How not to prepare for IIFT

A tutorial with a difference. I am aware that many (or rather most) of you are already aware that IIFT stands for Indian Institute of Fashion Technology. Well, that is not the IIFT I am going to talk about about here. I am talking about Indian Institute of Foreign Trade which provides a flagship MBA programme in International business. IIFT conducts its own entrance exam which acts as a premeditated warning mechanism to all those who are ill prepared for CAT and other MBA entrance examinations that they are going to be royally fucked. For instance, me.

Now before I tuck in and attempt to drive away these mental ghosts of how I wasted the entire week on the pretext of relaxing my frayed nerves before IIFT exam, let me give out some advice for free for those who believe they can crack it with proper guidance this time next year.

First of all, make sure you do not involve yourself in any sort of online share trading simulation game which will eat away you entire day. After you make sure of that fix your sleeping habit, if you sleep too late or wake up late or do both. Try to get into a normal routine and don’t screw around with your body clock. It is extremely sensitive and once broken, can’t be fixed in time, not even by the expert Swiss watch makers. Next comes your time-table. Take out some time to relax but DON’T use that pretext to play Resident Evil 5 at a friend place late into the evening. (Off topic note: Resident Evil 5 is awesome. Check out the gfx) Moving on, if there is some book in the house that you are dying to read, (like Chetan Bhagat’s IIMA motivational story, 2 States) cover it in a sheet of brown paper and lock it away in some obscure cupboard. DO NOT stay up whole night reading the book, laughing hoarsely and waking up neighbours. In case, there is no other choice than to do so, then make sure you DO NOT relate it to your own lost love and frustrations regarding it. It will keep you up for a couple more hours and make you feel miserable. And most importantly, double check to make sure, that after such a night you DO NOT have an AIMCAT scheduled. Because if you fuck that up on the day prior to IIFT, owing to whatever reason, then instead of being motivated and gung-ho about the exam tomorrow, you’d be sitting here and writing a post regarding what not to before IIFT. Enough advice already.

Not much time left. I still have to ping everyone who is online in my list and ask for *best of luck* wishes. I suppose that just about clears up any misgivings you might have been harbouring regarding my earth shattering preparation and confidence. –sic-

Later

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