Well its been a long time since I posted.We had a break from the 25th of september to the 4th of october(too bad it cudnt start on the 24th then maybe I could have spent my birthday at home).The 1st term exams finished on the 11th and the 2nd term started on the 14th.Haha.That is how these hallowed centres of knowledge work.You never know how time passes.Anyway I had lots of fun at home.I was in Pune for 6 days and then left for Delhi from where I visited Amritsar too(Golden Temple).I met my little niece for the first time and it was a long time since I had seen such a small baby.And a baby so cute at that.That was a lot of fun.Sadly it look like the next time I will meet her will only be once she is like 8 months old(She is 3 now).
Anyway we came back on the 4th and results started coming in for the 1st term.Now I am experiencing the relative grading thing for the first time and I find this thing amazing.However badly you perform in an exam it doesnt matter if others have performed equally badly or worse.The grades that I got in different subjects were as under-
1)Statistics- A-
2)Financial Accounting- A
3)Behavioral Sciences- B+
4)Marketing- A+
5)Microeconomics- A
6)Indian political and economic history- A+
7)Environment and Development- A
The CGPA for me overall came to 7.75 on a scale of 9.The rank list hasnt come out yet but I hope for a rank of around 25 in a batch of 400.Not bad going haan?
Another major thing has happened.The placement process will be starting soon and the shortlists have started coming in.McKinsey & Co released their shortlist yesterday and sadly I did not get one.Although I had no real expectations from McKinsey it still was disappointing.
A major thing happened for me.I finally made a decision on the field I wanna go into after MBA.I wanna go into consulting.The challenge of the job as also its diversity is very fascinating for me.The problem during summers will be my average profile so far with which it will be difficult getting shortlists from big consulting firms.But one thing is for sure.Evn if it doesnt happen now it will happen during final placements.I have smelt blood after my first term performance and have promised myself that I will keep my CGPA in the top 20-25 of the batch which should give me a fair number of shortlists during finals.But I still hope that I get atleast one consult shortlist for summers.I just wanna experience the case interview for once.Please pray for me everyone that I do have a good summer placement week.
