“Time is apt for MBA”, the thought struck me a little while back, and I started preparing for GMAT. Hmm, no, it’s been a year, sorry, I think couple, ahhh, ok, I admit it was 2005 (Four years if you have some trouble counting this large phase) when I gave my first shot at the coveted CAT exam. Please don’t prejudice your views with the only little information that I have revealed. I am better, trust me, it’s only because of reasons listed later that I haven’t tasted success yet. Dear readers (if there are any), how I have fared is not what I want to focus today, in fact it’s some random stuff which will be the centre of attention. Stuff like, the struggles because of (yes, it’s not “of”, it’s “because of”) common regular educated youth of India, de “Aam Youth” and some other “Bekar fundas”. I am not going to be politically motivated rebellion kind, but of a soft spoken, ready to discuss and agreeable type.
3 years into the largely accepted “Life Saviour” - IT industry for de “Us” kind (de “Aam Youth”) and I cannot or don’t want to answer 2 elementary questions. “How are you doing in your job” and “Do you like it”. My reaction to this is quite similar to that of a young man from the USofA, if asked “Dude, you 25, are you a virgin?” Totally embarrassed, and don’t want to face the situation. Even if I want to get out of this syndrome, I can’t, simply can’t. The reason - I live in a country with a population of over a billion; a major chunk of it constitutes the youth. And the good part is, it’s Indian youth. Ya, de same with huge amounts of brain and dedication and perseverance and hard working capabilities and hell with these people. I know, am being illogical, having the above mentioned qualities is perhaps good for Indian future, but still, damn with it! I told you in de beginning, am going to be an understanding bloke.
I went through a book written for GMAT. It said, almost nonchalantly, “For this topic, the native English speakers have an edge as they just can listen to their ears. It’s an intuitive part of their society to get these questions correct. For non native speakers, ahhm, it’s difficult, you gotta memorize things”. If this were a reading comprehension, I would have concluded in these short and sweet words “Get lost you non native buggers, you don’t stand a chance”. It all started when the book explained how we do not use, for example “Range Between”, it’s “Range from” in English. It’s an idiom. Irritated, I shot back, “Wot de _”, how am I supposed to remember all these typical English rules.
Sorry, but I forgot to tell you why I have shifted my focus to GMAT from CAT. Look, first and foremost, the name CAT doesn’t sound chic, secondly - whereas GMAT exam is of an “Adaptive” nature, CAT is of an “Addictive” nature, you just want to sit for this exam year after year after year. And moreover, I have lots of money to spend and GMAT is on an average 5 times costlier. Simple, straight and simple. That’s precisely not the reason friends, the reason is CAT is one tricky exam which I can’t crack because of the large Indian population funda which I gave. And because I could not answer the 2 basic questions pointed out earlier about my current job, I want to move on and the only choice left is – Get away from this Indian youth.
A little more on this Indian youth, they are everywhere I go. They were there when I gave my Engineering entrance exams where Yours Truly got a rank of 104000 in IIT entrance exam, yes, you heard it right, just missed getting admission by a whisker (just had to better 1 Lakh people rite). After 4 bright years of college in Manipal where I studied Electrical & Electronics Engg with great vigour and determination, I thought I loved my branch. I learnt about circuits and transformers and became a Master in all subjects related to the word “Current”. Fortunately, logic prevailed and I quickly stepped out of this stream and joined an IT company. Now, the same youth was here as well. It’s not that I hadn’t expected it, but it was odd. Now, I wanted to give CAT and it was there too. It has launched itself to GMAT recently with vengeance and looking to infuse this exam with the same level of competitive spirit which dis “Aam Youth” is associated with.
On a serious note, it’s nothing of this sort, if you are good, you shall make it. Point is, it’s impossible to be good. ;)
Yours Truly,
De Frustrated One
3 years into the largely accepted “Life Saviour” - IT industry for de “Us” kind (de “Aam Youth”) and I cannot or don’t want to answer 2 elementary questions. “How are you doing in your job” and “Do you like it”. My reaction to this is quite similar to that of a young man from the USofA, if asked “Dude, you 25, are you a virgin?” Totally embarrassed, and don’t want to face the situation. Even if I want to get out of this syndrome, I can’t, simply can’t. The reason - I live in a country with a population of over a billion; a major chunk of it constitutes the youth. And the good part is, it’s Indian youth. Ya, de same with huge amounts of brain and dedication and perseverance and hard working capabilities and hell with these people. I know, am being illogical, having the above mentioned qualities is perhaps good for Indian future, but still, damn with it! I told you in de beginning, am going to be an understanding bloke.
I went through a book written for GMAT. It said, almost nonchalantly, “For this topic, the native English speakers have an edge as they just can listen to their ears. It’s an intuitive part of their society to get these questions correct. For non native speakers, ahhm, it’s difficult, you gotta memorize things”. If this were a reading comprehension, I would have concluded in these short and sweet words “Get lost you non native buggers, you don’t stand a chance”. It all started when the book explained how we do not use, for example “Range Between”, it’s “Range from” in English. It’s an idiom. Irritated, I shot back, “Wot de _”, how am I supposed to remember all these typical English rules.
Sorry, but I forgot to tell you why I have shifted my focus to GMAT from CAT. Look, first and foremost, the name CAT doesn’t sound chic, secondly - whereas GMAT exam is of an “Adaptive” nature, CAT is of an “Addictive” nature, you just want to sit for this exam year after year after year. And moreover, I have lots of money to spend and GMAT is on an average 5 times costlier. Simple, straight and simple. That’s precisely not the reason friends, the reason is CAT is one tricky exam which I can’t crack because of the large Indian population funda which I gave. And because I could not answer the 2 basic questions pointed out earlier about my current job, I want to move on and the only choice left is – Get away from this Indian youth.
A little more on this Indian youth, they are everywhere I go. They were there when I gave my Engineering entrance exams where Yours Truly got a rank of 104000 in IIT entrance exam, yes, you heard it right, just missed getting admission by a whisker (just had to better 1 Lakh people rite). After 4 bright years of college in Manipal where I studied Electrical & Electronics Engg with great vigour and determination, I thought I loved my branch. I learnt about circuits and transformers and became a Master in all subjects related to the word “Current”. Fortunately, logic prevailed and I quickly stepped out of this stream and joined an IT company. Now, the same youth was here as well. It’s not that I hadn’t expected it, but it was odd. Now, I wanted to give CAT and it was there too. It has launched itself to GMAT recently with vengeance and looking to infuse this exam with the same level of competitive spirit which dis “Aam Youth” is associated with.
On a serious note, it’s nothing of this sort, if you are good, you shall make it. Point is, it’s impossible to be good. ;)
Yours Truly,
De Frustrated One
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