no. of final calls by various IIMs

floydian_25 · 21-03-2005, 10:25 AM

any guesses what percentile would be the peak of this bell-shaped curve ...or the the percentile range for the downward slope

just clarifying : percentile on y-axis and call-getters on x-axis right?

buck_was · 21-03-2005, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by floydian_25

any guesses what percentile would be the peak of this bell-shaped curve ...or the the percentile range for the downward slope
just clarifying : percentile on y-axis and call-getters on x-axis right?

Yea rite, no. of call-getters on X-axis...
Its tough (almost impossible) to pin-point a particular score at which the bell wud hv peaked... more so, wen 'official' scores rnt made public... but a nugget of info - a net score of 15-16 ended up wid 55-56 %ile...

sanju baba · 21-03-2005, 10:40 AM

IIMC sends about 400 calls with no waiting list.

Also , these calls are for PGDM + PGDCM and not PGDM alone. DM = 210 seats, DCM = 50 seats ..roughly

IIM's declare result in tandem ..all of them come out within 1 or 2 days of the first one.

Bell shaped curve ..hmm take a break guys and let the IIM's do what they want to do.
Once you get in, you'll have ample exposure to the dreaded normal distribution curve.
njoi the wait while it lasts.

Manish

floydian_25 · 21-03-2005, 10:52 AM

ok, assume a guy has 99.7 percentile and decent break up. Forgetting the curve, there would be 15*30 i.e 450 guys above him. Now, bringing the curve into the picture, i think we could safely say that 99.7 point would be towards/closer to the origin i.e before the peak( i think its reasonable to assume that no: of high percentiles would be lesser).So, realistically there would be lesser than 450 ppl above him....optimistically, say 360

also consider 2 additional facts:
1. there would be X ppl with high overall percentiles and poor percentiles in a particular section...this means subtract X from 360 === 360-X
2. CAT percentile has a high weightage for final calls.....

if X is high,looks like he has a extremely decent chance to convert A/B/C?

ps : i really have nothing else to do!

sssss · 21-03-2005, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by floydian_25

2. CAT percentile has a high weightage for final calls.....

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how can u say that( is it by past ex)
is this applicable to all iims

one more thing
though seats no vary in all iims frm 120-280
still no of calls frm all r approx. same (~1000)
means conversion ratio is diff 4 diff iims( toughest 4 INDORE)

floydian_25 · 21-03-2005, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by sssss

how can u say that( is it by past ex)
is this applicable to all iims

one more thing
though seats no vary in all iims frm 120-280
still no of calls frm all r approx. same (~1000)
means conversion ratio is diff 4 diff iims( toughest 4 INDORE)

i have no concrete info,but ppl say it has a high weightage.....
no: of calls, you say is 1000 each... are you sure? ... is though it was around 400-500 for IIMK and a little higher for IIMI.... again this is just hearsay...

sssss · 21-03-2005, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by floydian_25

i have no concrete info,but ppl say it has a high weightage.....
no: of calls, you say is 1000 each... are you sure? ... is though it was around 400-500 for IIMK and a little higher for IIMI.... again this is just hearsay...

brother 400-500 should be final calls not gdpi calls otherwise it will be 90% conversion in K AND I( given no of common calls with big iims)

floydian_25 · 21-03-2005, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sssss

400-500 should be final calls not gdpi calls otherwise it will be 90% conversion in K AND I( given no of common calls with big iims)

hmmm....ok,thanks , i guess i was under certain illusions..

piyushisnice · **Percentile does matter -** 21-03-2005, 11:22 AM

[quote=IIMbthere]one very nice thread i came across is 'IIM final call getter profile'

http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/showthread.php?t=3321 (Profile of People who have Converted their IIM Calls!)

The link to this thread was mentioned earlier in this thread and after visiting it, i am feeling a bit down.

The reason being my precentile. Just 99.31.
And I have got just two IIM calls and that too the big A and C.
To top it all, I am below average in my acads and am having just 7 months of work ex and that too in a typical sw company.
what i surmised from that thread is that for IIMC, percentile plays the most important role. (a few exceptions here and there always exist)
Also, you fellas have already calculated everything and my rank comes out to be above 1000.
So in case IIMC has given only around 600 calls to people having better percentile, even then my chances seem to be slim.
I had a seemingly good GD and great really really great PI. But if I am not selected even after that, then I feel that Muril Manohar Joshi was right. One ought to remove these processes competely. In that case, directly some marks can be given to your past academic records and work ex and extra curriculars and so on. And you don't have to go through the drudgery of GD and PI experiences.
What say fellas???

floydian_25 · 21-03-2005, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by IIMbthere

Also, you fellas have already calculated everything and my rank comes out to be above 1000.

you can't exactly say that abt your rank cos we're assuming a lot......

i ( and a lot of my friends) are tempted to believe that gd/pi would be slightly more than a formality + a check to see that we aren't whackos or anything(what else can a person figure out in 15 + 15 minutes)... BUT, a person i know got waitlisted at IIMA last time (yes, they had a waitlist) with 98.0x percentile and just "ok" acads....so, probably gd/pi can matter a lot...but in the end it remains a mystery..