There Is A Life Beyond IIMs

There is surely a life beyond IIMs. No institute in this world has the power to limit an individual’s capabilities or decide an individual’s fate. Every year, the 99% of the CAT takers who don’t make it to the country’s most sought after b-schools must know this, that it’s never the end of life. Life must have better things in store for them.

Today, I will talk about the life that the 1% who make it to the IIMs get to live. This is to motivate every CAT aspirant who logs onto InsideIIM.com to go through articles about country’s prestigious b-schools, coming from the pens of the students studying there and imagine themselves in all the situations penned down. The hard work and every ounce of sweat that goes into the CAT preparation are worth it. I won’t talk about the placements statistics or the ROI, there is something much more than just good placements that IIMs provide. 50 days at an IIM have made me see things I haven’t seen in 22 years of my life. I believe I value the tiniest joys now and don’t fear the biggest failures because I know at the end of it, they are both volatile.

The first 50 days at an IIM have been a roller coaster ride, adjusting in a new place amidst new people and living a completely changed life. I have never valued time more than I do today and have never felt this confident about myself too. The classes are not lectures like undergraduate and there is so much freedom that a student is provided with. Just 50 days and I have met and heard from some of the biggest names of some of the biggest companies of the world. Every day is like a new learning experience, there is so much more than just books to this knowledge bank.