Here’s yet another d00d who rejected an admit @ ISB to fight it out from a seat @ IIMA. Here’s Nikhil Vaswani aka nickspeedster aka Hooka.
CAT Percentile: 99.8
Final Calls: LACKI + ISB(2003)
GMAT: 710
Work ex: Two years with Wipro
CAT Gyaan:
—-> Use a lot of logic
—-> read Economic Times daily- Helps a lot during GD/PI and when inside college too
—-> Practice RC majorly
—-> Understand your strengths and weaknesses
—-> Maximize your verbal scores
Nikhil likes these @ A :
—-> Profs
—-> Some real studs with top profiles
—-> Case methodology, very application oriented, stresses on decision making
And he isn’t particularly fond of:
—-> The fact that it is difficult to adjust initially to the grind. Takes a lot of you
—-> Doesn’t get to play around much
Loves these @ PaGaLGuY forums:
—-> Makes you realize that similar people exist
—-> Great place to learn new fundae (vividly recalls the stock markets thread)
—-> He feels PaGaLGuY.com is likely to, and should, become a representative body of for students across B-schools as well as aspirants
His take on Life @ IIMA:
—-> Life @ IIMA is about working hard; and if you get the time, partying hard !! (keyword being “if”, right nikihil ? )
Survivor’s kit @ IIMA:
—-> Resilience
Tips on GMAT:
—-> Concentrate on sentence correction
—-> Read a lot of unusual stuff (economist.com)
—-> Don’t rush through the actual exam
—-> Stress on accuracy
—-> Register before-hand and keep enough time to prepare.
Sound-Bytes:
“CAT is a big mental game- do not get psyched out”
“Every person falls, but one should get up”