Great Lakes Admission Queries

[fast-n-steady]

Hi...
u have to give the hard copy of the reco letter(sealed as instructed)... nothing doing ...

~FnS
Admission Committee

Originally Posted by bicbimpa

hi glimmers..
got a small problem with the online reg..
with regards to the reco letter format,the document is given in PDF..and that means i'l have to download the stuff,and tell my 'whoever gonna write my reco' to WRITE down info in 3 sheets of paper.Would have been much easier if the documnet had been in MS WORD..then i cud'v given a soft copy to my reco guy & he could do everything on his comp,take a print and that's it! btw..that's how ISB is doin it..and i guess its so much more convenient for a b-school wannabe,while approaching his hot shot boss!!
i spoke to ad-com at GLIM..and they said its a technical thing and have to spk to some guy in mumbai!
was it the same way last year? any inputs people??

[soulofchange]

-->Check whether you put the correct mail id.
If yes,
-->check the Junk mail/Spam mail folders(sometimes mails are directed there)
If it doesn't help then shoot a mail to Great Lakes id given in downloadable admission brochure "quoting your email id".

Don't worry, the institute will help you in this case.

Originally Posted by Rohit Sh

hi..can someone who has already started the process of applying online help me...I made the payment through my credit card and should have received my password to log in by now but nothing seems to be happening...for guys who are already doing it I wanted to know how did it work for you guys??...does it take some time or the password reaches you instantly...what needs to be done here??...any help is welcome....thanks....

[vagabond77]

Password mail was immidiate (may be 10 minutes delay) in my case.
I suggest you contact Adcom or idbi bank. Check if the money has actually gone from your card.

Originally Posted by Rohit Sh

hi..can someone who has already started the process of applying online help me...I made the payment through my credit card and should have received my password to log in by now but nothing seems to be happening...for guys who are already doing it I wanted to know how did it work for you guys??...does it take some time or the password reaches you instantly...what needs to be done here??...any help is welcome....thanks....

[vagabond77]

Hi FnS,
Agree that the signed 'hard' copy of reco's need to be submitted. But the reco's can be created 'using' computer. As I understand, currently we have take a print out of PDF, then my recommnder has to use pen to fill this. This is tedious and messy atleast for the recommender who's not applying himself. (Atleast in IT! forget my reco's even I haven't written more than a line or 2 in years using a pen!)
Wouldn't it make more sense to let him create the reco using computer, then take a printout and sign and counter sign on each page. for one, he gets to use backspace instead of scratching off..

hope I made sense here.

Originally Posted by fast-n-steady

Hi...
u have to give the hard copy of the reco letter(sealed as instructed)... nothing doing ...

~FnS
Admission Committee

[bicbimpa]

[quote=vagabond77;587460]Hi FnS,
Agree that the signed 'hard' copy of reco's need to be submitted. But the reco's can be created 'using' computer. As I understand, currently we have take a print out of PDF, then my recommnder has to use pen to fill this. This is tedious and messy atleast for the recommender who's not applying himself.
Wouldn't it make more sense to let him create the reco using computer, then take a printout and sign and counter sign on each page. for one, he gets to use backspace instead of scratching off..

@vagabond
i concur..can someone at greatlakes clarify this pls..
the reco would obvioulsy be submitted in hard copy!

[rajatche33]

Hi,
I am fairly new to this thread. I have few clarifications regarding GLIM.

1. What is the minimum cut-off in CAT for getting a call from GLIM.
2. I went through the website and found the highest salary was some 25 l.p.a and few more companies gave offer around 15-20 lpa as per the announcement in their placement report but the average salary is 7 lpa. why is that the average is pretty low when compared to the highest/higher ones.
can some one clarify me on this.
3. I heard that GLIM is shifting to some other location. is it true?
4. I have around 1.5 + years of work experience and for this profile what might i expect to be cutoff or is it the same as freshers

Last one

5. How about the loans and scholarships (if any)

Do clarify me on the above aspects.

-Raja

[fast-n-steady]

Cant really help if ur application gets messy if u handwrite the reco letters....
pls note the following points:
--> when u ask for reco from ur bosses and ask them to write it down, they do not get much annoyed bcoz 1)it is the more accepted way of doing it and 2) he/she is extremely busy to write it down.... im talking from my personal experience... i myself took reco from one of the so called 'hot-shot' guys of the industry and he had no problems doing that... so go ahd and ask for the best person for the reco ! and yes, pls be rest assured that the recos shud be handfilled only...

~FnS


[quote=bicbimpa;587472]

Originally Posted by vagabond77

Hi FnS,
Agree that the signed 'hard' copy of reco's need to be submitted. But the reco's can be created 'using' computer. As I understand, currently we have take a print out of PDF, then my recommnder has to use pen to fill this. This is tedious and messy atleast for the recommender who's not applying himself.
Wouldn't it make more sense to let him create the reco using computer, then take a printout and sign and counter sign on each page. for one, he gets to use backspace instead of scratching off..

@vagabond
i concur..can someone at greatlakes clarify this pls..
the reco would obvioulsy be submitted in hard copy!

[fast-n-steady]

Originally Posted by rajatche33

Hi,
I am fairly new to this thread. I have few clarifications regarding GLIM.

1. What is the minimum cut-off in CAT for getting a call from GLIM.
2. I went through the website and found the highest salary was some 25 l.p.a and few more companies gave offer around 15-20 lpa as per the announcement in their placement report but the average salary is 7 lpa. why is that the average is pretty low when compared to the highest/higher ones.
can some one clarify me on this.
3. I heard that GLIM is shifting to some other location. is it true?
4. I have around 1.5 + years of work experience and for this profile what might i expect to be cutoff or is it the same as freshers

Last one

5. How about the loans and scholarships (if any)

Do clarify me on the above aspects.

-Raja

Answers:
1. Cut-off will depend on the applications(go thru' the previous posts)
2. Avg was 7.3... yes, not many ppl got in the range of 15-20L.. also there were more freshers who pulled down the salaries a bit on the avg. The overall figure stood @ 7.3
3.Not in next 1 yr <almost confirmed>
4. cut-off s wont change bcoz of high no. of applicants with considerable work x.
5. Loans-yes Schol - No

Do get back for more details.

~FnS

[fast-n-steady]

If anyone faces any problem with online application (password or anything else), pls mail to the id mentionned in the online application website or call the call center

[Rohit Sh]

thank you all for the help..i did write a mail to the support team of GLIM and got a quick response from them...they have given me the details now...kudos to the admission team...great job...!!!....