Profile of People who have Converted their IIM Calls!

[V.E.N.K.A.T]

Finally finally I get to post on this Elite thread I've been following since 3 years.......


A very very useful thread for IIM aspirants since it gives them an idea of wat score and profile is expected to get into IIMs..Really a Myth Breaking thread which gives u hope and confidence....My two cents..u dont require a God like profile to make it to an IIM..It all boils down to your
determination,commitment ,attitude and Self belief(Mooooooost Imp)

CAT Score:-

CAT 2005 : 97.96%(74% in DI-No calls)

CAT 2006 : 98.99%

QA - 95.27 ( Missed A call due to this)

DI - 96.03
VA - 98.98(My Strong Area...Actually had a 1480 in GRE which took care of my Verbal prep)

My 2 cents:-So all CAT aspirants who are in their pre-final year or ppl who have time do give a shot at GRE--will really help ur verbal part.Its not mandatory...there are ppl who do well in verbal without having prepared for GRE...but i feel it makes life simple...Another thing which supports my point of view if u observe CAT is steadily moving towards GMAT n GRE kinda short and Complicated RCs(Stressing Comprehension) from Long and simple RCs(which stress on Reading speed)

Calls - C(PGDM n PGDCM),I
Converts - C(PGDCM),Waitlisted at I

Will b heading to JOKA this summer!!!Finally a Dream Come true...Somehow I always wanted to get into C(never thot of A n B)....and Im in!!!!

Profile :-
1)Work-Exp : 10 months in IT @ CTS-hyd.
2)B.E(Electronics n Comm)-Vasavi College of Engineering(Affiliated to Osmania Univ Hyd)
3)Acads
B.E:- 82.04%
XII:- 88.4%
X :- 79.33%
4)Very Good Extracurrics(Had won a couple of Prizes at IITs),Event organising and a couple of Finance Certifications.

GD/PI Self Assesment:-

I -Bad GD, Average PI------Result:Waitlisted!
C - Awesome GD. Awesome PI---Result:Converted!(I knew I would make it the moment I came out of my intv)

Summary:-You can make up for a Relatively lower CAT percentile with your extracurrics and by performing well in GD n PI!!


A little long post i know in a thread where ppl just post profiles..but i want to give something back to this thread which kept me going thru the tough times during my prep!!...I used to go thru this thread whenever i was feeling low to get some self belief,some confidence that if so many ppl who are just like me,who dint have god like profiles have done it,y can't I!!!

Finally I end this post by The Saying which shaped my journey to success... A saying i believe in more than anything!

"We only loose by giving Up!!!..."
so.........NEVER EVER EVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!

[debtoshmishra]

Hi,
Happy to be posting on this thread !!

Grad:
CET,BBSR .... govt. college in my home town of Orissa... but little known outside of it ... Mechanical engg with 84%

First Tryst with CAT:

Year 2005:
Overall : 94 percentile...with 71 percentile in DI (how can I be so stupid ).... as expected NO CALLS

XAT 2006: 99.47 percentile... XL(BM),SPJain(Mkting/Fin),XIMB Calls

XL intv.... lots of questions....lots of answer(mostly correct ) REJECT...
SPJain Intv..... 2 questions(both abstract)... Answers: blah...blah.. Thank U... REJECT
XIMB intv... lots of technical questions..... lots of answers.... CONVERT

Decision: LETS TRY 1 MORE TIME

JOINED INFY Instead.

THIS YEAR SO FAR:

Very hectic training.... no time to study.... ill prepared... dear me the Die hard optimist said.... Lets give it a try !!

Insti applied for 6 IIMs,FMS

CAT Percentile:
VA:95.33
QA:95.27 No A call..... may be no "rest of the calls"
DI:99.xx
Overall: 98.92 (Saved by the hair)

CALL: IIMC
Decent GD, Good PI
Extracurr.: Ok
Acads: Nothing to boast of.... but ok too !
Convert: IIMC so posting on the thread !!

Moral of the Story:
Have confidence in yourself ..... its not just your profile...but its YOU they are looking for !! Give your best.....hope Lady Luck smiles on You

[alibaba]

Hi.. My Profile :

X --> 90.6%
XII --> 88.2%
B.Tech in EE IIT Madras ( 8.02/10 CGPA )
Currently working in Texas Instruments ( 22 months this april )

CAT 2006 :
%ile : 99.59 ( QA --> 98.4% , DI --> 99.5% VA --> 96.87 %)

Calls : BLACKI
Converts : BLCKI , A ( WL 32 as good as a reject )

Joining --> ??

-- alibaba

[protean09]

Hi ,
I had calls from L, I, K
Converted all L, I, K

My CAT %ile 99.85

My Inter - 75%
My Engn - 76%(also had two hiccups here once)

GDPI's

L GD: Excellent PI: Horrible
I GD: Excellent PI: OK
K GD: Good PI: Excellent

Ravi.

[raul.iitr]

fresher, B.Tech IIT Roorkee(meta.)
overall: 99.64
va:95.82 qa:99.22 di/lr:98.61
10th: 76.6
12th: 80.2

calls: I LACK B.
converted: LACK. waitlisted at I.
nice case study/gd at both A and C. A was better out of the two. PI were decent for both. A went on for a longer time.
btw, I screwed up IIM L i'view really badly. sudnt dream of getting thru but somehow i have. so, I really dont know if we can ever know wt those profs are looking for...neways giv it a try! congrats to all those who got thru.

[sandeep_slr]

Here goes my profile..

Acads :

10th - 82 (CBSE)

12th - 85 (CBSE)

BE(Mechanical Sandwich) - 62 (College of Engg Pune)
trained in TELCO fr 1 yr during college time

Work Ex :

Total - 39 months(till date)

12 months in DaimlerChrysler India Ltd (Left the company fr CAT & cudn't make it tht yr)
27 months in Infotech Ent Ltd

CAT : (4th Attempt)
Overall - 99.69
DI - 99.61
Quant - 98.61
VA - 95.33

Calls - LACKI

Converts - CLIK

GD/PI :

A - Average GD Disastorous PI
C - Good GD Okeyish PI
L - Average GD Good PI(last to be interviewed)
K - Average GD Good PI
I - Good GD Great PI

My suggestion to future aspirants is that making it to IIM has more to do with Attitude rather than Aptitude. So try to develop your Attitude. Have a dream nd be persistant abt it. Keeping faith in yourself during failure is the key to success.(I got 30 percentile in my 1st attempt in CAT & i never got more than 90 percentle in any of the mocks in 3 yrs..believe me..)

Coming to JOKA this June

[gauthammn]

Hi Puys,

Pleasure and an honour to be posting on this thread.

My Profile

Born and brought up in Bangalore.

10th - 92.16
12th - 92.32
BE in Electronics and Communication - 80( M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore)

Work Ex - 20 months in TCS and 12 months in Fidelity as Software Developer(One more to the list )

My Tryst with CAT

CAT 2004 - 87 percentile and No calls
CAT 2005 - 95 percentile. Got call from XL thru XAT and didnt convert
CAT 2006 - 98.6 percentile

Calls - B and I
Converts - B and I

Will be joining B. Could not have asked for anything more since I am a localite.....

My 2 cents to aspirants - Rome was not built in a day. If you truly believe in yourself, persist with your efforts even if you encounter a couple of failures.

Cheers!
Gautham

[here_I_come]

Hi

My profile - (btw i have really dreamt of posting here for more than two years ...and today i succeed)

10th - 89%
12th - 73%

Graduation - BTech EE, IIT Bombay (2005 passout)

Work ex - 23 months as Telecom. R&D Engineer at Samsung, Bangalore

CAT - 2005
overall - 98.9 (got a sole L call and screwed up the interview big time....needless to say the final result )

CAT - 2006
QA - 98.xx
DI - 97.xx
VA - 93.xx

overall - 99.15

Calls - I and K

Performance in GD/PI -
K - GD good/ PI good
I - GD bad/ PI good ( didnt know acads...so was grilled a lot....and otherwise was speaking a lot so one of the profs said "I think u digress a lot while answering"...but otherwise i answered almost everything)

Result -
K converted
I waitlisted (184 as of now)

Going to GOD's own Kampus

Regards
Girish

[tusharblue]

After a long try of 4 years I also have been given the oprtnty to POST in this forum.
Name:Tushar Subhra Mandal

Education
10th:West Bengal Board---83.4%(199
12th:West Bengal Board---84.7%(2000)
Engg:jalpaiguri Govt Engg College,West bengal-(2004) CSE---81.4%


Work Ex
=======
Infosys::::21 Months
Tech Mahindra:::12 months(This june,2007 will be 12 months)

Extra curricualr
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Not anything worth mentioning

CAT attempts
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2003----91%ile,,,,No calllllllsss
XAT 2003---66%ile
JMET 2003 not qualified

Year 2004
-----------
Not appeared in any of the exam--thought that it is not for me(too tough)...

Year 2005
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CAT 2005--95.55---No calls(applied only in IIM,MDI,SPJAIN,NITIE)
XAT2005---80%ile---they did not kick me ,rather they slapped me.....
IIFT -----As expected not shortlisted

But I came back strongly in YEAR 2006
=========================
CAT 2006-99.44
DI-95.22
VA-97.78
QA-98.99

Calls:MDI ,NITIE,BCLIK
Rejected:IIm A(for DI),SPJAIN--god knows

IIFT shortlisted for GD/PI
JMET air 32.....
XAT,but this time also I flunked in XAT..97(45 in english(I am talking abt percentile not score))--No callsss


Interview

institute GD PI
IIFT Good BAD
NITIE BAd Worst
MDi worstttttttt decent
IIT KGP so so no question and selected
IIT Delhi Bad so so
IIT Mumbai So so good
IIM K Very good so so
IIm I good so so
IIM L so so pathetic
IIM B so so Excellent
IIM C Excellent good


Waitlist::IIFT Kolkata,IIM Indore

NITIE rejected me as expected.
MDI w/l 111,now selected after first w/l movement

Selected in all 3 IITs.
IIM B and IIM L kicked me(do not know the reason of IIM B)

Converted in IIM Kozikode..
But the best thing is that I will be in JOKA.......

what better can be than this ?another 2 yrs in Kolkataaaaaaa

[stormrage]

Hi

My profile -

10th - 88%
12th - 88%

Graduation - BTech Civil, IIT Bombay (2005 passout) - 8.6/10

(Yep - I define consistency!)

Work ex - 23 months as Asst. Manager, Larsen & Toubro, Intl Biz Dev

CAT - 2005
overall - 98.8 (got a sole L & B call... screwed up the interview)

Was feeling really low...decided to give CAT one final time...Steve Jobs is a gr8 inspiration to me

CAT - 2006
QA - 99.5
DI - 96.xx
VA - 94.xx

Overall - 99.44

Calls -BCLIK
Converts - CLIK

Performance in GD/PI -
My B GD PI was the best of the lot...but they didnt select me...actually I cannot make real sense of the converts...but happy to get C...which was a rocking PI...u may read more of my interview details at
A new perspective @ life


Result -
GOING TO JOKA