A Dummy's guide for B School Selection...

OK… it’s that time of the year again when Binu Ninan starts getting calls from all parts of India.

“Hi Binu, I am ur dad’s colleague’s friend’s, brother’s son, can u tell me which IIM to choose?”

“Hi Binu, what is the size of the toilets in your hostel? I consider it a very important criteria to select which IIM I’m going to”

“Hi Binu, I haven’t even written CAT, but if I write n if I get a call and if I convert them all, which IIM must I choose?”

Ok… cut the crap.. I know you guys have worked hard, your pictures have been plastered on the news papers by TIME, IMS and all the other CAT coaching centers as the CEO’s of tomorrow, your friends are jealous of you, your juniors ask u for autographs.. fine. But all this information, is it necessary to select the right B School that u wanna join?

Fortunately or unfortunately I didn’t have the option to select which IIM I had to go to cuz I had only 1 call. However after coming to this insti, there are a couple of factors which I believe are important while you guys make the decision. So take out our pen n paper n start noting down…

1. Placements, Placements!! :

Ok, the infra may be bad, the location might be obscure and the weather might be terrible, however you must be willing to live in a shit hole for 2 years if the placement rocks. In this factor it is quite important to go beyond the headlines. Do not focus on the slot 0 placement getters (I hope u guys have done ur homework and know now what slot 0,1 etc. are) but look at slot 1,2 etc. Some of you might be geniuses and might get the 30 lakh salary which grabs the headlines, however most of you will be getting placed by slot 1 or 2 and hence try to get a feel of how the placement scene is like by asking seniors. Also check up on how the offers are made, is there and option for you to get multiple offers, on what basis are companies brought into the college for the slots etc.

Another important criteria is the Alumni network. Remember that you will not be in the same company till your deathbed and its not naukri or monster that’s gonna help u grow in your career path. Hence try to find which college has the best Alumni network with active job postings so that you can easily go from one firm to the other.

Needless to say, look at the average salary rather than the top salary. Also try to find out the number of offers made by different firms rather than whether a specific guy has got a mega offer. The number of offers gives u an idea of how the company perceives the college.

2. To Specialize or not:

There are some univs which start with a specialized course for the 2 years. Be very careful once u make that decision. You and I know that we were fresh from college when the CAT hit us and we somehow made it to this stage. We don’t know anything about business or which function to join. In such a situation it’s a safer bet to join a generalized course rather than a specialized one. However if u know quite a lot about a function, you may join it.

Moreover try to look for those univs which allow you to learn all the subjects you want in the first year, so that you have a decent idea about the different functions when you go into summers and by the time u reach 2^nd year u can specialize and make the career choice.

3. Infra? Is it that important?

Ok, this question might be very important if I am talking about a Medical college or an engineering college because u need good equipment and labs to experiment. But for an MBA institute, what is this big noise being made about infra? What difference does it make if you have a Wi-Fi campus and u can carry laptops? Maybe u can watch movies in the classroom instead of the hostel rooms, but otherwise its not a big deal.

What is more important is the course content and more importantly The level of industry interaction you get. Lets be frank here, MBA is not math, and neither can it be taught in classrooms. A consultant from a top notch firm earning 20 lakhs PA couldn’t run my neighborhood kirana store properly if he wanted to. Hence it is very important to get to know what the level of industry exposure u can get thru:

• Profs with industrial experience
• Courses being conducted by the industry
• Number of live projects/ case studies/ b school competitions u can participate

Finally, all that I have to say is that you guys have come this far. If u can get into the top 3 IIMs, trust me in more than one sense you have made it. You will get variety of options and companies which you can choose from. So just chill, call up your friends n seniors and get an objective view. Most importantly make an informed choice and trust me you will never regret it..

All the best for your GD/PIs!!!

freeriding to the core!

aah well, Im too lazy to type somethin here.. and even if i were to start talking it would be about placements, ppts, free pizzas, career, placements again... and I know that this is as interesting as Krishi Darshan in DD.

So I decided to put up this post on our discussion board - wat is the discussion board, well its a place for all the Alumni of IIMC to vent their frustrations on their lives, wives, careers, jobs (or lack of them) and thinking about the best 2 years they had here.

Recently we had a very active discussion on Amway - there were a couple who were for such schemes and who believed that "protein powder converted me to superman" and others who believed it was a bunch of crap.

The discussion reached a crescendo and finally the God of the BB Mr. Vikram Gahlot made his judgement. Read on wat he says...

QuickOrganoProfitosys is looking for dead bodies

Yes it feels like a punch to the kidneys , but if someone was ever pleasently shocked its about to be you.Get ready to receive money for nothing .Heres how my new business could make your future children richer than Bryan Adams and Cowboy Bob without having to be part of solo or group acts in music that stinks.
Yes I want you to book your critical life support organs with me , the list typically contains items which carry the following QuickOrganProfit brands
Eye Spies-
This is a sample ad

Still groping in the dark ?
No money no wife?
No wife No life ?
Book your eyes , QuickOrganProfitosys will take them out in a painless operation after you are declared dead.Relatives who try to intervene will also have their eyes and arms removed in a quick painless surgery while still alive .You can cash the receipt for any of the following rewards-
a) 1 banana 2 apples in polythene bag
b) 3 BHK house in Bandra
c) Eagle eye Glasses
d) New wife
d) Scamway dealership
I personally profess to getting heebie jeebies at the smell of all Scamway dealers.I have been following up with this Scamway dealer cum Student trying to sell his stuff on this board .This is not ebay dude.I know there are some Scamway dealers who could be desperate enough to crack CAT so that they could sell Scamway products to future managers with future fat salaries.
Your game is up .I can smell the bulldroppings from far away.There was a so called family friend who asked us to come over to his house in another city because the party had a big surprise.The big surprises were two-

The most vulgar wig in the history of the world perched atop an excuse for a neck engulfed by his massive yet short five feet minus one inch frame.

The most vulgar bus salesman enactment by this very individual to an audience of about 50(including me) about how Scamway products were the weirdest shit , but we could sell them all to each other and head out to buy our private yatchs and condos .You and your life partner could call your pet dog Richie Rich and have your pictures featured in "Lifestyles of Scamway tootpaste users" and get away with it.
However , redemption is still at hand , theres another scam that hasnt been busted yet.This invloves stealing kidneys and hearts out of people caught unawares , lulled into a dreamless sleep by a gentle breeze swishing through their smelly wodden houses.
Tum mujhe kali bakri ki ankh lekar shamshan ghat par milna .baki plan wahin par karenge


Kali bakri ki Ankh -II

Now here is the complete picture on the shamshan plan-
QuickOrganoProfitosys (Henceforth referred to as QOP) has joined hands with Scamway to provide you with branded organs extracted from supple and clean(drugs are bad) donors brought up on an exclusive diet of famous Scamway products and dietary supplements.Manufactured solely out of the worlds best chemical laboratories in Iraq.
Heres a sample picture of a model donor from our global family of donors-
http://www.craphound.com/images/gopalhaldar.jpg
Item code for his Kidney:Quack Quack
(Exhortation to a "Quack"(A dactar like Dactar Khanna) to quack(talk like a duck) )
Note:All Operations shall be carried out succesfully by Dr Khanna post mortem.

And yes dont think you dont need fresh kindeys only if ya aint *issin well .With a set of extra kidneys installed by the world renowned family physician Dr Khanna you can now drink twice as muuch at parties , jog for 15 continuous hours every day of the week that starts with a Z , fly kites better and win boxing matches.All this brought to you for the price of making me rich .
And yes if you place your bids now , a fresh pair of kidneys aint all that you are taking home brother! Place your bids now and you could be taking home a pair of ears from a Sri Lankan bank officer and a french moustache absolutely free!
~If any query is unanswered feel free to contact Kanju Bhai from Worli Naka 24*7

~Gahlot - u rock!!!
~who says MBAs dont have a sense of humor??!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hey all,

Wish u all a very Happy Valentines day.
This goes specially for the newly met, newly weds, met for a long time n still in love, met for a long time and cant stand each other, never met, hopelessly desperate...

This also goes to all the weirdos who think Valentine's Day is crap or it is too westernized...

May u all find true love in ur lives...

As for me... Im still searching !

Love u all!