Life During MBA (Part 5)

Ques – How is life during MBA?  

Ans – Its very different from what it was before, things I learnt during my MBA tenure had a far-reaching impact on my personal and professional life. While during graduation you develop close relationships with your friends which lasts till lifetime because you have the time and patience to nurture it for 3/4 long years, things are very different in MBA where you have cut throat competition from day one and friendship takes a backseat. Days are occupied by classes which starts from morning and continues till evening  followed by assignments/group presentation during nights complemented by extra-curricular activities which includes anything from being part of Placement committee, Branding committee , Alumni committee or any of the interest committee (finance, marketing, strategy, quizzing). Lots of late-night parties (if you are a party person) and a chance to interact with the brightest minds (and otherwise) from whom you can learn a lot of things.

There will be moments where you will be doing early morning presentation after partying the entire night before, group chatting going on in class WhatsApp group while the professor is teaching, Working simultaneously in 5-6 projects with different team members along with additional committee responsibility all due next day! Consider yourself lucky if you can sleep for more than 4-5 hours on an average. In general, peer students are sharp and have amazing ability to grasp things at one go and score above average marks with one night of study. Also, most of the student have some interest other than studies for which they are really passionate about, it can be anything from music to sports to photography. In addition, there are some interesting subjects which you can come across. Just to give you few examples, In IIM K you have to play poker in one of the strategy subjects, IIM I students have to do trekking (in collaboration with IndiaHikes) , Ximb has a very interesting subject called FMGD where they study about different conspiracy theories. All these subjects have some or the other risks associated with them like risk of becoming an addicted gambler (Poker) , risk of getting injured (Trekking) , losing sight of reality when dealing with conspiracy theories (FMGD) however as an MBA graduate you are expected to understand the risk and take appropriate precautions to deal with it. These are the things that makes MBA a truly unique course in India.

All said it’s really a mesmerizing experience altogether, try enjoying it as much as you can and don’t forget to network with seniors and juniors because MBA is all about networking! All the best!