It was July 15, finally the college has begun online as everyone is in lockdown. I was half happy as I will be able to start the journey virtaully. Most of us didnt know each other and we were anxious as to how this is going to be. The college took some great initiatives to break the ice between us. We were divided into groups based on our states and were given a task to make videos representing the place we come from, culture, and the diversity of our batch. Google meet came to our rescue. We had number of meets, discussed where we came from, hobbies, interests, unique talents and finally were able to find that things that we had in common. It was the first meet we had with anyone other than our families after the lockdown has begun. So, It was even more exciting.
After this we met the seniors who were supportive in making us understand the MBA life and how it is going to be in the virtual world. The college being completely student driven, the seniors took the responsibility of making us ready for the MBA rigour. We were given the best quality assignments and were asked to research by ourselves and submit them within the deadline. This was our introduction to the life in b school. With these assignments, We understood what areas we should focus more on, as we came for different educational backgrounds.
The induction ceremony followed by the Director of the college and the faculty who have assured that all this going to be a very interactive process and we will not feel we are missing anything due to these virtual sessions. The classes started in the microsoft teams and It was new to all of us attending the lectures virtually. We were interacting with the lecturers, accessing library online, peer learning through google meets and many more.
Meanwhile, selection for the committess have begun. It was an exciting week of applying to all the committess, clearing the rounds was a great experience. We were managing the classes, preparing for the assignments, committee work and still managing time rejuvenate from the hectic schedules. In this process, we were wondering how exhilirating it would have been If we were in the college and done it all with the batchmates. Having people around gives a different color to the b school life. However, in the history, no one has ever experienced this kind of start to their b school journey. We will be the first batch and hopefully the last to experince this which makes it more exciting. Our batch's start will be the only b school story that is going to be in the history and it will be most memorable journey for sure.
I have understood one thing in this MBA journey. We, the whole batch of 2020-22, have had big dreams to get into the b school and make the most of it. Even though we weren't able to meet, get in the college or didnt even visit the college we have enrolled in, nothing stopped us from being connected to the idea of being together in the college. As the saying goes, "Uncertanity is the mother of invention", we found ways of reaching out to each other even we were miles away. We have come to this place to learn and make our dreams come true. We let nothing effect us in this process. We fought with the pandemic and made the best out of our virtual classes and meets. Having said that we were more connected to the people now whom we might not be so in touch with even we meet in the college.
MBA life is all about experiencing. The experience is phenominal in these two months of the b school journey. Can't wait to get to the college and experience the rigour, culture, learnings, form frienships in real.
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