LUMS -- Lahore University of mis-Management Sciences well well well...IBA this and IBA that....frankly my friends i am not in the least bit amused by IBA nor its so called ``prestige``..I do recognise and respect that it is a good University but the maturity of the students is a different matter, as can be seen by the patriotic rhetoric without any sound reasoning .LUMS may have its faults but to deny it the recognition and respect that it surely deserves and to reduce it to the level of other Universities is nothing more than a travesty of standards. LUMS has the best MBA degree in all of the country and its market value is very high indeed. I am not just sayin what i please but bare facts; my own sister was a LUMS graduate and she was offered a vocation by Arthur Anderson which is was at that time one of the most reputed organisations known. Her first job in Pakistan was at a STARTING salary of Rs 60,000. I think this ONE example is enough to dispel any apprehentions about sending ones children to this instiution.

Furthermore my first year at LUMS has been remarkable and despite some of the TEMPORARY constraints, i have learned more about my abilites and limits than can possibly be imagined. The faculty is world class with teachers from Harvard, princeton etc. Setting all this aside LUMS has been bold enough to introduce cutting edge law programmes and initiating an engineering department.

Yes the triple occupancy is the situation prevailing at present but that is to be corrected within this year as the new hostel is nearing completion. Also the story of hostelites not having door knobs and basic essentials is pure rubbish as i am from the batch of 2007 and i can account for the fact that we were accorded all the privilages and luxuries that we recieved at home. There is no truth in that particular tale.

I just wanted to clear these matters up as i believe that bashing an institution just for the sake of gaining some cheap points for ones own University is really immature. I hope no one minds this posting but i respect all other Universities but can not stand by to see mine disrespected.