Life at IIMA is over!
It seems strange....Two years back I came to this place with all kinds of dreaded feelings of the life ahead of me...the desire to prove myself again and the feeling of insecurity that I will be playing from a position of weakness. Let me elaborate what I mean!
During my IIT K days, friends and seniors told me I was not good enough for an MBA. I was highly introvert and they thought I was incapable of good communication and leadership skills. I was believed to be good at puzzles and logic and not soft skills. Then like every aspirant, I used to hear the horror stories of IIMA and the rigors they are made to go through.....Reflecting on these things, I just think how naive I and my friends were. I proved myself wherever I wanted to be. People here were not as sauve and smart as I believed them to be. If I have to pinpoint on one thing which I have tremendously gained over these two years, it's self confidence. It feels good to know that you are at the top of things and that you can do stuffs your own way!
But more than the academic achievements, I consider my personal growth to be more significant. The awesome friendships, the grinding and unforgiving IIMA system, the tempo shouts, juices at Juice NB and....everything was like a rollercoaster. Life moved so fast, I did not have the time to even blink. I experienced so many new feelings and emotions, I thought I was never capable of.... and a person always grows richer by experience. I feel a lot more assured about my present and my future. So much has been gained and lost in these two years that it will always stay close to my heart. I never felt so angry and yet so connected to a place like this. IIMA graduates insisted to come IIMA for the experience it offers...I truly realize its meaning now. The bricks and buildings don't make an institute truly great, it's the people who create one....
In 2 months time I will be heading off to London leaving so much that I was familiar with and I had got used to. I carried out the responsibility of being a good student almost perfectly but I am aware that from now on everything is going to be unpredictable. There are few things that I always wanted to do and I am gonna do it. Work hard, party harder! I am gonna live life that way :)
Life has taught a lot in these two years ... and it's gonna stay for a long time. I will miss IIMA, its bricks, its people and a lot more...but I am gonna be successful!
During my IIT K days, friends and seniors told me I was not good enough for an MBA. I was highly introvert and they thought I was incapable of good communication and leadership skills. I was believed to be good at puzzles and logic and not soft skills. Then like every aspirant, I used to hear the horror stories of IIMA and the rigors they are made to go through.....Reflecting on these things, I just think how naive I and my friends were. I proved myself wherever I wanted to be. People here were not as sauve and smart as I believed them to be. If I have to pinpoint on one thing which I have tremendously gained over these two years, it's self confidence. It feels good to know that you are at the top of things and that you can do stuffs your own way!
But more than the academic achievements, I consider my personal growth to be more significant. The awesome friendships, the grinding and unforgiving IIMA system, the tempo shouts, juices at Juice NB and....everything was like a rollercoaster. Life moved so fast, I did not have the time to even blink. I experienced so many new feelings and emotions, I thought I was never capable of.... and a person always grows richer by experience. I feel a lot more assured about my present and my future. So much has been gained and lost in these two years that it will always stay close to my heart. I never felt so angry and yet so connected to a place like this. IIMA graduates insisted to come IIMA for the experience it offers...I truly realize its meaning now. The bricks and buildings don't make an institute truly great, it's the people who create one....
In 2 months time I will be heading off to London leaving so much that I was familiar with and I had got used to. I carried out the responsibility of being a good student almost perfectly but I am aware that from now on everything is going to be unpredictable. There are few things that I always wanted to do and I am gonna do it. Work hard, party harder! I am gonna live life that way :)
Life has taught a lot in these two years ... and it's gonna stay for a long time. I will miss IIMA, its bricks, its people and a lot more...but I am gonna be successful!
posted by Vikas Kumar @ 12:28 AM
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