how much do extra cirriculars and CGPA's matter for CAT

Hi all, I am new to this forum.I have just started preparing for CAT and most probabl y i will be appearing in CAT 08.So i just wanted to know how much do Extra cirricular activities and CGPI matters in CAT process.I am currently in my 5th se…

Hi all,

I am new to this forum.I have just started preparing for CAT and most probabl y i will be appearing in CAT 08.So i just wanted to know how much do Extra cirricular activities and CGPI matters in CAT process.I am currently in my 5th sem pursuing my BTECH(IT) degree and my CGPI is a terribly low at 7.25.Also there are no xtra cirriculars activities as such.

My understanding is that if you have the minimum scores to qualify for CAT you will be allowed to give the CAT. High CGPI and xcurris don't matter for giving the CAT. To be shortlisted for GDPI at most IIMs you need a high CAT score. But to get selected to IIM a high CGPI and good xcurris will matter.

cat_a_gal Says
My understanding is that if you have the minimum scores to qualify for CAT you will be allowed to give the CAT. High CGPI and xcurris don't matter for giving the CAT. To be shortlisted for GDPI at most IIMs you need a high CAT score. But to get selected to IIM a high CGPI and good xcurris will matter.


how much will they matter ? thats the question.

i have 55% marks(nd have had 14 backlogs) and no eca and no work ex. got 99.94 and 99.6%ile in the 2 mock cats tht i gave. does 99.9% ile in CAT virtually guarantee me a place in iims ?

cud someone tell us abt the weightage given by IIMs to various factors:

cat score
gd
pi
academics
extra curricular
work ex

i have a similar academic record as well with 65 percent in graduation and completing the course in an extra year and some decent extra curri and to top it all no work ex either (still looking for a job).




Honestly even an amazing acad and a decent extra curri doesnt get u through after gettinga high cat score . u never know when it comes to the cat and u never know much about the final admission offer as well. I guess at ur end all u can do is give ur best shot and who knows u could get lucky. And as far as bad acads, no extra curri and no work ex is concerned . People havin all the three virtues too sometimes dont make it.(Thats why they havea gd/pi for some reason or the other to show ur potential )

so keep ur fingers crossed !

cheers
shyam

P.S People with even worse academic record than u have made it to the iims . u might find many if u carefully look at PG.

thanx all of u for quick reply,

Well its not that i dont have Xtra cirricular activities.Well i did nothin in school to be honest but after joining coll(IIIT-A)i do involved myself in many xtra-cirrricular activities and also currently follow many sports like cricket,tennis,F1 etc.. but the problem is that i dont have ny certificates or u can say proofs to show them...So i wanted to ask if all this will count to be zero...and also my CGPI is continuously increasing.....well i screwed them big time in my first yr but then am recovering it well .Pls give ur inputs...

Thanx in advance...

hi

see understand the funda when it is said that u need either acads or extra-currics

it shows that u have not waisted your years at your undergrad college
and moreover it gives the interviewers a subject to talk about in the interview

as for the 99.9%tiler
sorry
even a 100%tile doesn't guarantee your place
it certainly gives u an edge but thats it
screw your gd/pi, u are out of there

hi

see understand the funda when it is said that u need either acads or extra-currics

it shows that u have not waisted your years at your undergrad college
and moreover it gives the interviewers a subject to talk about in the interview

as for the 99.9%tiler
sorry
even a 100%tile doesn't guarantee your place
it certainly gives u an edge but thats it
screw your gd/pi, u are out of there


Exactly...

As far as the weightage is considered, its different for each of the IIMs & it all boils down to what sort of batch they want in a particular year...

Example: IIMC is not bothered about ur CGPA till UG..all they ask for is a good CAT percentile (high QA percentiles)...IIMB is hellbent on acads (more than that of CAT percentile- a girl whom I know got a call at 95.5 under general category. her CGPA reads as follows, 9.5-10th std, 9.7 - 12 th Std & 9.76 - BE, BITS Pilani)...IIMA is specific about meeting their cutoff's( the CAT percentiles..)I got a lone A call with 55.8% in BE...

Extracurricular do play a great role. Out of 12 min of my PI, 7 mins went on extracurricular...One reason I found is that they wanna see how u perform multi tasking...How much knowledge u have in something, which u say its ur hobby...

my extra carriculars include reading story books,both vernacular and english.this is my only hobby and pastime.will it count during my PI?

hey,

i would say for some iims acads do matter and for some acads dont matter at all.
but about extra circs i would say its ok................
you would have done something ....... you know participated in a quiz or ran a race, been in class b division football team , write something that true, they want something to ask questions about, :sarcasm:

hobbies can be anything.........if you write reading books( the most common) they may ask you about the last book you read, may be even to critque it. sometime they may not even look at hobbies.

yes, its another thing that if you have great extra circs they help you, but if you dont have them its not that big an issue mann

anyways you cant create it also no!!!! so why think about it.
BoL for cat preps

Felu

Thanx all of u for quick reply,

Well its not that i dont have Xtra cirricular activities.Well i did nothin in school to be honest but after joining coll(IIIT-A)i do involved myself in many xtra-cirrricular activities and also currently follow many sports like cricket,tennis,F1 etc.. but the problem is that i dont have ny certificates or u can say proofs to show them...So i wanted to ask if all this will count to be zero...and also my CGPI is continuously increasing.....well i screwed them big time in my first yr but then am recovering it well .Pls give ur inputs...
So my ques is that if i cant produce proofs or ceritificates will they believe me......u c u dont get certificates for every xtra cirriculars u do....
Thanx in advance...

if you get a certi well and good.
no certificates never mean that they will not believe you..........
as far as i think most of the instis ask about extra circs so that they have somthin to ask!!! its somethin else if you have played ranji for your state.
there are even cases where iims dont even look at your certi folder even (as in my case ;-))
not having certis certainly dont make you statements nUlL
so chiLLL
and abt cgpa ...... you can always show that you are improving(big thinG!!!)

felu

how much will they matter ? thats the question.

i have 55% marks(nd have had 14 backlogs) and no eca and no work ex. got 99.94 and 99.6%ile in the 2 mock cats tht i gave. does 99.9% ile in CAT virtually guarantee me a place in iims ?

cud someone tell us abt the weightage given by IIMs to various factors:

cat score
gd
pi
academics
extra curricular
work ex


Ok I'll be a bit blunt here..

Well I guess IIM Bangalore has already made its selection criteria public, and its as transparent as you could possibly ask for (The weightages assigned are a bit debatable. But the criteria is not rigid and will change every year, so you never know what the weightages for this year will be)

As for other IIMs, I know for a fact that IIMC assigns minimal weightage to past acads, atleast while giving out interview calls. Whether it counts at the 2nd stage or not is a contentious issue. At IIMA, I'm almost certain past acads do count bigtime while getting final calls but the exact weightage remains unknown. (This does not mean guys with poor CGs cannot get in)

Extracurrics are fairly important across all IIMs. Obviously the IIMs are looking for well rounded personalities, not folks who expect to enter the best institutes in the country on the basis of one lucky day in their lives. Having said that, if you lack in any one of these areas, you can make up for it elsewhere. And that is why so many different components have been provided.

The ideal profile for a final call getter would be a guy with super acads (IITian would be a plus point), 2 years workex, decent extra currics and a 99+ CAT score with balanced sectionals (but we all knew that didnt we )

the freak

hi all
m preparing for cat 2008 ....
my acads are ok (8.5 spi if u say percentage its 78% average)
bt as far as extra curricular activites are concerned i havent got any certificates to prove abt thm
though i hav started taking part in debates ,extempore's n paper presentation's bt being new i dont have n m not getting any certificates ...
so is it tht ec's are very important and without thm u can't land into iims or some top b schools as xlri
thnks for ur time for reading this pls do reply
m extremely confused help me out!!!!!


so is it tht ec's are very important and without thm u can't land into iims


Not at all... they r always desirable, but not at all mandatory... get a GOOD CAT score, maintain decent acads(which you already have) and keep participating in extra currics... n it should be fine...

ATB with ur preps...

PS: This post is not applicable to IIM B which has already made its criteria public.

i have a cgpa of 9.12 so far.i might have backlog in 6th sem as that wud be the last memo i vil be getting from university .wud that hinder my iim call ??? :(
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10th ICSE 88.88 12th 85.6 dropper BITS pilani campus CGPA-6.5 ..do i stand a chance of securing a seat in IIM"S assuming i get a very good percentile???

Please help me with this....I have a good 10th and 12th percentage....but my b.tech cgpa is at 7.5 and I fear it might get stuck at that...I am in my 5th sem and I have started preparing for cat......all I need to know is...how important will be my cgpa?

Did CAT specify any CGPA to Percentage conversion formula?