Life in AIM
Its been two weeks of classes already. I had never dreamt that life in a B School could be so tough. My earlier perception was that there could be no institution that could match the intellectual rigors of IITs. But AIM has changed that. In IIT I could still manage to sleep for a good 6-7 hours. But here it is different. Eveyday I end up waking till 3 am and still find my reading assignments incomplete, and the toughest part comes in the morning, when I have to wake for the 8 am class - uffff, I never knew how painful it is to cut your sleep. I have never longed for weekends as I do these days.
The best part of Asian Institute of Management is the quality of faculty and their teaching methodologies. AIM was basically set up in collaboration with Havard. So the case study methodology is at the heart of the teaching method. This method is backed up by some very scientific and excellent approach of dividing the whole group in to learning teams. During the orientation program each one of us was supposed to take a psychological test. Basically this test classified the whole class as per their psychological preferences. Then based upon the results of these tests, academic background, nationality and gender, the whole batch was divided into groups of six. So now I find myself in a group which has one person each from military (8 years work ex), entrepreneurship( 2.5 years work ex), insurance (4 years work ex), education industry (3 years work ex), IT consultancy (3.5 years of work ex) and me being the only engineer (2 years of work ex). My learning experience in this group has been fantastic.
When it comes to a city, then there is nothing like Makati City - at least when comparing with India. Makati city is the Nariman Point of Philippines, or I should say that Nariman Point is the Makati City of India. I have never seen anything as posh as Makati City in India. It is an amazing place, with the best brand outlets within 500 meters of the institute. Pubs, discotheques, malls - you name it and you have it. This is in stark contrast to what we have at the institute - a tough curriculum which does not give us much time to enjoy the material beauties of life, at least during the weekdays.
So in short, life at Asian Institute of Management is a roller coaster ride - full of stress and fun at the same time.
The best part of Asian Institute of Management is the quality of faculty and their teaching methodologies. AIM was basically set up in collaboration with Havard. So the case study methodology is at the heart of the teaching method. This method is backed up by some very scientific and excellent approach of dividing the whole group in to learning teams. During the orientation program each one of us was supposed to take a psychological test. Basically this test classified the whole class as per their psychological preferences. Then based upon the results of these tests, academic background, nationality and gender, the whole batch was divided into groups of six. So now I find myself in a group which has one person each from military (8 years work ex), entrepreneurship( 2.5 years work ex), insurance (4 years work ex), education industry (3 years work ex), IT consultancy (3.5 years of work ex) and me being the only engineer (2 years of work ex). My learning experience in this group has been fantastic.
When it comes to a city, then there is nothing like Makati City - at least when comparing with India. Makati city is the Nariman Point of Philippines, or I should say that Nariman Point is the Makati City of India. I have never seen anything as posh as Makati City in India. It is an amazing place, with the best brand outlets within 500 meters of the institute. Pubs, discotheques, malls - you name it and you have it. This is in stark contrast to what we have at the institute - a tough curriculum which does not give us much time to enjoy the material beauties of life, at least during the weekdays.
So in short, life at Asian Institute of Management is a roller coaster ride - full of stress and fun at the same time.
posted by Mandeep Singh Sethi | 7:27 AM
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