[italy669]

Originally Posted by pavanp

I have a different opinion to what my friend italy669 said.
I personally know a friend who got into IIM C, he is a fresher and also had a percentile of 99.4. He got calls from IIM C, K and I. He converted C and I and was waitlisted at K.

So, even a fresher has very good chance of getting into IIM. It all depends on our attitude in the GDPI process.

Dude, IIMC is only IIM where gd/pi matters. IIIMA,B are profile and work-exp based.So work-exp is single most important factor for other IIM,say L,I,K. Unless you have 99.8x as fresher or extremely good profile, as a fresher you have less chance..Of course, IIMC director has openly said past academics do not matter.

[rahul_240488]

Originally Posted by italy669

Dude, IIMC is only IIM where gd/pi matters. IIIMA,B are profile and work-exp based.So work-exp is single most important factor for other IIM,say L,I,K. Unless you have 99.8x as fresher or extremely good profile, as a fresher you have no chance..Of course, IIMC director has openly said past academics do not matter.

I have said it before to you & i will say it again. The above statement in bold is a bit too rigid. I know people who have converted their IIM calls inspite of not fulfilling the criteria you have mentioned.

Regards,
Rahul

[pravinmc]

my prof...
10th-84.2%
12th-90.4%
B.E.(mech) 2008 passout-68%

cat 2008 was my first attempt without seriousness and preparation and got pathetic 70%....now i am still jobless....and something is choking my throat...some seriousness is creeping through my nerves....puys could you pls help me where to start....only problem with me is don't know where to start and which one to study as the questions coming in cat paper is different n bit hard than the problems in TIME material...any suggestions?????

[hari_87]

Originally Posted by ayansarkar

Friends,

Can anybody give me some hope .....

My profile :
X - 72.8 (CBSE)
XII - 76.4(CBSE)
Engg - 56.8 (with 1yr gap due to illness...and low scoring univeristy)
Work -ex - 20 months with Cognizant
CAT '08 - 98.85 with 4 silly mistakes (CAT '06 - 96.97 with zero preparation)

CAT '09 - I can get 99.5+, and I can bring my work-ex to 2.5 yrs , but with this profile can i ever get an IIM C or IIML convert ?

Top institutes like IIMs, ISB (even foriegn universities) put huge weightages into past acads, which is a cause of immense frustation for many of us. In Indian Universities, marks are not at all standardized and this can hurt us really bad.... What to do?

May be getting a fake marks certificate or a reserved category certificate the only way out....becoz with 57% in engg(even branch topper had 65% in our college) I cant even get a ABCL call(leave alone a final convert) even at 100 percentile CAT score.....

hey thr s no reason to be despondent. IIM C for one thing doesn't look at past acads. IIM I and K did not look at past acads, atleast for shortlisting. So you have every chance in the world. Don't worry about what happened in your past. Look ahead. To me, your future looks bright!

[wishmaster.dj]

i agree, and if you stay focused, one day it will work out for you...

ATB man!

[vivek098]

@ hari
but brother,the situation is very gloomy.
even i amin the same situation.
10 - 85
12 71
and b.e 58(thanks to the gr8 pune university)
fresher,to pass in 2009
i got 95 percentile this year and even i am thinking to appear for cat again,but when i think of my acads,all hopes seem to be fading away.
i don't know what to do about sumthng i will nevere be able to change.........

[hari_87]

Originally Posted by vivek098

@ hari
but brother,the situation is very gloomy.
even i amin the same situation.
10 - 85
12 71
and b.e 58(thanks to the gr8 pune university)
fresher,to pass in 2009
i got 95 percentile this year and even i am thinking to appear for cat again,but when i think of my acads,all hopes seem to be fading away.
i don't know what to do about sumthng i will nevere be able to change.........

when u know u can't chng it, why worry abt it? i'm not saying that ppl with not so good acads are not at a disadvantage. but then, u certainly aren't out of the race. u can always explain y ur marks aren't as bad as they seem, in ur interviews. n i read in some post in pg that iim c's director has gone on record saying past acads don't matter to see. u can chk that with iim c's final selection criteria. thr is no reason to lose hope bro. cat 09 is going to be a hard battle, and let's focus on preparing for it, rather than worry about things that aren't in our control Cheers and ATB!

[italy669]

Originally Posted by rahul_240488

I have said it before to you & i will say it again. The above statement in bold is a bit too rigid. I know people who have converted their IIM calls inspite of not fulfilling the criteria you have mentioned.

Regards,
Rahul

I forgot to add one important factor...Lady Luck smiling on you.

[pravinmc]

my prof...
10th-84.2%
12th-90.4%
B.E.(mech) 2008 passout-68%

cat 2008 was my first attempt without seriousness and preparation and got pathetic 70%....now i am still jobless....and something is choking my throat...some seriousness is creeping through my nerves....puys could you pls help me where to start....only problem with me is don't know where to start and which one to study as the questions coming in cat paper is different n bit hard than the problems in TIME material...any suggestions?????

[pavanp]

Originally Posted by pravinmc

my prof...
10th-84.2%
12th-90.4%
B.E.(mech) 2008 passout-68%

cat 2008 was my first attempt without seriousness and preparation and got pathetic 70%....now i am still jobless....and something is choking my throat...some seriousness is creeping through my nerves....puys could you pls help me where to start....only problem with me is don't know where to start and which one to study as the questions coming in cat paper is different n bit hard than the problems in TIME material...any suggestions?????

First know all the topics to be covered. Then the topics which you are perfect at and the topics which are to be studied hard. You'll be having an idea, how much time you would take to complete an unknown topic. If you are able to finalize that then the schedule is ready for you.

And regarding the prep strategies... Ask this question to 'n' number of people, you'll get 'n' number of answers. Each one would suggest you to follow diff books. But at the end of the day, it's how much stuff you learn counts.. So, don't go for 'n' books. Start your preparation with only one book. May be the TIME material is sufficient. Complete each and every topic of the book, so that there is no area where you couldn't answer if a question from that area comes in the exam.
Shell your arse off. Forget sleep for the next 6 months. Prepare Prepare and Prepare. Solve as many MOCK CAT's as possible.. Revise Revise and Revise. At the end of day, you should be satisfied with your preparation.

Dude... don't be so emotional by quoting, "something is choking your throat" ...
There is LIFE BEYOND CAT. CAT is not the end of the life. I know, may the social obligations etc are forcing you to get well settled. But still take CAT as an exam and not as LIFE.

Cheers.