I have been visiting PG often and was always the one who was benefiting from the immense source of knowledge PG is. Finally today I have got the opportunity to share my MBA journey and what all I put into it and what I got. I passed out of school in year 2004, then dropped a year for IIT preparation. Couldn't get into a good college but met with a major accident. Went into a coma and had multiple fractures. I am sharing this for a reason which I will share later. Obviously the year went for a toss and I had to settle with a college I never thought that I would ever be joining. College started and the motive was clear from the first day that I need to go to a college of my choice which will give me the kind of education I deserve. The feeling of getting full one year got wasted hit me the most. I appeared for management entrance exams in the year 2008, 2010 and 2011. The first time I gave the CAT I got 78 and this year I got 97. During all this course of time I had joined TIME test series during '08 season and '11 season.



Season '08: This time I was in college. Result 78%ile. Got BITS Pilani convert but could not join because my University were late with their results and I was the one who had to face the brunt of this.
Why less CAT score? Possibly because I had bitten off more than I can chew. I referred too many resources than I could handle. And in the end everything messed up.


Season '10: I was in Infosys, Pune by this time. There were times when there was loads of work and then there were times when it was all a cake walk. But yes, for an average mind like me the preparation demanded some sacrifices. I managed get a SCMHRD call and Infrastructure management course convert this time. Later I decided not to join the course.
Why no success this time too? I had put all my eggs in one basket. Had thought that some particular exams and a particular format only suits me and hence didn't even tried for those papers.


Season '11: Now or never was the mantra this time. Had put all my efforts in whatsoever way possible. Be it studying till late and sleeping on the couch to get up early or leaving office early on pretext of going home and instead heading towards to library. I missed Diwali also that year so that I can stay back and prepare well for the last leap. Eventually I scored 97 in CAT with 99.6 in QA and 62.9 in VA. This skewed combination made me a reject piece for many colleges who were going for sectionals. In XAT I scored 95. But I had applied for almost all of the decent colleges and got around 5 calls.

Last word: Finally I got a convert to 1 year PGP course in Great Lakes, Chennai. I will not go for any surrogate brand building of my college on behalf of my experience but honestly will say that after coming here I realized that I have made a correct decision of joining Great Lakes. The itch of missing 1 year and quality teachers is no more because of my diverse peer group and superb faculty. So in the end everything turns out for the best is what I could understand. That accident made me a much stronger person and also much patient one. I deliberately chose not to discuss what all I referred for my preparation because every person have its own set of requirements and level of competence. On a broader level, I followed Arun Sharma books and some PG threads. I scored around 50-60 % in TIME and no where could relate myself to the difficulty level of tests. Actual papers are a lot easier than what comes there. One PG thread on tips and tricks of Quant helped me immensely. Just be creative in your preparation and devise new ways on how you can exert yourself more and more. Being always positive and hopeful for the future helped me digest that kind of highly unexpected VA score... I cannot miss but to mention one of the biggest motivator for me throughout my journey and that is Love. Yes... this emotion when implied constructively can bring miracles to lives. Though that particular person will not be my life partner but as my favorite quote says:
"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart".


PagalGuy family a big thanks to you for all you kind support and making me reach the place where I am today.


Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any help to the fellow junta.


Best
Gajendra


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The PGPM doesn't have a summer internship as it is a one year course and due to the rigorous schedule doesn't leave any room for internship. However, if you wish you can go ahead and do an (unofficial) internship during your GL tenure and this especially helps if you plan to change your industry. You will need to draw as much time as you can from your busy schedule. Usually internship can be done after Term 3 (i.e. after mid September).
The PGDM course has a full fledged internship.

After Term 3 how much days of gap do we get?

Facebook visited GL this placement season though it didn't had any final recruit from here.

For what role/profile was Facebook looking for students?

Hi, one thing to ask...
Does Infosys Limited comes for hiring or is it Infosys Consulting which comes?

Thanks

Can you add me to the chain email as well, please?
maitreyeeapte@gmail.com

Many thanks,
Maitreyee

pls get yourself added to the FB group...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GLIMclass2013/

for this send a copy/screen shot of your admission offer letter to glimclass2013@gmail.com

Just to give everyone a rough idea, last year, the final result was declared on 17th April in the evening (yes, on SUNDAY evening)

Distinctly remember the date because I was at my friend's birthday party and saw "Regret" on entering my XAT ID :-(

Hope it's a different message this time

Ya.. I also collected this from last year's thread that result was declared on 17th April.
If you can gather, can you pls give an idea that how much days it took between the last GD/PI happened and result date.
Actually I am a Great lakes convert and have time only till 22nd April to pull back my fees in case of a XL convert....

This is just great. I got both the BM and HRM interviews on the same day, same time.
April 9th in bangalore.

Can any seniors advise if this is a recipe for disaster?

i called up the admissions team asap and told them the problem. They said that its not an issue and that i just need to inform the panel in advance so that they can push me back/forward in the order.

any advice guys?

Not an issue dude...
At my day of my HR GD/PI one person had it PI done for BM from the same panel...

Is 17th April is the last GD PI date known or will the GD PIs happen after it as well?

Also can somebody pls tell how much days will it take for result after last GD/PI date based on the last year experience?

Thanks

Hi , when is the lap of GD PI is expected to get over?
I have got admission to Great lakes, Chennai and I have got time till mid april to get my fees back if I get a convert here....
Any idea of the result day will be highly appreciated....

I am also in

Any Pune admits ??

Please contact me if any...