I am anxious. I am nervous. I am confused. I am what i am not !

At such an important juncture of time, when i should have been at my best, i am feeling anxiety. I know everything, i have good acads, wonderful extra curricular actvities to show, how to carry myself in those thirty mins, but when i start thinking about it, i feel a fear. But it should not be so. IIMs profs are very polite, jovial. They laugh with you but not at you. I have to be confident and be calm, thats it.

Having got three IIM calls from A,C and I (don’t know, how B,L and K are extra special !). I have crossed the first hurdle, which is perhaps the most difficult and now things are simple. IIMs GDs as far as i know, are very cultured and owing to high stakes, and a lot of grooming by coaching classes and portals like PagalGuy, students refrain from any fish market situation types. And plus GDs are always my strength. (I should not write that i have been kicked out from an important GD of mine after i have become central target of everyone’s attack and everybody was pointing at me. But in all that was a big learning experience.) So in this case, i will wonderfully deal with GD and casestudies, whatever (in IIMs case, one should be prepare for everything!).

As far as PI is concerned, here comes the real catch. Personally, i feel that its the PI which decides ur selection/rejection. Fine, there are other aspects too like GD, CAT percentile, Extra activities, CGPA etc etc. but if you mess up in your PI, then you don’t stand any chance while in reverse case, even if you don’t have high CAT percentile or CGPA but you are able to make a good impression on the panel, you are in !

My coaching institute make me prepare a lot of questions. I have done too, and i am sure that i am not going to get anything concrete out of that exercise except the fact that i now know myself much better like why i wish to do particular thing or not. I am percieving my interview to be in three parts. The first being direct acads question. I have an intuition that as soon as i’ll enter the room, even before being sitted, i’ll be asked, “Tell me something about ABC analysis” or “What is predicate logic [:(]? “. So, i have to make an impression at that very moment. I might be knowing the answer very well and i might not be knowing too, but what’s more important is that i have to carry myself during that time. I should say confidently that sir. i don’t know or i can’t recall at present or something but very confidently instead of mumbling/fumbling/stammering something that’s not audible even to myself. Obviously, i can’t answer every question.

I’ll get into A if i’ll be able to direct the interview, which is obviously an extreme smart case with A profs. They might allow me or not too ! But i have to try, i have to convey them that i am the guy who deserve this place and this place deserve me too [:P] (jyada ho gaya kya? )On a serious note, the way i am going to answer the first four question in first 30-40 seconds is going to decide the further course and perhaps even my admission (how important are those 30 seconds…)

Hey, don’t you feel so that i know everything. I know that i am one of the superbrains at present and have to compete with guys alsmost as good as me, then still y this anxiety ? Perhaps the stakes are too high ! The best B-school of Asia, toughest school to get admission into, the mecca of management education. Let this anxiety evaporate.