The call that never came!!
Here I am, sitting dejected with my head held in my hands- a common response of students to failure. Yes, I’ve failed. Despite doing mediocre well in CAT(Common Admission Test)- 2013 and securing a call from IIM-Ahmedabad for WAT/PI, which I felt I had almost converted with a WL #3, stands shattered today on the 19 th of June, 2013. I too had a dream to pursue MBA from an institution of (inter)national repute. And this dream made me to lose my valuable Post-Graduate seat at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)- a premier research institute in India to chase the mysterious world of CAT . I had, in fact, grossly underestimated the level of arithmetic and linguistic skills which CAT expects from us. Nevertheless, in the very starting days of my preparation in August, 2013 I realized the level of competence I would need to be there- at the prestigious Indian Institute of Managements. After a series of intense preparation that included almost 14-16 hours of study,...