello friends,
When aspirant arrives first time here, first thought that comes to his/her mind is “Damn, this building is smaller than their department…leave the college”.
“What will you do once you enter the gates of your dream b-school?”
It has been a year since I joined IIM Lucknow. Now, when seniors are packing their bags for home we are realising that about a year has actually passed. Time really moves very fast in this world of IIML (aka HELL). I hope the information given below will be useful for upcoming students. I have added some of my experiences and information a new joiner should be aware of.
This article is written from the perspective of aspirants with over 2 years of work-ex and parts of it may not be relevant to freshers. Reader discretion is advised.
