With smaller system boundaries, the good news is that I got admits from IIMB and IIMC, and bad news is that I am unable to decide between the two. All the advice I have sought from friends in this regard has just added to my confusion.
Here is an exercise to put an end to it. The relative weights given are subject to my perception (and all you friends because you are the cause of bias), and may not represent the reality. The favourabilities are approximated on a scale of 100, 100 being the most favourable case. For example, I am expecting some rigour in both IIMB and IIMC, so peace factor has a less favourability value in both (yeah, blame relative grading!!).
| Factor | Weight | IIMB | IIMC | B score | C score |
| reputation | 6 | 99 | 95 | 594 | 570 |
| maths | 2 | 70 | 80 | 140 | 160 |
| peace | 4 | 15 | 25 | 60 | 100 |
| climate | 1 | 85 | 40 | 85 | 40 |
| campus, mess | 1 | 80 | 65 | 80 | 65 |
| distance from pune | 1.5 | 70 | 40 | 105 | 60 |
| ease in moving | 0.75 | 90 | 40 | 67.5 | 30 |
| friends in/near city | 0.5 | 80 | 50 | 40 | 25 |
| proximity to city | 0.5 | 65 | 45 | 32.5 | 22.5 |
| traffic in city | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| diversity of students * | 0.5 | 86 | 83 | 43 | 41.5 |
| rock culture in pubs | 0.5 | 50 | 85 | 25 | 42.5 |
| rock shows | 0.1 | 95 | 60 | 9.5 | 6 |
| interview ** | 0.25 | 90 | 50 | 22.5 | 12.5 |
| TOTAL | | | | 1304 | 1175 |
** Based upon my own view that my PI was interesting
For one of my senior's advice ("You will like it here in C") I would add bonus 100 to IIMC's score.
We still have the winner - B by quite a small margin ~2.5% (and what else would one expect!).
Disclaimer: The outcome of this exercise does not assure that it will be same as the actual choice. I reserve all rights to discard this outcome and flip a coin instead.
(Congrats to all who made it - Sahan, Aravind, Lather, Churu, Majhi, Nishant, KC and others. Hard luck for who could not convert the calls they wanted, there is something else waiting for you this time.)
