Do you seriously think that the title is a welcome message???
It is NOT.
It is the expression used by everyone around (faculty, seniors, friends who have been to other B-Schools, even your own classmates) to tell you that - you better pull up your socks and get ready for the action.
Two months into the course, and we still get to hear these three golden words at least once every day (okay, I exaggerated a little). Every other conversation seems to end in a “Welcome to MBA” message.
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Me: Ma’am, I feel that you are going too fast with certain concepts in class. I am not able to digest things at this rate. Can you slow down a bit?
Faculty: I can understand your problem, but this is how it works in the MBA world – “Welcome to MBA”.
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Committee Member: Please update your profile latest by 11:59:59 pm today.
Me: Yaar, I got to prepare for another test tomorrow.
Committee Member: Yes, I know. But this is equally important. You got to manage your time dude – “Welcome to MBA”.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Me (to a senior): Yaar, my biggest problem is that I am not able to manage time effectively.
Senior: Aha (smirks) – “Welcome to MBA”.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Blog Publisher: Hey man, you are not part of any committee, so you must be relatively free.
Me: (Scratching head) mm..aann..no..haan!!
Blog Publisher: Great, then why don’t you write something for our blog?
Me: (Scratching head vigorously by now) But where is the time to write anything other than those freaking assignments :-/
Blog Publisher: “Welcome to MBA”, my friend.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Me (to canteen boy): Yaar, jaldi 1 chai de yaar, got to go for class.
Canteen boy: Hehe .. sir .. you always seem to be in a hurry .. “Bhelcome to MBA” :)
Mridul Baldi
