[2008] PaGaLGuY.com B-school Rankings - Results

[varun.jindal]

@ moonguy

Thanks for the info. However, you have mentioned wrong info at some places.
For ICFAI (HYD), the average salary is 6.6 LPA and highest salary is 11 LPA with 97% placements as on Mar 7, 2008 (Source: Welcome to the IBS® ).
For Welingkar, the average salary is 6.5 LPA (Source: Welingkar Institute Of Management. ).
For some B-Schools you have mentioned the average domestic salary while for some you have mentioned Average salary (including both International & National).

[malhotra_007]

Originally Posted by Apurv

El repeato for the hundredth timo, do not post b-school comparison questions here.

I shall henceforth delete all posts of this category from here without warning.

arent rankings a form of comparison
aftr all whose at d top is relative to the one at 2nd place
d first is no. 1 coz its bettr compared to the no.2

[Gurleen arora]

hi
I wish to know how's mfc du is ??
since its a finance specific course so i guess its better thean an mba finance.wat say???

[live_n_let_live99]

Originally Posted by Apurv

El repeato for the hundredth timo, do not post b-school comparison questions here.

I shall henceforth delete all posts of this category from here without warning.

Originally Posted by malhotra_007

arent rankings a form of comparison
aftr all whose at d top is relative to the one at 2nd place
d first is no. 1 coz its bettr compared to the no.2

Yes, rankings indeed are a reflection of B-School comparisons, point taken...

However, what put off Apurv and quite a few of us (other puys) was the unnecessary mudslinging that was taking place out here...Most people including people at PG.com would agree that there were loopholes in the process and have spoken at length as to how these rankings shouldnt be taken as gospel entirely...

Now despite all those clarifications, some people just coudldnt resist from having a dig at each other...Some of the matter written a few pages ago was plain ugly and hence the intervention and the final warning on Apurv's part...

[varun.jindal]

Originally Posted by live_n_let_live99

Yes, rankings indeed are a reflection of B-School comparisons, point taken...

However, what put off Apurv and quite a few of us (other puys) was the unnecessary mudslinging that was taking place out here...Most people including people at PG.com would agree that there were loopholes in the process and have spoken at length as to how these rankings shouldnt be taken as gospel entirely...

Now despite all those clarifications, some people just coudldnt resist from having a dig at each other...Some of the matter written a few pages ago was plain ugly and hence the intervention and the final warning on Apurv's part...

I agree with you. To be frank, no set of rankings can be fool-proof. This is because, if some institutes have been ranked up in the hierarchy, some would have to go down. However, of all the rankings that I have come across, I think PG rankings are much better than the magazine rankings. If the magazines can't give the rankings which are acceptable by even 10% of the MBA community, then there is very little use of coming up with these rankings. It's better to come out with individual parameters rankings like placements, infrastructure, faculty and so on & so forth where the facts and figures are easily available. Perhaps, that would cause much less infighting.
There is one important point to be taken care of. PG rankings include all the reputed B-Schools. However, in magazine rankings there are always some good colleges which don't participate in the process. Due to this non-participation of some ivy-league colleges (say some IIMs or may be IITs), the ranks of other B-Schools are obvious to improve. Since, PG has ranked all the institutes, therefore the rankings which have come across give us cumulative picture but the ranks which the institutes have got may not be desirable by them.

[varun.jindal]

Originally Posted by Gurleen arora

hi
I wish to know how's mfc du is ??
since its a finance specific course so i guess its better thean an mba finance.wat say???

Hi Gurleen,
This is not the right thread to ask this query, Please go to the thread http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/other-...ersity-69.html (MFC (Master of Finance & Control) University of Delhi, south Campur) and you can ask your question there.

[mandar_mdd]

hey this thread seems to b quite interesting
well with mods avoiding direct comparisons n almost all asking aspirants to make their decision themselves, its no wonder aspirants will be confused to choose amongst 2 very closely ranked / rated / percepted institutes.
in most cases, with private B-schools pouring v high amount of money into the admissions process, they are likely to have a better perception among aspirants than an instt with similar quality but lesser marketing.

it wud b gr8 if ppl who already have been through this process let puys know wat is it that one must really look into a B-school, wat is that really matters.

ON a long term, if one wishes 2 have realy quality education, is it the placements, learning at b-school, faculty etc that matters or smthing else shud also b given due weightage?

lot of times we c colleges telling abt various things as their USP eg: strong alumni n/w, foreign exchange progs, guest seminars by industry personality etc. sm seem imp while others merely seem to b used as selling points.

wud really love to know those 4-5 most imp things acc to their priority one must look in a B-school & compare with others to make an informed decision.

i hope this is the right platforms "the rankings thread" to know this

[rajeevkasat]

Placements- Many private colleges inflate placements - 6 is converted to 7.5 and 7 is converted to 8.5 lac - many students at good colleges opt for better profiles instead of more pay package.. so mean salary does not matter here..
Parametres:
Profiles - do dream companies with dream profiles come here?
Faculty - from IIM's, Harvard, Stanford, CMU, Columbia etc?
Research - It has become fashion to name as ABC institute of management and research.. is research really going on or its all attention seeking..
Infrastructure - Most ICFAI schools have no permanent campuses..
Industry exposure
Applicant quality

[Apurv]

Originally Posted by mandar_mdd

hey this thread seems to b quite interesting
well with mods avoiding direct comparisons n almost all asking aspirants to make their decision themselves, its no wonder aspirants will be confused to choose amongst 2 very closely ranked / rated / percepted institutes.
in most cases, with private B-schools pouring v high amount of money into the admissions process, they are likely to have a better perception among aspirants than an instt with similar quality but lesser marketing.

In fact it is exactly the opposite. Schools like Amity that advertise the most are down at the bottom of the Pagalguy Rankings and I I P M was voted out by people as something that shouldn't even be included in the rankings. So the hypothesis that b-schools that market themselves will rank better is completely wrong.

The purpose of this thread was to enable you guys to help us improve the methodology of the Pagalguy Rankings and not discuss which school's placements are better.

This thread is instead moving more towards individual comparisons of B-schools (One guy says b-school A has better placements hence it is better than B. Second guy says that B is better because it has better infrastructure. This kind of discussion has no end and even if the next 5 generations of these users debate this issue, they will never arrive at a conclusion). People are also mistaking this to be a thread where they can ask which school is better.

I guess the life of this thread is over and so as to not increase irrelevant posts on it, I am locking it.

Cheers