Asian Institute of Management (AIM) 2008 discussions

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Originally Posted by kkjha

Remember the cliche "GMAT is one of the many criteria for selection in to a B School and hence a very high GMAT not necessarily secures a place for you and vice versa".

However, I think GMAT above 650 is good enough to fetch you an interview call from AIM.

This does not mean that 640 GMAT wont get you an interview call.

For the profile of students
One can not generalise the profile of the students getting admission in AIM. People from all sorts of backgrounds are selected.

AIMAT is relatively easier than GMAT, however, the pattern for AIMAT is similar to that of GMAT.

This year there are 63 Indian students out of 109 total number of students.

Placement
AIM, just like many other international B-schools, did not use to focus too much on campus placements. Though this is changing over the last 1-2 years and now the institute has started inviting companies for placements. Last year some 80% Indian students got thru the campus placement. If you refer to last year thread, you can see the companies coming to campus. I remember few names and those are
1. Johnson electric,
2. Emerson electric
3. Olam Bangkok
4. HSBC-Singapore recruited one
5. Citigroup recruited two
6. Ayala land construction
7. Infosys
8. HCL
9. Wipro
10. ICICI (Offer 8-10.3 L…depending on work ex. One guy was offered position of chief manager, he declined though becoz of low package and joined Mindtree )
11. Mind Tree Consulting (9 to 16.25L highest for one guy who has 9 years rich )
12. Accenture
13. Qatar Telecom from Dubai has recuited two frm campus with an offer of 2.20 lakhs per month.One has accepted Qatar.. other one accepted offer frm...14 lakhs annum

14. J&J, India

15. S&G Consulting
16. C&C London

From outside interview

17. JP Morgan (for a guy who went to IIMA on exchange program)

Hope above information helps.

Thanx a lot KKJHA... This is really an informative post....

Also please let us know the cost of doing MBA from AIM...!!!

Thanx in advance.
Archit

kkjha

Cost is close to 30-32k USD.
$20k is the fee + another 10k boarding & lodging, airticket, and other expenses.

Add $1k incase u dont have laptop.

Indians are little lucky as approx 13L INR will give u $31k.

Previously 15 L would give the same $$.

Thanks to appreciating INR.

But I am personally loosing a hell lot on this account.

sasi_nit

hello sarsij/architPlease guide me to get the forms from Mumbai.....I dont have GMAT score anr i m planning to take AIMAT....when is it?????/

sarsij

Go to their web site Asian Institute of Management and then look for the details. AIM has a office in Mumbai and from there you can ask for the details/forms etc. AIM also conducts its own test, which you may or may not appear for......as they also accept the GMAT scores. visit the site and get in touch with them bye!

Quote:

Originally Posted by sasi_nit

hello sarsij/architPlease guide me to get the forms from Mumbai.....I dont have GMAT score anr i m planning to take AIMAT....when is it?????/

abhi_019

hello ,
I have a query wrt the reco letters for AIM-----

it says that 1 reco is needed fm employer and the other fm academic instructor...... is the one from the academic institute absolutely necessary or can be substituted with another from work references-----

secondly, i am into my family biz.GMAT 640, 3.3 yrs work ex. Decent acads and extra curriculars---- is this amt of work ex too little for AIM or i have a fair chance based on it (given my family biz background)....

Kindly also provide other suggestions useful in application....

Cheers
Abhishek

naveen_2ksrec

Hi guys i too want to apply for AIM 08 ENTRY....can anyone tell me from where to get application form in Mumbai?? My profile - B.E(ECE) with 3yrs exp in manufacturing sector.....

sarsij

I will suggest that you dont take a chance...its could be hampering your chances to a great extent....so go ahead and get a reco letter from your institute you studied last. Moreover there is nothing much to be filled up in that sheet....some tick-marks and some 2-3 lines descriotions. So it wont even take much time to prepare those things.
And in case you are THE BOSS

in your family business then contact the Mumbai office for further directions, else just go ahead and show them your real worth by getting a reco-letter from the CEO level of a company.

But dont take chance....you never know when can something turn against your chances.

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhi_019

hello ,
I have a query wrt the reco letters for AIM-----

it says that 1 reco is needed fm employer and the other fm academic instructor...... is the one from the academic institute absolutely necessary or can be substituted with another from work references-----

secondly, i am into my family biz.GMAT 640, 3.3 yrs work ex. Decent acads and extra curriculars---- is this amt of work ex too little for AIM or i have a fair chance based on it (given my family biz background)....

Kindly also provide other suggestions useful in application....

Cheers
Abhishek

abhi_019

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarsij

I will suggest that you dont take a chance...its could be hampering your chances to a great extent....so go ahead and get a reco letter from your institute you studied last. Moreover there is nothing much to be filled up in that sheet....some tick-marks and some 2-3 lines descriotions. So it wont even take much time to prepare those things.
And in case you are THE BOSS

in your family business then contact the Mumbai office for further directions, else just go ahead and show them your real worth by getting a reco-letter from the CEO level of a company.

But dont take chance....you never know when can something turn against your chances.

Thank you for the reply..... and i get the point you are stressing on

By when do you plan to submit your application.... i guess we need to courier the same to the Mumbai office......???? have any deadlines been set...???

Cheers

sarsij

Hi all.....
I am sending you the 14 questions which are to be answered while sending your application to AIM. These questions are for both MBA and MM

1. Describe a major extra-curricular activity in college that you feel is very important to you. Explain why you consider it so.
2. Describe a major community activity that you feel is very important to you. Explain why you consider it so.
3. What recognition (distinction, honors, awards, etc) have you received in your academic, extra-curricular, business, community, and other activities? Which among these do you value most? Why?
4. Aside from the present and the last two organizations that you have worked for, what other work experience do you believe will help you during your studies in AIM?
5. Describe your interest and hobbies.
6. Evaluate yourself as a person, discussing in order of importance, the personal characteristics you feel are your weakness.
7. Describe what your believe to be your three most substantial accomplishments and explain why you believe them to be such.
8. Describe a situation (in family, in school, business, community, etc) where you felt you had some responsibility. Describe how this situation developed you and what have you learned from such experience.
9. As briefly and explicitly as possible, explain why you would like to attend the MBA or MM program.
10. Having decided to attend the MBA or MM program , what steps have you taken to prepare yourself for the course?
11. Other than what you have already written, what do you believe will strengthen your application for the admission?
12. What are your plans after graduating from AIM?
13. Rank, in order of importance, the reasons for choosing AIM
- Contacts for career development
- Presence of overseas participants
- Reputation
- Influenced or referred by colleagues
- Others (please specify)
14. Do you have any impairment or illness which might affect your academic progress or which would necessitate special housing arrangement?

Hope this list allows to take a step forward towards AIM application process.

Thanks & Regards

Sarsij

nitizenp007

Thanks Sarsij..thats a gr8 help