Sunday, February 19, 2006

A mad rush for jobs

We have finally hit the end of our adventure at ISB. This one truly has been a roller coaster ride,
Term 1- the grandeous dreams of 4.0 GPAs, the shock of the first semester grades thereafter, the attack of the single men and the denial of the ones taken,
Term2 - The rude awakening of yet another term gone bad..... the fights with the groupmates, the finger pointing.....
Term3 - The feeling of disgust at again the grades..... the worry of whether we will get placed....

Term4, the acceptance that it is no longer possible to change what has happened..... The fix??? lets publish some papers and take part in competitions, others have done it, it will make our resume look better... so now the mad rush for publications, and competitions.

Term 5- Thank god for electives, but oh wait I am a finance major, I am fucked!!!! I hate finance, why the heck am I doing it? god only knows....

Term6 - Hmm finance is not so bad, neither is marketing, but am I gonna get a job....

And now we are at the tail end. Term 7 has ended, and we are all looking for jobs.. SO placements on campus has started. SOme have been placed, some have multiple offers, there is a marked caste system developing, and the reality is Grades DO NOT MATTER>>>> Mackinsey has taken 8 this year, and BCG 3 ATK 2, DC 4- Now according to the sould that have gotten into these programs, they are the lords of the batch. The ones with good grades who havent cracked anythign are sulking, wodnering why they did not have fun during the year... some marked surprises in the placement process.... but oh well such is life.

Yours truly has not been placed and will probably hang on till the end, unfortunately the companies I am targeting are coming in the END, and I have to fly out for one of them too...