u/DreamlandSuphapol

Talked to a few of my mentors and given the current market situation almost everyone advised me to choose FMS over IIM Bangalore.
This are few of the insights that I received from the mentors I have talked to:

1. IIM Bangalore is overly competitive and not everyone gets a good package. And, I am not talking about the past academics, but everything about Bangalore is nothing but glorified inflated placement reports which they display to lure students.

2. The reason IIM Bangalore don't audit their placement reports is clear from the packages that are being offered. You must have heard about 100+ unplaced in SIP season of 2023 well, that is not just the case of 2023. Force opt outs and lower packages are also a thing at this old IIM.

3. The college is now focusing more on earning money than providing education. The PGP BA program is just so that they can rake in some extra bucks into their pocket. And starting UG program is another money minting scheme which they are running.

4. Roles - You want to get into consulting, are you beautiful, have tier 1 UG, 999 profile, if no, sorry this is not the place to B. And if you lack more than 2 of these, Telesales all the way for you.

5. Egoistic Professors - In the classroom you mention consulting, your entire career and CGPA is down the line. They don't want to hear the name consulting in their years. Not just this, you argue with the professor even if they are wrong, your career is already over.

I was myself shocked after hearing all this and there are a lot of other things that I have been told by few of my mentors, which I will be disclosing in the upcoming posts.

And yeah, I have decided to save my 30 lakhs, I know situation in FMS is also not glittery but at least I would be free of the loan trap.