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1/2 MBA

  Not quite... Two more exams tomorrow... And an eventful academic year ends..     Moment of Third Term  ------------------------------   MR Project presentation.. This was something in which I had free rided completely except choosing the topic .. Ofcourse, can't help when there are 4 academic projects :|   Prof : When the targeted market is population in Kunnamangalam ( the place where IIMK campus is situated ) , why did u restrict yourself to IIMK students for the survey ?    Presentor:- Sir, we did not have anyone in our project group knowing local language ( innocent reply )       Reality - There were three mallus including me in the group :-)    ------------------------------   MBA Vs B-Tech Life        I miss the carefree academic life that I had in NITC.. Reading lot of books, learning whatever subjects that I liked... Infact, the volume of acad materials is so huge in an MBA that even if you dedicate 100 % time to studies, you wont be able to finish those....Indeed, I miss...

A Typical Quiz@IIM

   Here is a section from a mail from a  subject's course co-ordinator over a quiz conducted last week.. The paper was out of 10 marks :-)  Population Statistics Mean : 0.37 maybe Mode : 0 (by a long way) Maximum : 2 Minimum :0 Range : 2   Frequency Distribution   Marks    Frequency    0                65    1                 3?    2                 7?     -- No prizes for guessing how much yours truly has scored in this quiz :) :)      

The Tale of MBA Projects

 Quotes During First term projects selection    "Man..We should be doing a project that will add value to us..We shouldnt settle for anything less"  "Project should help us sometime in the future when we are working in industry "   "You know, these are the real learning opportunities in an MBA course "   "Lets brainstorm on this for 2 days..And after that lets meet @ Cross-roads at 23:59 on friday"  Quotes During Second Term project selection         "Man..I dont care about value addition..But I want it as a CV point..I mean it should be something worthy enough to put in the CV"   " See, its not about the topic..Its all about how you present it.. Remember , that bugger - XYZ - got max marks last term for a crappy project "     Quotes During Third Term project selection      " Minimum pain - maximum gain..that should be the motto.. "   " Criteria one - Is the project topic 'googleable' ? "   " L...