call getters from humanities!!

numinousdivine · **call getters from humanities!! -** 30-12-2004, 09:57 PM

call getters from humanities stream please post your scores and calls.

numinousdivine · 31-12-2004, 10:11 AM

no even a single call getter from humanities...what a shame....seems like marx..shakespeare..kafka...weber are all defunct now

kuk-du-ku · 31-12-2004, 11:12 AM

Diversity

iska matlab hai in India we dont have any eligible CAT cracker from humanities?

ya IIMs disinterest in getting people from humanities? ya test pattern is against people from humanities? kya hai.

After this mere ko koi hope nahin ke mein kabhi bhi IIM mein padh paungi. I know some students from humanities who have got great percentiles and no calls. IIMs doing partiality or something else?

numinousdivine · 31-12-2004, 01:04 PM

i sincerely feel that humanities students are better equipped to be managers....their understanding of human life is augmented by their readings in subjects like psychology...philosophy..thought...etc.history i feel is a case study on a largest canvas possible!! if u look at leaders ...a common thread that runs through them all is their voracious reading habits.i am yet to meet a serious humanities student who is not an excellent communicator and jugde of human mind.in course of our studies we know constitution..law...whos who of politics... socioal trends and wat not.i feel that these iim profs are nuts and they find it impossible to overcome their own biases.thats why indian b schools WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

Aarav · 31-12-2004, 02:11 PM

Definitely the students who do B.A. are also good.
And they tend to lose on work-ex. factor too.

But, the mindset is like this.
How many 10th class toppers go for anything other than
Science > Commerce > Arts ?

frustofemale · 31-12-2004, 02:19 PM

You are right Aarav. But I would say you are pointing at something different. We are worried because we are not getting calls with a high percentile. The entire process is biased against us. Quant was heavy. DI was difficult. Humanities students have to work harder. How many good students opt for humanities is not the issue. The fact is good students opt for humanities too.

IIMs have to understand that there is life beyond IITs, engineers and Bcomers. A manager need not know how circuits are connected, how to make softwares...They need to be team workers and efficient workers. Creative and imaginative. I do not say engineers do not have these qualities but the fact is humanities students also have it.

If IIMs do not want us. The bulletin and prospectus needs to be printed again. I went through the profiles of students in IIMA. It was a sorry scenario for humanities students. I accept the fact that previous years may have some students from this stream in their batches but this year things look different.

Aarav · 31-12-2004, 02:30 PM

Perhaps, that's why I keep cribbing about the transparency CAT requires.

If not before, IIMs can come out with the selection criteria after the examination.

numinousdivine · 31-12-2004, 02:47 PM

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arnavsinha · 31-12-2004, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by numinousdivine

i sincerely feel that humanities students are better equipped to be managers....their understanding of human life is augmented by their readings in subjects like psychology...philosophy..thought...etc.history i feel is a case study on a largest canvas possible!! if u look at leaders ...a common thread that runs through them all is their voracious reading habits.i am yet to meet a serious humanities student who is not an excellent communicator and jugde of human mind.in course of our studies we know constitution..law...whos who of politics... socioal trends and wat not.

Yaar, seriously, I think you are underestimating engineers by delineating these qualities within the domain of pure humanities. Of course you never said explicitly that people from technical fields lack these qualities, but the post did have those connotations. The only reason I can think of is that the IIM selection team, probably based on past records, feels that though humanities students do have the qualities mentioned above, they just might lack in other qualities like analytical skills and ease in handling numbers, which are also required to do well in an IIM course, and in jobs after that. When they select engineers, or science and commerce students, they can rest assured to a fair degree that these students have a basic prowess in the mathematical aspects, and the ones among these who do well at other criteria (which is tested in the GD and interview) are taken in.
This is one theory that I can think of. I am not condoning or justifying the lack of humanities students in the short-list. In fact, even I do believe that having students from varying backgrounds would be a lot more interesting in the class, and if there is any conscious attempt by IIMs to not take in humanities students it throws all the talk about having diversity down in the pits.

born2lead · **My Point -** 31-12-2004, 03:01 PM

1. Education never make anyone anything, it's learning.
2. It's not reading, it's understanding, that makes you.

So No Humanities or Engineering or even any subject in the world ... can make you a better Manager or a better Human for that matter.

It's learning about life and understanding which follows that.

Me thinks ... I've ignited a hot debate here.