Unheard FACTS of top B-Schools : Secrets Unmasked!!!

abhishekjain · 16-01-2005, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MvB ACM No9

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And yeah, Jain mentioned this being for one year only...yep, let's say you clear Year1 as a borderline case....fine, forget it...you've got a clean slate in Year2......you start with basically 0 Fs and 0 Ds...

Thank God for small mercies

Cheers!
Mike

hey mikey...u forgot that its NOT a clean slate....there r rules regarding the maximum of Fs or Ds one can accumulate over the six terms....i think 3or 4 F or something like that......
in IIML, we dont have a policy of kicking out the last 10%....nor have i heard of it being followed in any other b-school(tho i may be incorrect)...it seems unthinkable that almost 19% of the batch surely flunks over the 2 yrs.....

abhishek

MvB ACM No9 · 16-01-2005, 03:07 PM

I think this "10% flunk out" question arises in people's minds after being told it's RG. Ideally, not so.....

Most profs, as Sanjeev mentioned will try not to flunk you....but if the class average is 60 and you've scored a 17, then there's really not much of a choice you have given him, is there? There are some profs who are sadists, but they're few and far between.....and even then, the highest it's ever touched is when 1 prof here awarded a total of 21 Fs in a batch of 220. That led to an amazing uproar. It was unprecedented and hasn't been repeated......

When I say that a fair number drop out, it's nowhere close to what it might suggest to you....there are people who get into IIMs and well, they're just not cut out for the course....(please, please, please, I am NOT trying to enter a debate on categories here, so read nothing of that sort into this).......these are the people who drop out.....I am yet to see a "shocker". In the sense that a person who puts in a reasonable amount of work (like, at least 1 night for every paper

) will easily clear (I'm assuming you have the brains....)

Cheers!
Mike

PS: It's really pretty easy to clear.....you'll always be on edge, but it's ok....the various assignments and quizzes and projects always pull you close to the mark and then the paper pushes you past.....example....in one paper, a chap here scored just 29 in the mid+end-term (Total out of 80).....but he'd scored 18 in the quizzes (out of 20). That pushed him well over the required mark

Garuda · 16-01-2005, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MvB ACM No9

I think this "10% flunk out" question arises in people's minds after being told it's RG. Ideally, not so.....

There are some profs who are sadists, but they're few and far between.....and even then, the highest it's ever touched is when 1 prof here awarded a total of 21 Fs in a batch of 220. That led to an amazing uproar. It was unprecedented and hasn't been repeated......

Cheers!
Mike

Yeah...comes down to the prof basically... But for us we have many profs who screw us...in term 2 itself we have two profs who generally gives about 10Ds in a class of 60!!! (And tahts the reason im dreading my term 2 grades which will be out real soon!)

Hey vikuboss,
The attendence requirement at IIMB is 75%. But for most of the subjects its invariably 100% cos of the surprise quizzes. If u miss one,theres no make up quiz and so ur screwed. So the subjects with surprise quizzes generally had very high attendence by everyone. I feel this is wrong,cos it totally negates the concept that u can bunk 25% of the classes without suffering. My take, there shud be no surprise quizzes and all of em shud be announced prior

(and i also know that this is wishful thinking!!)

Regards,
Sanjeev V. Garuda

prasunc · 16-01-2005, 07:51 PM

Hey guys,

Thx to you ,some of our fears did get allayed ,at least for IImL,IIMB and MDI....And as someone mentioned ,its RG which actually created a pretty unfair picture...

In the sense that,if ther's RG..someone does get a D ..and then flunks...
But well...your clarification on that did clear the air a bit.
We havent heard form a vast latitude of bschools here,but we do get the idea!

I wish everyone that they may have all profs at his school as angels !!!
Hope we continue to get some more insight into the working of B-shools...the lesser known facts for the junta here...

Maybe one of u can will be so good to suggest an edited subject line of this thread for a more generic insight...one that includes more than the "flunking" part!! I'm sure we'd like to know more of a typical avg b-school student ,and his day-to-day challenges.

That'll help us get tuned for it early on!

Thx and Rgds
Prasunc

khotahimachali · 16-01-2005, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by prasunc

Hey guys,

I wish everyone that they may have all profs at his school as angels !!!
Hope we continue to get some more insight into the working of B-shools...the lesser known facts for the junta here...

That'll help us get tuned for it early on!

Thx and Rgds
Prasunc

Amen
Insha Allah
Tere muh main ghee shakkar
Rab tainu har muskil te bachaye
my take on the thread name is
E-b school ki mahaan santaan hamein do gyan

are prasun this thread is right as it is !!!shayad experience ke liye kahin na kahin koi thread hoga !!!! nahi to naya shuru kar do ...kya jata hai!!!!!
Puneet

prasunc · 16-01-2005, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by khotahimachali

my take on the thread name is
E-b school ki mahaan santaan hamein do gyan

are prasun this thread is right as it is !!!shayad experience ke liye kahin na kahin koi thread hoga !!!! nahi to naya shuru kar do ...kya jata hai!!!!!
Puneet

hope nobody heard that !

khotahimachali · 16-01-2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by prasunc

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Originally Posted by khotahimachali

my take on the thread name is
E-b school ki mahaan santaan hamein do gyan

are prasun this thread is right as it is !!!shayad experience ke liye kahin na kahin koi thread hoga !!!! nahi to naya shuru kar do ...kya jata hai!!!!!
Puneet

hope nobody heard that !

-me banging my head on the PC ..ooh cafe vali auntie aa gayee..ghoor rahi hai....chali gayi......
mods se bach kar bhagooooo
Puneet

prasunc · 22-01-2005, 08:25 PM

Guys . got this on some old thread
(also have it posted on one more thread so that i get max answers!) :

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Plus this guy in the panel told me that they always have some probs with placements for guys above 24 years age and cos. look for people with lesser ages. Honestly I dint know that. he told me that if I join, then placement is my risk.

Is that real?I am 26 and will be 28 at the time of placements.
2 years work exp.

How does it matter in placements?Do let me know ...I'm tensed with this!

Garuda · 22-01-2005, 08:40 PM

That is mostly BS. You will not have a problem because u have workex. If ur that old without workex, then i dunno, but if u got workex its always a Plus. Especially during placements there are companies that shortlist only people with workex.

This is a wrong time to worry about such details cos gaining an entry into an IIM is more important than placement details! Trust me just about everyone will land with a decent job.

And please change the name of this thread! its such a joke! Its not a secret or anything, any b-school student would know about all this

All the best!

Regards,
Sanjeev Garuda

prasunc · 22-01-2005, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Garuda

That is mostly BS. You will not have a problem because u have workex. If ur that old without workex, then i dunno, but if u got workex its always a Plus. Especially during placements there are companies that shortlist only people with workex.

Hmm..Thought as much.

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Originally Posted by Garuda

This is a wrong time to worry about such details cos gaining an entry into an IIM is more important than placement details! Trust me just about everyone will land with a decent job.

No IIM's for everyone..some are not that fortunate.And say If u are expecting some calls thru XAT,and chucking a job for that,then wise to be breifed about your prospects!

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Originally Posted by Garuda

And please change the name of this thread! its such a joke! Its not a secret or anything, any b-school student would know about all this

Aw gee...I just changed it

Anyways ,the secret's thru the eyes of the hoipolloi ,not the MBA studs themselves! Enuf justification to allow me to keep this subjest line for a week (puhlleeaazzee)??

Anyways,I'm not sure why I've seen references to age being made in more than half-a-dozen threads ...maybe it doesnt mater for the IIM's but does for other colleges.The quote about age that I've taken in original qn was one from a "XL Interview Exps" thread,where the interview panel tells a candidate this .
Anyways I need a good reason to explain a 2 year break after +2 and b4 engg, so anything like that..and my fate's sealed!

Hoping for the best.
Catch ya.