The CAT, the Bell and the X

It all started almost exactly a year ago, when I started preparing for MBA entrance exams. Initially, there was no intention of joining a B-school in 2013. "My target is to join one in 2014", I used to say to people, "This year is just for practice". As the days progressed, with a lot of encouragement from a certain special someone, I started making good progress, and somewhere along the journey, I said to myself, "What the heck, I should just give it my best shot". On the day of the exam, I was astonishingly calm, composed and too early to the exam center(:-P). That shows some nerves, doesn't it? The exam went surprisingly well, but I didn't get my hopes up so early. I mean come on, studying just 4 months for CAT and cracking, you have got to be kidding me. Well the day of the results came, and I was as surprised as the rest of my family, 94.48, not too bad. Still, I kept my excitement to a bare minimum. Then the call for IIM Shillong came in, and I said to myself, "Hang on, this could really work out." The call from X came in as well, with me just clearing all cut-offs marginally(phew!). The GD and interviews went like a blur. I came out satisfied, but still not convinced. Finally, on the day of the results, there came great Hope, 'Wait-listed for PGDM, ND-76'. 'Pagalguy' had told me this should easily clear. And it did, eventually. The final call came on Friday, 24th May. I resigned the following Monday after much negotiations with my manager. Packed and caught a train on 9th June. Reached here on 10th morning.

My Hostel at X

So here I was, my first time away from home. My first would-be experience in a hostel. Meeting new people, making new friends, getting to know them, all seemed a part of this new journey. And then there was the campus - expansive, green and full of life. The first week flew past before I even realized it. There were welcomings, faculty interactions, do's and don'ts, group activities, interactive sessions and a some things more. Classes have already started...

Our Pledge

I've played more sports here in the past 2 weeks than I'd done in the past 2 years, met more people and made more friends in the past 2 weeks than the past 2 years, gotten used to a new way of life in 2 weeks which I'd never been accustomed to before. Another thing, scored my first goal playing football in X yesterday, cheers to that...