IIM Bangalore Waitlist Movement for 2008-10 batch

[sourabh_p]

Originally Posted by Manu246

should we promote this thread on IIMA and IIMC converts threads or has this already been done??

btw, I have a w/l of 11(general)

I have already done that on IIM A thread....will do that on IIM C thread also.

EDIT: Already done by IAYF on C thread..

[social_loafer]

Hey all, i have done some analysis, hope it is of some help to you guys


The IIMB Pdf says "The 49 extra offers covers for 137 of these candidates who have an offer from an another IIM"

Forgive me for my ignorance, this line clearly means that they are talking about a particular IIM and not IIMs. Now there can be two possibilities, this IIM can be IIMA or IIMC.

1)If it is IIM A, then 137 have overlaps with A and B, and say by conservative estimate 120 go for A, then 49 buffer calls will be covered up and expect wait list to be covered almost competely. However this scenario is unlikely, since IIMB would not like to have a huge wait list movement, in any case, even had this been IIMA, IIMB would have given more buffer calls, not 49 for 137......(hence it should be IIMC)

2)If it is IIMC, then 137 have overlap with B and C, and IIMB expects 49(buffer calls) to take C over B out of 137 (approx 35%, which is actually the trend over the years). Hence the overlaps between B and C are covered by the buffer Calls.

Now the interesting thing is, A and B overlaps, probably this number will be low, so IIMB may want to cover these with their Wait lists. Hence say Max 20 people opt out for B and ditch A, the WL movement is around 20. Further, if there are more people ditching B for C, then 35%, then WL can move further beyond.....say upto 30

Last year IIMB gave 330 calls, whereas, this year it has given 300 calls. Now my understanding is,that B knows what it is doing, in all likelihood, the point 2 explained above should be the case, which justifies them giving less calls 300 this year, and leads to a WL movement of around 20-30(depending on people ditching IIMA for B)....

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[ankit_jn]

I am not joining IIMB.

I will be joining IIMA. Hopefully, the seat I relinquish goes to someone who really really wants IIMB.

All the best!

[IAYF]

found two more guys in the IIMC google group who might ditch B for C

[sayuz_enigma]

Ya
I'm ditching B for C

Sayuz

[Manu246]

Originally Posted by social_loafer

Hey all, i have done some analysis, hope it is of some help to you guys


The IIMB Pdf says "The 49 extra offers covers for 137 of these candidates who have an offer from an another IIM"

Forgive me for my ignorance, this line clearly means that they are talking about a particular IIM and not IIMs. Now there can be two possibilities, this IIM can be IIMA or IIMC......

initially even i felt the same way, but i somehow feel that it is reading too much in between the lines....but then again if we infer that it refers to all IIMs , one can deduce that there are 300-137=163 lone converts...even this scenario seems unlikely... but with IIMB, everything they do is unlikely!!...so i settled for the argument that it is referring to all IIMs here...

@sayuz....thanks...we need more people like you!!... come on, Knight Riders rock!!

[pavanpadekal]

Originally Posted by social_loafer

Hey all, i have done some analysis, hope it is of some help to you guys


The IIMB Pdf says "The 49 extra offers covers for 137 of these candidates who have an offer from an another IIM"

Forgive me for my ignorance, this line clearly means that they are talking about a particular IIM and not IIMs. Now there can be two possibilities, this IIM can be IIMA or IIMC.



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Pardon the intrusion but looking at this from a pure English point of view doesnt it mean 137 candidates who have an offer from ANY other IIM are being accounted for? i.e.,137 candidates have more than a IIMB offer in their hands and not just one other particular IIM call.I dont know if that adds up numerically.Typically many candidates selected by IIMB have lone calls

And wouldnt 49 be too small a number being covered if 137 have an IIMA convert?

Actually I feel if an was missing in the above sentence in the IIM B Admission Notice then it would have been referring to a particular IIM

[social_loafer]

Originally Posted by pavanpadekal

Pardon the intrusion but looking at this from a pure English point of view doesnt it mean 137 candidates who have an offer from ANY other IIM are being accounted for? i.e.,137 candidates have more than a IIMB offer in their hands and not just one other particular IIM call.I dont know if that adds up numerically.Typically many candidates selected by IIMB have lone calls

And wouldnt 49 be too small a number being covered if 137 have an IIMA convert?

Actually I feel if an was missing in the above sentence in the IIM B Admission Notice then it would have been referring to a particular IIM

Pardon the intrusion but looking at this from a pure English point of view doesnt it mean 137 candidates who have an offer from ANY other IIM are being accounted for? :::Sir, i dont think that its possible that only 137 out of 300 have an offer from any other IIM, this means remaining (163) have an offer from only B, which is impossible... And wouldnt 49 be too small a number being covered if 137 have an IIMA convert? :::: Yeah, even i agree with this, see my post above, thats why i have inferred that, if they are talking about a particular IIM, then it has to be C. Actually I feel if "an" was missing in the above sentence in the IIM B Admission Notice then it would have been referring to a particular IIM :::: Now i can see, why IIMs have VA section in CAT, the whole statement changes with a slight change in the sentence.... ps: I withdraw from this thread, atb to all wait listers....

[shrirock7]

Hi,

I will not be joining IIMB (Joining A or C, not decided yet).

[arpitshah10]

I converted.....ABLKI

will join A

hope this helps those who are on the waitlist