unforgettable..

In the end.. I wud ve given just abt anything to just get out of the process.. the stipend didnt matter.. neither did the company or the project!!!

the last 3 days were the most demanding ones of my life.. and the life of every IIMCian who got placed late in day 1 or still waiting for day 2!! not that the firms that come at this time are bad or anything.. the whose who of marketing n IT come... offering decent stipends n work et al.. its all abt peer pressure.. abt seeing ppl getting placed left rite n center.. n u not even given a chance.. no short lists.. no interviews.. no nothin!! u report at 730 in the morning.. n then keep on checking shortlists after shortlists to see whether ur name is there or not!! and finally, u get 1 interview call.. n u gotta wait till 730 in the evening to get done with the interview.. u dont convert it.. u get back to ur room.. n the realization dawns upon u that tomorrow wud just be like today!!

Finally, however, u do get placed.. n when u do.. that day becomes the most memorable one of ur life!! its relief... its freedom!! n to commemorate the situation.. the ritual is just as distinctive!! the entire batch gathers at the Placement block.. the PlaceReps read the list of ppl who have got placed in that round.. u sign the official OOPS register (thats Out of Placements).. amidst the deafening sound of 300 odd ppl clapping for u!!!

n next day.. its not done.. by now ur in love with the process.. so u the need to give something back.. u volunteer.. u fetch, track, feed n help out ur batchmates who r not already placed!!n ensure that the process is just as smooth for them as it was for u!!

unforgettable!!