Another Term is Gone

Finally one more term is done and I am a 1/3rd MBA now (hopefully :P). Yea you can just be hopeful after having such exams. But at the end of day 'who cares' because all are in the same boat. Well, the good news is that I have a one week off but the flip side to that is that I am not going to home this time.

So, with nothing else to do, I can look back at how did this term go. It was much different from the first term. Not only in terms of subjects, but also other activities that happened and the way we approached this term. Being a JPR, the burden of placements work grew by leaps and bound this time. Had a week of night outs. Twice I went to the class without having any sleep. Slept on my desk in placeroom once while working and by the time I got up, I realised that I have missed another operations class and thus another interesting case discussion. But still it was fun as usual.

I got to see a lot of ups and downs in this term and learnt a lot too. Starting from the buzz of the Placement season itself I knew this term will be far more exciting and important. I got to see two sides of the picture: both as a JPR and as a candidate in the process. Starting from the company PPTs to the shortlists coming out everyday was adding to the thrill of the entire drama. It was a high activity time: people working hard for each and every bullet point on their CV, putting endless efforts in cracking cases and understanding the downfall of Wall street; studying numerous reports of various companies/industries to become expert of one in such a short time. Stage was set and we finally went to the much awaited process: Summer Placement Process. Some people say that its one of the most complex process that we can be part of in our life. The complexity and pseudapa was much more than we had expected and I am glad that two months down the line, I will be running this process.

It was really a well organised event and hats off to our PRs who managed to place the largest ever batch of IIMB even in such tough market conditions. The best part was how the entire batch came together to help each other and do as much they could in their own capacity. Nobody celebrated his/her achievement till the time entire batch was placed. There was a lot to take away for all: even if you got a day 0 job or not; even if you got your dream job or not; if you got the highest salaries or not. It was a great learning experience and the winner is obviously the one who comes out of these up and downs with a even stronger spirit. Ultimately, IIMB batch 2008-10 was victorious and we celebrated it in true B style with a great L^2 party which I missed because I slept early after so many sleepless nights.

Oh did I miss the mid terms in this whole explanation which just happened a week before the placements. Its not like that they are no more important to us but the only thing is that once you go through all this in the first term, you get used to it and this time I had relaxed mid terms with just 3 of them. Hopefully next term would be even more chill atleast in this aspect. And yea as usual there were a lot of submissions, assignments, quizzes. And its tough to remember which one I cracked and very easy to forget the ones which screwed me. After all who cares for a .1 or .2 here and there.

Finally, the term is over and its time for another one and more exciting one. Dont know how much I will get to study in this term but I am happy that I would be doing something which I enjoy doing!!