Great Lakes Admissions 2008

[kaykay@glakes]

Hi ALL,

I am currently studying in Great Lakes Institute of Management.
Anyone has any queries about the college admissions for 2008, go ahead and shoot.
Will try to answer as best as I can.

[rahul2842]

Hi,

Thanks for replying to my query in the "Re: Life @ Great Lakes Inst. of Mgmt-Chennai" thread. I was actually looking for more specific answers to my questions.

1. I had gone through the placement report but that doesnt give a breakup based on years of exp. Can you give me a rough idea about the salary offered to an IT person with 3 yrs of exp?
2. Also I have not done much research on the profiles offered at other b-schools. I am targeting very few and one of them is Great Lakes.

Please help me on these as I am still at crossroads and have to decide on one path. Please advise.

Rahul

[pb@glakes]

Hello Everybody,

I am a current 1 year MBA student of Great Lakes Institute of Management,Chennai.
Anyone having queries about the college or about the admissions for 2008, go ahead and shoot.
Will try to answer as best as I can.

For all the queries, please visit the thread 'Great Lakes Admission 2008' under CAT & Related Discussion.

Link: http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...ns-2008-a.html (Great Lakes Admissions 2008)

[kaykay@glakes]

Originally Posted by rahul2842

Hi,

Thanks for replying to my query in the "Re: Life @ Great Lakes Inst. of Mgmt-Chennai" thread. I was actually looking for more specific answers to my questions.

1. I had gone through the placement report but that doesnt give a breakup based on years of exp. Can you give me a rough idea about the salary offered to an IT person with 3 yrs of exp?
2. Also I have not done much research on the profiles offered at other b-schools. I am targeting very few and one of them is Great Lakes.

Please help me on these as I am still at crossroads and have to decide on one path. Please advise.

Rahul

Hi Rahul,

The median salary last year was 8 LPA and avg work ex was around 2.5 yrs. So u can be assured that for 3 yrs of work ex it is surely above 8 LPA.
Reg the profiles offered it ranged from SBA, EA, IT consultant etc depending upon work ex and horizontals. Some were also offered domain specific business analysts as we hav vertical specialisation also.
I hope this would have answered ur query....

Cheers,
Glaker

[lalitjain80]

Hi,

Can you please provide some details about one year programm at Great Lake. Recently, I have been selcted at IMT (Exe Full time 15 mnths) but I have decided to leave it cos I think I should try for IIM PGPX.

However can you inform me about the placements at Graet Lakes I have got 4.5 yrs of exp and presently work with CSC Noida. I have exposure of Six sigma and now in CSC part of Project management office. I am also learning german lang from Max Mueller, New Delhi. I haev already done two years course and in next one years I will be able to complete my complete german course

So Im planning for next year to get into any excellant Bschool

[mansham]

Hey buddy temme something bout the selection procedure and recommendation letter..m working an Indian IT major for 1.5 yr n luking forward to join GLIM

[rahul2842]

Originally Posted by kaykay@glakes

Hi Rahul,

The median salary last year was 8 LPA and avg work ex was around 2.5 yrs. So u can be assured that for 3 yrs of work ex it is surely above 8 LPA.
Reg the profiles offered it ranged from SBA, EA, IT consultant etc depending upon work ex and horizontals. Some were also offered domain specific business analysts as we hav vertical specialisation also.
I hope this would have answered ur query....

Cheers,
Glaker

Thanks for answering my questions Glaker. I am in a bit of quandary now. The starting salary you have stated would be almost the same as what I would be earning with 3 yrs of exp in my current job. If I go for the MBA then it would not be a significant hike that I would be getting and I would have the education loan on top of it. Its a little difficult of make sense of the investment.

I have one more question, maybe you might be able to help. It is a general question and I didnt get an answer to this in the career forum. Would getting into project management take less time if I get an MBA than if I continue in the technical side?

Thanks.

Rahul

[cool224]

What was the cut off for GMAT and CAT score last year for 3 yr exp guy?
Was it different based on no. of years of exp?

[kaykay@glakes]

Originally Posted by rahul2842

Thanks for answering my questions Glaker. I am in a bit of quandary now. The starting salary you have stated would be almost the same as what I would be earning with 3 yrs of exp in my current job. If I go for the MBA then it would not be a significant hike that I would be getting and I would have the education loan on top of it. Its a little difficult of make sense of the investment.

I have one more question, maybe you might be able to help. It is a general question and I didnt get an answer to this in the career forum. Would getting into project management take less time if I get an MBA than if I continue in the technical side?

Thanks.

Rahul

Hi Rahul,

What i meant to say is the avg salary with 3 yrs work ex wd be above 8LPA. There are few people with around 2 yrs of work ex who got salaries above 10 LPA.....It all depends upon ur performance. Its not always abt salary . It is about the profile you would want to get into after ur MBA.... We hav even ppl with more than 10 yrs of work ex from top notch companies with us.... Your profile could help me giv a specific response....

To the next query u have, it depends upon ur interest..... If u r very much interested in proj management and have the required skills, a mangement degree can help u get there faster....

Cheers,
GLaker.

Cheers,
GLaker.

[kaykay@glakes]

Originally Posted by cool224

What was the cut off for GMAT and CAT score last year for 3 yr exp guy?
Was it different based on no. of years of exp?

Hi,

There is no specific cutoff. We focus more on the overall profile which includes GMAT or CAT score,essays,Recos....

Cheers,
GLaker