The elective terms have started... ISB is very different these days. During the core terms there was a common thread running through all the students. All of us had the same profs, assignments, tests, exams, groups, sections... All that has changed in a single sweeping moment. Each of us now have different schedules, different profs, multiple sections, different tests... But its good fun. From this term on, we dont need to take subjects which we dont like. We even have freedom to choose the pedagogy (to a limited extent). So most of us dont complain these days.
On the other side the action is even getting better. The placement fever is slowly catching up. International companies have started flowing in. The scene as of now looks bright and sunny. Every ISB student nowadays carries his resume on a A4 sheet. Trespassers would be severely punished and asked to review his/ her resume. Almost four times a week we have one company or the other coming to ISB for an official pre-placement talk. At the end of every talk atleast 75% of the students mentally make a note that this is the company they want to join in. The other 25% would have already made that decision before the talk began.
This apart we also have the flagship events of various clubs lined up. The flagship events of the Real Estate and the Pharma club just got over. The events of the Marketing, Net Impact and the Finance clubs are scheduled for the near future.
Finally, almost every student is busy participating in the countless B-school competitions which come our way. We can do anything. We can write research papers, design mutual funds, make a marketing plan for an MNC for a multi continent launch, answer 100 questions in 30 minutes, advice a multi billion dollar company for an India entry strategy, study emerging trends in technology, advice leading CEOs what should be their next steps, write business plans.... anything.
Anything for just another bullet point in our resume to differentiate ourselves from 425 other most sought after b-school grads...
