What does being in a B-School mean? - Aditya
What does being in a B-School mean? I have had the privilege to interact with a lot of people, from IIM’s, from other self proclaimed great B-Schools and even the not so great ones, the ones that accept that and are willing to work with it. And this is what I could come up with.
Seeing the intensity that the people have (or rather not have) compared to the time that they aspired to come here, there is a sea of difference. Confidence, self belief rule the roost. The main thing that we have learnt is to sit the night before the deadline, go through mountain loads of pure crap, make sense out of it, come up with a decent template for the PowerPoint, and make a presentation that I am sure, we will not remember tomorrow
Given a topic, we have obtained the confidence to talk about it for a minimum of 20 minutes without having the faintest idea what we have to talk about, what we are talking about, and how they are even related.
The better the college claims they are, the lesser the students think so. This is a direct relation to the newspaper ads. The more a college advertises, the lesser the students think of it. Even when there are claims to think beyond the IIM’s. The college in question, I am sure all knows which one I am talking about has more students than all the Symbiosis institutes put together. This is in one facility in the nation’s capital. In fact I know of instances where the students have taken transfers from one institute to another just to ensure that they have lesser competition.
Why is it that the juniors are not able to think beyond the final placements? And why is it that when they are so bothered about something that is so far away, why cant they stop making mistakes that makes the entire college look stupid, that to in public forums? Guys, I am not calling names, that is not what I stand for. But remember that when you are opening your mouths, you are not talking for you alone, but for the college as a whole. What you say can and will be held against the college.
The final thing is apart the confidence, a B-School is a journey. It is not about the placements alone. It is about the inputs that one receives and the way that a layman is converted to a manager. Look at the broader picture. Learn to think before you act and live the two years. They will never come back
~Aditya
Seeing the intensity that the people have (or rather not have) compared to the time that they aspired to come here, there is a sea of difference. Confidence, self belief rule the roost. The main thing that we have learnt is to sit the night before the deadline, go through mountain loads of pure crap, make sense out of it, come up with a decent template for the PowerPoint, and make a presentation that I am sure, we will not remember tomorrow
Given a topic, we have obtained the confidence to talk about it for a minimum of 20 minutes without having the faintest idea what we have to talk about, what we are talking about, and how they are even related.
The better the college claims they are, the lesser the students think so. This is a direct relation to the newspaper ads. The more a college advertises, the lesser the students think of it. Even when there are claims to think beyond the IIM’s. The college in question, I am sure all knows which one I am talking about has more students than all the Symbiosis institutes put together. This is in one facility in the nation’s capital. In fact I know of instances where the students have taken transfers from one institute to another just to ensure that they have lesser competition.
Why is it that the juniors are not able to think beyond the final placements? And why is it that when they are so bothered about something that is so far away, why cant they stop making mistakes that makes the entire college look stupid, that to in public forums? Guys, I am not calling names, that is not what I stand for. But remember that when you are opening your mouths, you are not talking for you alone, but for the college as a whole. What you say can and will be held against the college.
The final thing is apart the confidence, a B-School is a journey. It is not about the placements alone. It is about the inputs that one receives and the way that a layman is converted to a manager. Look at the broader picture. Learn to think before you act and live the two years. They will never come back
~Aditya
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