[KAYOSS]

@rider...my take would be Sciences...but call up your friendly, neighbourhood IIM and find out...

[The0ne]

hi ppl i have a doubt....my scores arent increasing...thou i have started preparing 1 month back..last year i gave cat nd had joined ims i got 94%...this year i have joined time series...but not ne coachin class as such...do i join one..
secondly i have doubt regarding good di book..is ne available in market or cl/time/pt/cf notes which is good for the changin pattern in di of recent years pattern...

other doubts will post later...

[anupam will return]

Originally Posted by The0ne

hi ppl i have a doubt....my scores arent increasing...thou i have started preparing 1 month back..last year i gave cat nd had joined ims i got 94%...this year i have joined time series...but not ne coachin class as such...do i join one..
secondly i have doubt regarding good di book..is ne available in market or cl/time/pt/cf notes which is good for the changin pattern in di of recent years pattern...

other doubts will post later...

Be patient, you see one month might not be correct to estimate your improvement. Trust me improvement happens but over a period of time. Continue putting your hard or shall I say smart work and the results will surely follow.
Since you've already taken CAT once, you should be in a better position to decide whether you require a coaching institute or not. Two of the main reasons why people join coaching classes are to prepare in a structured way and to keep the tempo going high. My take: if you are fairly clear with your fundaes and are a working professional, you can skip classes. The time is better spent practising. On the other hand if you feel joining a coaching instt might help you please do so.
But in any case make sure you join atleast 1 all india mock series to keep track of your progress.
Forget about DI books, none available in the market will be able to feed you with the CAT type problems. It makes sense to go through last 2-3 years papers and current years mocks for DI.
Remember one thing in DI, get familiar with as many caselets as possible ..it helps.. make it a point to practise those heavy/logic intensive caselets which junta generally skip during the test. The real CAT might test you on those concepts.

ATB,

-Vengeance

[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by gpriyanshu

With your experience, it is highly unlikely that acads will play any major role. Your selection process should be mostly work centric and abt ur need to do an MBA now. Also, you hqave a decent enuf chance of getting a call at a low percentile but how low, that is uncertain. Probably 98.5+ may fetch you a call, it could go slightly below as well but that is very dicy a ques. i think some consideration is definitely given for your being a work ex guy.

Thanks Priyanshu...Thanks a lot....Is it valid only for IIMB or for other IIMs too....Candidly speaking I was scared, when I was browsing through the GD/PI thread..Wherein people have written about they were grilled, roasted & then swallowed by the IIM profs on the academic questions..People being asked to do some difficult mathematics questions, for software guys on various software related programmimg questions & all...Its 6 & 1/2 years, since I have touched an academic book & Iam suppossed to be a computer Engineer (B.E. - CSE)...Though Iam in Sales & Iam sure Profs cant screw me on my Work as its a very very niche field, They can only take information from me & cannot question me (Hope that mostly they dont know this field I.e Geographic Information System (GIS) & I work with the world No 1 company in this field in Sales)..So now my plight is that, since they cant question me much on work front, they are left with no other option, but acads/Hobbies/Current Affairs...Current Affairs, hope can prepare after CAT, Hobbies - I was a singer in School,College etc (Hope this would justify the Extracuricular Part - Request your clarification)..On acads what can I build now, when its 6 & 1/2 years now..Hope you will clarify me on this..Do u still say they will strictly stick to my work ex & absolutely "0" acads??????????????

[koolbuddy]

Originally Posted by koolbuddy

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Can u IIM-B ppl throw some light on this... and if possible can u pls chk with the authorities out there in the college and get our tensions resolved...

Thanks...

If smbdy from IIM-B could clarify my doubt (@post #7) also...

[beherark]

sorry for the late reply ...
ur documnets are sufficient enough n u will not have any problems
so just for now divert all ur attention towards cracking CAT

Originally Posted by koolbuddy

Hey beherark
A gud initative... though a lil delayed.... that's coz... a lot of ppl were having a lot of doubts... and now that they have sent their forms to the respective IIMs... it becomes all the more difficult to get those mistakes rectified... And hence... u can find a lot many threads on the same thing... from various eager and tensed souls ....
Ne'ertheless... its gonna be helpful for those arround who are yet to send the form...

As for me... I have one big doubt...
My universtiy doesn't give any % conversion formula... and at present i m not in a positions to go to my university and get something done in this regard... So i wrote to both IIM-A and IIM-B... asking that if i just send my GPA certificate showing the 4 years consoldated perfomance... (in my case it happens to be above way above 8... on a scale of 10) ... alongwith the Provisional Certificate... will it be fine... IIM-A replied back saying it will be fine... But IIM-B did not reply back... I took IIM-A's verdict and mailed my form to IIM-B... now the rumour has it that IIM-B is specifically looking for that % conversion certificate. Now, I am in a great dillemma:neutral: ... i don't knw what to do...??:

One of my friend's father contacted IIM-C, and he was told that actually this certificate is reqd. for the border line cases... (i.e. who have got their gpa in the range of 5-6...)

Can u IIM-B ppl throw some light on this... and if possible can u pls chk with the authorities out there in the college and get our tensions resolved...

Thanks...

[beherark]

Originally Posted by prem_ravi

Dear Seniors,

I have 6 years & 4 months of experience as of now ( By Dec 31st it will be 79 Months as an Asst Manager - Sales in a reputed IT company, very niche market & personally handling 3 states under me)..Many of my coontacts suggest me to take up GMAT..Wherein Iam keen to do it from IIMB (Personal Reasons)..My question is ..I have 61.5% in 10th std, 89% in 12 th std, 58.4% in Engg:( :( :( ..Now with this 6+ yrs exp & such a bad acads, what is my chances of getting a call at low percentile ..Qtn 2: will there be academic questions during GD/PI(Iknow its pretty early to ask this ..Still) or will it be a matured discussion sort of....Basically what is the weightage of my 6+ yrs of exp ...Does IIMs consider the fact that a fresher can prepare better for CAT than a guy like as I don't find time to do the same ( Iam married with a chota Kid)...Request your explanations...

hi there now with ur work exeperience i don't think accads will play a huge role ... but i suppose in these 6 years u must have enough insight and decent things about ur jobs to quote .... n don't worry about age and family ... I suppose all IIMs hav seperate accomodation for married ppl ... and as for age we in IIM-B hav a guy who is 33 and has 2 kids ... so u just give ur best shot for written ...and as for the GD/PI we can take up those issues later ... best of luc

[koolbuddy]

Originally Posted by beherark

sorry for the late reply ...
ur documnets are sufficient enough n u will not have any problems
so just for now divert all ur attention towards cracking CAT

Hey Ranjit...
Thanks for those golden words... Was really tensd...

[anupam will return]

Originally Posted by prem_ravi

....Candidly speaking I was scared, when I was browsing through the GD/PI thread..Wherein people have written about they were grilled, roasted & then swallowed by the IIM profs on the academic questions..People being asked to do some difficult mathematics questions, for software guys on various software related programmimg questions & all...Its 6 & 1/2 years, since I have touched an academic book & Iam suppossed to be a computer Engineer (B.E. - CSE)...Though Iam in Sales & Iam sure Profs cant screw me on my Work as its a very very niche field, They can only take information from me & cannot question me (Hope that mostly they dont know this field I.e Geographic Information System (GIS) & I work with the world No 1 company in this field in Sales)..So now my plight is that, since they cant question me much on work front, they are left with no other option, but acads/Hobbies/Current Affairs...Current Affairs, hope can prepare after CAT, Hobbies - I was a singer in School,College etc (Hope this would justify the Extracuricular Part - Request your clarification)..On acads what can I build now, when its 6 & 1/2 years now..Hope you will clarify me on this..Do u still say they will strictly stick to my work ex & absolutely "0" acads??????????????

Maybe you are underestimating the IIM proffs a bit. Take this from me, the proffs are some of the most learned and well read persons you'll ever come across. Many a times in my interviews and (of late in the classes), we've been stumbled by the depth of knowledge possessed by the proffs.
Assuming that the above mentioned hypothesis is true I would request you to leave no leaf unturned for your preparations. I agree it's difficult for people with 5-7 years of experience to be fairly conversant with the material they have read in their graduation courses, but having said that, all that is expected from you is a basic 'O' level knowledge on your acads.
No one can say what the proffs will be asking you in the interviews, it may deleve into anything which might interest them. '0 acads' may be an option but the contrary can be true as well.
My take: Please eye the written test first, GD/PI's come much later. The IIMs will designate mentors(from existing students) to all successful people to guide them through the second stage. The most you can do for stage 2 now is start brushing up on some basic comp science stuff and keeping yourself abreast with the current affairs.

regards,

-Vengeance

[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by anupam will return

Maybe you are underestimating the IIM proffs a bit. Take this from me, the proffs are some of the most learned and well read persons you'll ever come across. Many a times in my interviews and (of late in the classes), we've been stumbled by the depth of knowledge possessed by the proffs.
Assuming that the above mentioned hypothesis is true I would request you to leave no leaf unturned for your preparations. I agree it's difficult for people with 5-7 years of experience to be fairly conversant with the material they have read in their graduation courses, but having said that, all that is expected from you is a basic 'O' level knowledge on your acads.
No one can say what the proffs will be asking you in the interviews, it may deleve into anything which might interest them. '0 acads' may be an option but the contrary can be true as well.
My take: Please eye the written test first, GD/PI's come much later. The IIMs will designate mentors(from existing students) to all successful people to guide them through the second stage. The most you can do for stage 2 now is start brushing up on some basic comp science stuff and keeping yourself abreast with the current affairs.

regards,

-Vengeance

Aah...Anupam..How r u man?...Never thought I will get an answer from some who is reason for this apprehension...This trepidation was mainly due to the posts by you, Vinz, Anupam Thomas etc..Your detailed description of the GD/PI...What you have said is right...GD/PI is stage II before which CAT (Stage I) is there....Thanx a lot....