Section B

The Pre MBA is over and the regular classes , what’s called the MBA proper is starting on Monday. I have got a bunch of cases and three heavy books which I haven’t opened yet since I am studying (ahem..ahem) for the second Accounting test on Monday. Also the sections have been divided and I am in Section B. Traditionally (the rumour goes like) all the top students are put into Section A and Section B is kind of an underdog team. Some take this very seriously and many already are planning to ask for a change from B to A. I think I am in the right group though (*wink*). Our study groups are yet to be decided and we took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment to assess our personality types and make the study groups as heterogeneous as possible. I liked the assessment session and found it to be one of the better things we did in the pre- MBA along with spread sheet modeling using excel which was the most useful session.

We also had an informal session with the seniors (which most of the class skipped) to help us with their experiences and most importantly on how to survive the MBA. That’s how it is here. The first aim here is to survive it but as one of the professors said “it wouldn’t be enough if you just survive it. The very fact that you are admitted here means you can do it. You got to do much more than just survive.”. Special mentions to our seniors Pia , Nina and Wendy who are all wonderful seniors and patiently answered our ridiculous and immature questions. But one message was very clear - Make friends. Only those who attended the session can tell how much that was stressed. That seems to be the mantra of surviving here. I can do it – making friends is always easy,isnt it?.

P.S : Section A has an early morning class on Monday which we don’t have and so can sleep peacefully. Section B is happy :)))))