Re-Start

Its been a long time that I have not wrote anything and hence would like to pen down all that I learned and earned in last two years. I would like to start from the point where I left blogging here i.e. the interview experience.

THE TURNING POINT

I had interview calls from IIM L, IIM K, IIM I, MDI, IMT and MICA. I attended all except MICA. All these interviews were done by second week of April and I was on my venture to start business. All throughout April the only focus I had was to start a new business. At the same time I was supposed to decide between doing MBA and the business plan. It was clear that if I get through any IIM then I would join otherwise I would continue to pursue the B-plan. I don’t remember the exact date but I think it was 28^th April when my interview results for IIM L was out and I was shocked to see that I didn’t make it. I felt very exhausted and started sweating thinking that I did everything correct and still I was not able to make it. I was confused as well because the message it was displaying was generally not what is displayed when a person doesn’t make through. Hence I decided to enter my CAT ID one more time without the suffix SR and then there it was. Dream come true, I had made it into IIM Lucknow. I checked again and again to be doubly sure about it and then I called my mom, “I got through IIM Lucknow.” She said, “Good. Congrats. Come home soon.” The conversation was too short for such occasion but in some time my family and relatives came to know about it. Everyone was happy with the result except one, my friend and business partner Varun.  But as promised to him we still kept working on business plan as now I would be idea partner only. Social media has really changed the way we communicate and within few days there were more than 200 member in IIM Lucknow 2012. Me and my future batch-mate were discussing regarding about life at IIM Lucknow with seniors. We also had a small meeting of future hel(L)ers and seniors. All enthusiastic bunch went to fresher-alumni meet where only recent alumni and very few old alumni were present. Everyone just ate and boozed and had small introduction kind of thing for freshers, but that reminded again me of my early engineering days. I had many meeting lined up in June and I was travelling from Aurangabad to Delhi to Chandigarh and then to Lucknow. It was funny to meet MD of one of well know K-12 business brand in Delhi and talking about taking their franchisee. He was not that serious but when I told him I am going to join IIM Lucknow and the infra partner is cousin of my business partner he was all ears. After finishing our meeting Varun left for Chandigarh and I went to meet my cousins who were there in Delhi. Now I was supposed to go all alone from Delhi to Chandigarh and but then luckily I was blessed with a good looking girl sitting next to me. We started talking and kept on talking till she got down at some place very close to Chandigarh. Thanks to social media we still are in touch. In Chandigarh we met an education consultant and post that I rushed back to Mumbai. I wrapped my packing in 2 days and I was all set to for the Hel(L).