As mentioned in the previous article having a
master’s degree is really important in today’s scenario and if you want an MBA
degree you have to work for it. Getting into any B school is easy but if you
dream of getting into the top B schools you better roll up your sleeves. For
getting into a good institute you will first have to beat other students in
entrance exams like CAT, XAT, MAT, CMAT, NMAT etc. Even if you succeed in
scoring really well your battle is not over yet. It has just begun. One of the
major decisions a management degree aspirant has to make is the college or
course he or she wants to pursue. The problem is all the more acute thanks to the
multiple degrees on offer – MMS, MBA, PGDM, PGDBM, PGPM, PGDIM, etc. In most
cases, there are not sufficient differentiators among the various courses on
offer. Since complete information is not available, students have to make
assumptions and take potentially risky decisions based on these assumptions.
Depending on the course which you select you will have to go through a
selection process which will include their internal test, group discussion,
personal interview etc depending on the institute. After doing all this and
getting selected what is it that we get in return? In India there are more than
3000 MBA institutes but not many provide either an average package equivalent
to half of their MBA cost or even 100% placements. So which institute you
select has a great impact on what outcome you will gain after completing those
two years. After knowing all this, in my opinion getting into the top institutes
is like fighting a war. You never know what may happen.