The IIFT Goof Up

Trying to use the PG template for the post

PROFILE:
Acads:
X --87.2%
XII--81.2%
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age -- 71.2%

Work-Ex:
IT -29Months

IIFT Score:-32.76

Any other special thing abt u:
No idea
Venue :Coffee Board ,Bangalore

GD:
Topic:Sustaining Economic Growth and Role of Services
Number of Ppl present - 12
Time:40 minutes (2minute for participant +15 minute of open round)
Brief Snapshot of Discussion:
Was 6th in the group.Mostly ppl were IT centric.Tried to tell that IT is not only services.There are many more things.Also , we need to focus on World Story.
Gave reliance IPO and Bangalore example in the open round.

Other Salient Details:
Break time :We got coffee and biscuits.That was the best part of it.

PI:
Panel Members Intro:1 Fin Prof ,1 Lady Prof. prev. IIFT alumni
Questions:

Fin Prof exits for a break.Lady takes over.
1)Tell something abt yourself.
told
2)Which book u r reading currently ?
told
3)u have mentioned a book by Pankaj Mishra in CV form.Can u tell any other books by him ?
told and described.
4)So what did u learnt in Romantics.
Gave gyaan.
5)What have u learnt in 29 months of Work ex?
Good gyan
Fin Prof enters and starts his questions :-
6)Tell me name of few trade organisations at global and India level?
Told WTO and described a bit.
7)Whats Doha round?
Gave gyaan
8)at India level,trade organization ?
Port Trust Authority of india (An invention by me.don't know what in the world made me say that).
9)What does it do?
Told , it regulates the ports etc.
10)What does CERA do ?
Regulates electricity
11) u seem to have not read economic times?
told it has been months and have been out of touch
12)Why do u want to do MBA?
Talked of Long term and short term goals.

Thank you.

The MBA Quest

The stakes are high this time.
I have given exams other than CAT in the past.
2004 - NA
2005 season - XAT
2006 season - XAT and FMS
2007 season - FMS and IIFT

Above data shows the importance the CAT exam has for me.
Once the written barrier is broken, time to break the GD-PI bar.

On a more truthful note

The post I did yesterday was more what others have seen in my attempts.
Now ,my take on the beast :-
Shot 1 --
Well prepared.Getting consistently good percentiles in VA with a DI havoc now and then in CL Mocks.Did not learn that out and succumbed to QA pressure as well on the D-Day.
Result - 92 percentile
Shot 2 --
Frustrated by Time AIMCATs.Thought , I am good for nothing.Started getting low scores in the last mocks as well as few practice tests.
End result -- 85 percentile

Shot 3--
Good learning at IMS.Was doing everything correct except of doing it on the right day.Screwed VA completely along with a bit in DI.
End result - 95 percentile

Shot 4 --
Started the season badly with a debacle in AIMCAT joining test.Thought the cycle needs to be revisited.Joined CL again.No dangerously good results.Just OK kind.Didn't fired full throttle in the Mocks.But the day it mattered, it happened.

End result - 99.54 percentile and 3 calls L,I,K
2 calls A and C were not there due to 92 percentile in DI.
The B call is a rare phenomenon.Only ppl with 90 percent marks and extremely good acads get it.

Thank God ,I am still insane.

Cat and Bell - No way

I love the lines given by Paul Coleho writes in Alchemist:-
Quotes from the book ::

* “When you want something, all the world conspires in helping you
to achieve it.”

* “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve:
the fear of failure.” (The Old King)

* “At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening
to us, and our lives become controlled by fates. That’s the
world’s greatest lie. Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.”
(Melchizedek, the Old King)

* “What happens once will never happen again. But what happens
twice will surely happen a third time.”

And these lines inspired me to bell the animal year after year and finally I succeeded in my 4th attempt.Its a story of new opportuities and the way life works.

Attempt 1 -- 2004
The best preparation I did to bell the CAT.
Somehow Infosys happened a month before and although , I did not loose focus ,something happened.

Its So true that , No One is ever completely satisfied with life which
we often hear in the saying
"
kabhi kisi ko mukammal jahan nahin milta
kahin zameen to kahin aasman nahin milta
jisay bhi dekhiyay woh apnay aap mein goum hai
zuban mili hai magar hum zuban nahin milta
kabhi kisi ko mukammal jahan nahin milta....
bujha saka hai bhala kaun waqt kay shoulay
yeh aisi aag hai jis mein dhuaan nahin milta
kabhi kisi ko mukammal jahan nahin milta....
teray jahan mein aisa nahin kay pyar na ho
jahan umeed ho iski wahan nahin milta
kabhi kisi ko mukammal jahan nahin milta
kahin zameen to kahin aasman nahin milta..."

Attempt 2 -- 2005
Infosys training days in Mysore.
Lost sight between Matrix and the bell.

Attempt 3 -- 2006
Got into 2 projects when it was crucial time to prepare.
Lost track in last

Attempt 4 -- 2007
Finally belled it.Lets see how the next round goes.

Battle and the Warrior

Its the fight to the finish.A nerve wrecking drama is about to start in a week.
Lets see , how I fare in it.