A cold night, a warm black hoodie; and hands in the pockets and headphones in the ears. Eyes half closed, as steps blindly followed the usual route on the tune of "Perfect". Serene streets, misty air and not even a single living entity in sight. It was just another midnight walk.
When one thinks of FMS, the first thing that strikes their mind is the exceptionally low fees and the tremendous Return on Investment (ROI) that one can get when they enter this college. But FMS is way more than this. This can be justified from the top rankings from portals like Outlook, QS, TIME, MBAUniverse, etc. that FMS has received over the years.
Two months back I didn’t know that I’ll be sitting in my hostel room, overlooking the hills and writing this article. Now that I think about it, I realize how much my life has changed in these two months. From being an aspirant to finally a student at one of the most reputed, student-driven management institutes of India, it’s not just life that has changed. Preparing for MBA and finally pursuing it is a life-altering experience. You realize your potential and capabilities, make friends for life, you stumble and fall but you get up, brush off your clothes and begin walking again- with a smile on your face. It’s a Metanoia!
What difference does having a 95%ile make vs having a 99%ile? To be very honest, it can not only make you move from the New IIMs to the Old IIMs but also alter your B-School experience to an altogether different level. So let’s get straight to the point. What should be the strategy to bell the CAT if you are already 95% there? I am going to break this down separately for quant, verbal and LR-DI.
Rural Immersion Programme (RIP) is a part of the course at IIM Indore wherein the students have to visit the villages of Madhya Pradesh in their respective groups of 6 People and stay there for 4 – 5 days in 2nd Term of their First year of MBA Curriculum. This year, It was spread across more than 50 districts, and around 600 students from the PGP Indore Campus, IPM and PGP Mumbai campus were a part of this unique program.
The countdown has begun. You are now only a few days away from CAT 2018. The countless hours you spent poring over notes and giving mocks to prepare for the exam are finally about to fructify. There are bound to be butterflies in your stomach as exam day approaches. However, you should not let your anxiety get in the way of your final preparation phase. It is important not to lose focus and stay motivated so that you can deliver your best on the D-day.
With two weeks to go before we meet and greet the Common Admission Test, it is time to put the gears into the final lap mode. We bring to you some pointers to help you distil your learning and efforts of the last few months into maximum action on the D-day.
Over the last 82 years of its existence, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has not only helmed landmark changes in our social and academic framework, but has been a flag bearer in upholding country-wide and international integration in the truest sense of the term. Having been in TISS for the last four years, I can vouch for the fact that the kind of cultural heterogeneity and exposure that one can find in this campus, coupled with a sensitivity and respect for the deeper nuances of social interactions, cannot be found anywhere else. Not only does this campus encourage a wide range of diversity in terms of nearly fifty masters courses in the Mumbai campus alone, but the students at TISS also come from all the parts of the country (and the world), as well as different walks of life! The TISS campus is known to be one of the most liberal campuses in the country, and you can feel freedom in the air of its Deonar Campus. An engineer, a doctor; a teacher, a lawyer; a parent and a fresh graduate: all of them could be classmates in the same course! The HRM&LR batch is one such example of how there are coexistence and camaraderie amongst students coming from diverse standpoints, experiences and skill sets.
