The mystery of confidentiality in B-schools

Almost 90% of the things in B-schools are "confidential". Starting from placement reports to as innocuous things like hostel room allocation, the entire processes are shrouded in mystery. A few at the helm of power control all the things that go on in the campus. And people who have networks with these high and almighty usually get all the advantages in the world.

Networking-- that's one word I am starting to hate after 10 months in B-schools. People don't form friendships here, they network. Network with the placecom guys, and they will push your CV during the summers process. Network with the acadcom guys and they will save your butt during hostel rooms allocation, in spite of you missing the required criteria. And some poor souls, who still haven't understood the importance of such "exchange relationships" will bear the brunt. In fact, the level of politics that goes on in B-schools is mind-boggling. It's more than office politics.

Every B-school tries to incorporate ethics among their students and most of them have full-credit courses on them. But what's the point? Sorry to say, but some of the most unethical guys and girls end up in these hallowed campuses and they start their game of politics from the first day on campus. Random fudging of achievements to make those CVs look better, logging in with others' ids in the acads portal to gain advantage at the cost of others are so common that people don't care about these things. Now this is more alarming than the "crimes" themselves. Most of the students have an attitude of "as long as it doesn't hurt me, I don't care". And all hail the peer pressure. Normal people can go crazy and lose the ethics and moral values that they have learnt in the last 20-25 years of their lives and commit something crazy which they wouldn't have dared to think of before joining the campus.

Just hope that I pass out of this place with my integrity intact.