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Originally Posted by made_for_iims
yeah...n this file has compelled me to apply to as many non-iim b schools as much i should....
IIM B use 10th,12th n grad marks for initial screening.... may be rest of them use the approx the same percentage break up in final screening...
may be this explains too that how ppl with such great percentiles with LACK I (lacking B call) calls , would have missed final calls from any of the iims.... A bad news(may be good news that atleast now we know the criteria) for ppl like me who didnt listen to their parents and conc on everything except studies :-/
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I would like to differ with you on that point.
Please do not extrapolate these statements from B and assume that all IIM's have a bias for great acads. Im not saying they dont, but the selection or rejection for that matter would not be decided on that factor alone.
There are numerous factors that every IIM takes into account and each has its own set for that year.
First IIM A came out with the 95.33 %ile rule last year.
now IIM B goes 1 step ahead and gives out the entire procedure for selection.
Is that good? I dont think so.
First lets delve into y these events are taking place?
You would be surprised to know how many people call up the IIM's and ask why they were not given a GD PI call. You cant blame them can you.
Consider this
DI - 99.34
VA - 99.60
QA - 99.94
Total - 99.98
Class X - 83% WB Board
Class XII - 80% Commerce WB Board
B Com Calcutta University - 78%
Fresher
This is the profile of Mehul Agrawal who dint have a B call last year.
Can you tell me why?
Is 83 % in 10th and 80 % 12th too less?
IIM B says
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For all candidates in the first shortlist as stated in Table 1, the candidates’ percentage scores in the 10th and 12th board exams are standardized by dividing each score by the 90th percentile score obtained in that board. The database of 10th and 12th scores of all CAT applicants of the past two years was used for identifying the 90th percentile score for each 10th and 12th board for this purpose.
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So the normalisation as such (if you want to call it that) happens only with what data they have of the past 2 yrs' students. Imagine you were from Tripura University, from where only 100 students had applied for CAT the last 2 years. How can you extrapolate the 90th %ile of the board from the data of just 100 students?
Ideally if you were a B Com passout from Tripura University in 2005, the institute should go and pick up the records from the Univeristy, look at what the 90th %ile was and then judge you according to that. The method followed here is quite flawed. And with this disclaimer
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This information, released for the first time this year, is pertinent to the admissions cycle (2007) alone and therefore, no inference can be made from this document about the admissions process used at IIMB in the past nor does it imply that the same or similar process will be adopted for future
admission cycles at IIMB.
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you feel that this standarization process was never followed. It is too damn difficult to do it properly and so you try shortcuts which end up in not so good results.
I personally was all for the lack of transparency that the IIM's had before in their selection criteria. There was always a scope for a subjective call for a student. Now with these policies in place, coaching classes will have all the more fun in "training" you. Imagine the turnout for GD PI classes and the business they will do just b coz of this statement.
The IIM's know this process is flawed. They will still follow it. Why?
Only 1 reason. Why take the headache?
We have 10000 excellent candidates each year for 1500 seats. Every1 equally capable for making it. Y call 1000 ppl for 250 seats. Lets use a SQL query and finish it off. Add some weights to some parameters and there we have it. The final outcome.
There are 3 L applicants for 1500 seats.
100's call them and threaten to fill RTI to tell them the selection criteria.
Can you blame them for making everything open?
Agreed, transparency is good in most cases, but if there is objectivity in selecting students everywhere, i doubt we can boast of the best talent .. no offense to any student ( including myslef
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Its just that the demand has gone light years ahead of the supply.
Anyway, ATB to all aspirants this year. Dont think about these things.
With new constraints being added everyday, CAT suddenly takes a back seat.
Imagine, slogging for 2 yrs just for 2 hrs which hardly take up 20 % of the final score
Be confident, and prepare well for CAT.
Each IIM or any other institute has its own selection criteria.
If you start thinking about every institute, ull end up with the fact that you have to get 95 + in all 3 sections, 99 + overall , have a good GD and PI and a good background and some work exp if possible and of course the motivation to slog for 2 yrs.
But this was known to us before we started preparing for CAT, wasn't it ?
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Revant
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