[pranavk]

Name : Pranav Kumar

work-ex: No

Calls: A,B,L
Converts: A,B,L

(now the surprise)
CAT %ile - a meager 98.85
(96-odd in all 3 sections)

(An attempt to explain the surprise)
X (CBSE) : 94%
XII (CBSE) : 96%
IIT JEE 2002 - AIR 75 (Boy, this helped so much!)
National Gold Medalist Chemistry Olympiad, Positions in Physics, Maths Olympiads, NTSE, NSO etc.
Btech, Comp Sc, IIT Bombay CPI(till 7th sem) - 8.11
Brief Research experience in Canada (this helped too)
Extra currics: decent

GD:
A: decent
B: decent
L: decent

PI:
A: Excellent
B: Excellent
L: decent

Going to A! Life is kind.

Best of luck to all future aspirants..
-pranav

[Ritesh_V]

hi puys..

My Profile:

Name:Ritesh Venkateshwaran

Acads:
10th: 79.6%
12th:88.67%
BE Etrx: SPCE Mumbai..2003

Work Ex: 33 Months Infy

CAT 05:
DI: 99.16
Verbal:96.xx
Quant:93.xx

Calls: LAC(Pgdm & Pgdcm)KI MDI IITB
Converts: C(Pgdm & Pgdcm) I MDI
Kicks: LAK
Waitlist: IIT B

GD PIs:
A: Good GD.. Bad PI
C: Decent GD, Good PI
L: Decent GD, Decent PI
I: Decent GD, Decent PI
K: Decent GD, Great PI... still wondering why I got kicked..

newez.. who the hell cares...
headed to joka this summer!!!

Ritz

[mayank92]

Profile :

Name : Mayank Singhania

Educational qualification: BE Electronics, SPCE, Mumbai
X: 81.2%
XII:83.5%
BE: 63.5%

Work Experience:
Infosys: 1 Year
Family business: 9 months

CAT %ile: 99.12

Decent Extra curricualrs- all in college festivals

Calls: C,L,I,K
Converts:C,K

Gyan:
It took me my third attempt at CAT to get an IIM call, but finally I managed it. Persist with CAT, and u will get thru.

I believe it was my extreme interest in politics, economics and current affairs (my blog reflects that), and honest answers got me thru the PI of C. Most of the intrvw went to my strength.

[saptarshi18]

Never thought would be able to post here.. but finally it has come true..

Profile: X - 88%
XII - 87.5%
BA Eco - 58.5% (Delhi Univ)
Work Ex: 3 years Risk Consulting Ernst and Young

Calls: only applied to IIMs and SpJain..calls from A B K and SP Jain
Converts: K and S P Jain
Rejected: A and B (still don't know why)

A: Good GD, Got screwed in PI (did not remember acads)
B: Excellent GD, Really short interview just 15 mins (forgot my degree certificate and gave a bad excuse maybe this is the reason!!)
K: OK GD, Ok PI (was not asked anything)

I am off to Univ. of Virginia - Darden School of Business, i guess doing MBA in India was not meant to be.

BEst of luck to all

Saptarshi

[Karizma]

V for Verdict. C for Convert.


FMS : Waitlisted at No. 007 in order of merit.

XLRI : Waitlisted at No. 057 in order of merit.

IIM-K : Selected for the PGP batch of 2006-2008.

IIM-I : Selected for the PGP batch of 2006-2008.

IIM-L : Selected for the PGP batch of 2006-2008.

IIM-C : Selected for the PGDM and PGDCM batch of 2006-2008.

IIM-B : Selected for the PGP batch of 2006-2008.

IIM-A : Selected for the PGP batch of 2006-2008.


... and nothing else matters.



School : Don Bosco Park Circus, Calcutta.

• ICSE (X) - 92.80% Yr. 1998
• ISC (XII) - 96.25% Yr. 2000

Graduation : BITS, Pilani Yr. 2000-2004

• B.E.(Hons.) Electrical and Electronics - CGPA 7.49/10.00
• 6 months internship @ DaimlerChrysler Research Centre, Bangalore

Work Experience : Oracle India Development Centre, Hyderabad - 20 months


CAT : Overall 99.92 %-ile ( VA - 99.67 DI - 98.72 QA - 98.64)


For the gory and the merry details - http://bedraggled.blogspot.com

[LastLap]

My turn to BRAg

Name : Rishabh Sharma

X : 84% MASD Public school Panipat
XII : 70% MASD Public school Panipat

BE (electrical) : 6.84 CGPA Thapar Institute of Engg. and Tech.
Extra Currics : Gggrrreeeaaattt ( held posts like Hostel Rep. n Class rep too)
Also won the Intra Hostel n Inter Year table tennis c'ship in college
n member of the school team that won TT District level C'ship(1998
ENUF of Bragging .......baaki at JOKA

Work ex : 10Months MindTree Consulting
Quit my job in may 2005 to prepare for CAT n worked for my dream to make it to C/A/B.

CAT : 99.35 (qa:97.56,di:98.45,eu:95.67)
Calls : AC(PGDM)LIK, FMS
GD/PI prep : Mr. Malay Ray(I owe him a lot) .This IIMC call is all becoz of him

C : Gud GD, Excellent PI --> Converted PGDM
A : Excellent GD, dunno how to define PI ? ---> Rejected
L : Excellent GD, bad PI (grilled on y low acads?) ---> Rejected
I : Excellent GD, Excellent PI ---> Converted
K : Good GD GD, Bad PI --->Converted Yesterday i.e. 20 May....Dunno How

So decided to update the post


My take : interview matters the most n if possible get some info about the profs )

Clincher at C(My take) :
was asked ....if selected everywhere, whre will u go?
me : anyday C n I have reasons for that
prof : vat reasons?
me : 3 factors ....faculty(was interrupted here n I went for the kill happily)
prof: vat do u know about the faculty n other things
ME : Quoted names of 3-4 eminent profs. who r well known in the Managemnt Circuit n told that I would love to be a part of IIMC-XLRI meet as I had been actively involved in extra curricular activities during my college days

prof: U are better prepared than other candidates
Me : smile n understand that I am in

Thats it folks . Congrats to all call getters. n Yes SORRY for Typos if any In delirium right now.

regards
LastLap (In fact completed the Last Lap )

[drainedbrain]

Hi All,

My Profile:
CAT 2005 :- 99.87%
VA 99.02%
Quant 96.82%
DI 99.68%

Calls - ABCL (Didnt apply to IK)
Converts - ABCL


X(cbse) 85%
XII(cbse) 89%
BE (CS) Madras Univ 81%

29 months workex at Cognizant as of now.

Will in Ahmedabad come July...Hope to see a lot of PGites there...

Santhosh

[Yogesh Patwari]

Hi Friends,

Congratulations to all who made it to the hallowed portals of IIMs

Just posted the same on IIMB PGDM Batch thread... so, here we go...

My Profile:
Name: Yogesh Patwari
Sex: Male
Age: 21 yrs
Marital Status: Single :sly:

Ahem, ab kaam ki baat..

Fresher, Final year of college...
Class 10: Andhra Association School (WB Board)====> 87% (School Topper)
Class 12: St. Lawrence High School (WB Board)====> 86.2% (Board Topper)
Graduation in commerce (2006) from St. Xavier's College====> 73.5% in Part-I, Part-II due in May'06

CA PE-I=====>75% (All-India Rank 27)
CA PE-II=====>63.5% (All-India Rank 39)

Extra-curriculars:
Very Few... Inter-schools creative-writing competitions, a few publications..
Summer-Project in collge on 'HR Angle of Call-centres'===>something unique for commerce under-grads.

CAT %ile---> 99.45
BLACKI calls--- also XLRI (XAT %ile-->98.5)
Converts: IIMB,A,I,K
Wait-lists: IIMA-initially (13), IIMC (16)
Rejects: IIML, XLRI

GD/PI experiences have been posted in details on respective threads... Here's an overview (what I felt!!! and which didn't turn out to be correct :eh: )

IIMA: Decent GD, Okay PI
IIMB: Okay GD, Okay PI
IIMC: Good GD, Good PI
IIML: Okay GD, Horrible PI
IIMK: Chaos in GD, Good PI
IIMI: Good GD, Good PI
XLRI: No Comments (You'll know why when u read my xp)


So B it...
Yogesh


EDIT: It seems I was the victim of a web-site error at IIMI..have converted the same

Another EDIT: Have converted IIMK as well... surprise though as initially wasn't even waitlisted!!!

Another EDIT: Converted IIMA eventually.. but still B it is.

[krishsuraj]

Hi all,

My Profile:

X Std (CBSE)-86%
XII Std (TN State Board)-96%
Chemical Engg (ACTech,Anna University)- 8.32/10 CGPA
Lots of Extra curricular activities- Headed many clubs in college.Was the editor of College Magazine etc...

Work Ex-8 months in a reputed Software company

CAT Percentiles
Overall-99.18%
VA-99.25%
Quant-95.14%
DI-89.61%

Applied for IIMs and SPJain only
Calls- LIK,SPjain
Converted- L, I (still in waiting list)

Performance in GD/PI ( As I felt)
L -- Good GD, ok PI
I-- Ok GD,Great PI
K-- Ok GD,Good PI
Spjain- very good interview (both rounds)

No idea why I didnt get K and SPjain.........
Didn't have much hope with L as extra curricular was my strength and they didnt ask a single question on it.Questions were only on Chemistry and Chemical engineering which I didn't answer greatly.Questions on my work experience were the only saving grace.

Will be joining L for sure.A Special thanks to PG and TIME AIMCAT Test series

PG Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[akshatp]

Hey.. This is my first post here.

Name: Akshat Poddar

Cat %ile: 99.59

GDPI Calls: LACKI
Final Calls: A (Thank god)

Profile:
Fresher, BE Comps, Mumbai University (KJS)
Acads : 55% (hehe)

Looking forward to meeting you guys at ahm..