Term 3 was eminently disappointing. No the grades haven’t come out, and yes, I loved the classes – it’s just that I don’t think I was quite ‘in the groove’. Once the grades do come out, I think I will just stand up, dust myself, and move on.
Some highlights of the term that was:
1) NR Prabhala (Corporate Finance) – what a prof! Everything was so easy-going in his class – you want to bunk, go right ahead. You don’t want to finish the entire assignment, that’s ok you still get full credit for having finished more than 1/2 of it correctly. You want extra questions in the exam so I can pick the best, by all means. I loved it. And his mastery of the subject. Oh, you have to be in class to believe it. What a treat to see him delve into a case. And yet…and yet, the subject eluded me. Some took to it like fish to water. I struggled to stay afloat and I have the sinking feeling that all the life-jackets won’t save me in the finals. I just hope I have retained enough to serve me well in the Investments course next term
2) Entrepreneurship – cases were fun, made more fun by the ‘twist in the tale’ which the prof would reveal to us in his postscript. I especially loved the one where….on second thoughts I shouldn’t kill the suspense. But yes, the Paul Olsen case was ‘interesting’. And of course, we had 2 cases where the entrepreneurs themselves were part of our class (Jay Dehejia and Mrs. Handa). But the highlight of this course was the project we had to do. I got a chance to meet a director of Karvy, Mr. PVP. If ever one needs to learn the value of perseverance, one should meet him. Phenomenal hour of learning just sitting in an interview with him. That itself made this subject total paisa vasool 
Managerial Accounting and Operations Management were alright (I enjoyed the latter more because it’s a good problem solving subject and also has a nice little game called Littlefield, built into the course). I didn’t fare so well on the exams though – both these papers had pretty long finals.
Had Narayana Murthy and a couple other bigwigs visit us, which is always fun. Participated in an Independence Day Quiz Series (spread over 5 days), which was won by yours truly (no skills required except for being the fastest finger at googling).
Term 4 promises to be just as hectic as Term 3, not so much from a subject matter standpoint, but because of placement fever slowly gripping students. The resume buds have begun blooming and I’ll be busy helping the Consulting club with some activities. Not to mention b-school competitions.
This term break was very short, IMO. I managed to stay home most of the time (apart from the obligatory Chilukur visit) to finish up all sorts of personal stuff. Also finished watching the Star Wars trilogy (the original) which I was wanting to do for a while now. Will watch a couple more movies and enjoy the remainder of the weekend and not think about studies. Now if only the Olympics were during the break. But what a treat that was. Especially with Mr. Bindra getting India gold! We’re definitely on the move…
JR,
considering this was your first term with any war wounds, I would take that as a good practice bout. You have another 5 rounds to defeat the enemy (wonder who that is!).
Summer term 1 finished for us and I already feel violated. The first real term starts for us now with the core courses, along with all the social clubs and the internship fever in the side. Yippee!! Read details on my blog (www.ionbusiness.wordpress.com)
SK