"So, how do we kill the monsters that plague our lives?
We don't, we fight them every day and keep fighting them and hope never to lose."
I once saw a movie with that dialogue worked into it and I cannot help but discover the relations that can be drawn between the idea behind the movie and the experience of giving management entrance tests. Of course, the movie had a much deeper concept of fighting the ill tendencies that crop up in our minds and behaving like decent, civilized human beings while really wanting to kill most of the people we meet every day, but it also rings a bell when describing how MBA entrance tests never seem to stop. The workload itself is pretty low. Close to 8 hours a day and you're good, considering the B.Tech. degree to my belt, that's peanuts, but what really gets you is the way it is dragged out from one month to the next. CMAT in one month, CAT in the next, IIFT and NMAT in another month altogether not to mention SNAP and XAT with their own unique schedules. At this rate, I'd rather have another go at the GRE. Now there was an exam. Easy in, get it over with and get out! If you have to retake the exam, the syllabus and the preparation remains the same, but in the case of management entrance exams, some exams have GK sections, some have more time, most have negative marking though not all. As a result, each tests demands not just a different strategy, but a completely different mindset or approach to prepare for them.
Well, now that my complaining is done, I'm off to slay demons once again.
We don't, we fight them every day and keep fighting them and hope never to lose."
I once saw a movie with that dialogue worked into it and I cannot help but discover the relations that can be drawn between the idea behind the movie and the experience of giving management entrance tests. Of course, the movie had a much deeper concept of fighting the ill tendencies that crop up in our minds and behaving like decent, civilized human beings while really wanting to kill most of the people we meet every day, but it also rings a bell when describing how MBA entrance tests never seem to stop. The workload itself is pretty low. Close to 8 hours a day and you're good, considering the B.Tech. degree to my belt, that's peanuts, but what really gets you is the way it is dragged out from one month to the next. CMAT in one month, CAT in the next, IIFT and NMAT in another month altogether not to mention SNAP and XAT with their own unique schedules. At this rate, I'd rather have another go at the GRE. Now there was an exam. Easy in, get it over with and get out! If you have to retake the exam, the syllabus and the preparation remains the same, but in the case of management entrance exams, some exams have GK sections, some have more time, most have negative marking though not all. As a result, each tests demands not just a different strategy, but a completely different mindset or approach to prepare for them.
Well, now that my complaining is done, I'm off to slay demons once again.
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