[reetisri]

I screwed up in CAT
following are my scores:
VA :47 per
DI:75 per
QA:89 per
OA:84 per
do i have a chance?

[bikram9]

@Reeti get in touch with the students studying in IIFM and they may shed light on your chances. I think your over all percentile is decent but the sectional splits are an area of concern.Anyways best of luck

[iamgirish]

hey

here goes...

eng - 24 - 92%ile
maths -16 -80%ile
DI- 32 -80%ile
OA - 90%ile

The GD/PI calls will be out mid feb and the fun would begin mid march;-). They also give due weightage to ppl with work ex. as for freshers i believe the cut offs would hover around 82%ile.

looking forward for IIFM. was always a nature freek.

Iifmians kindly share abt the life in IIFM quite eager to know!:smilecol:

also would be very useful to keep the thread alive.

[kaushikmba]

wht are my chances in IIFM
QA: 20.40
VA: 74
DI: 87
OA: 76.02

[iamgirish]

Originally Posted by kaushikmba

wht are my chances in IIFM
QA: 20.40
VA: 74
DI: 87
OA: 76.02

i read somewher that they have sectional cut off of 55%ile not sure though.
It also depends on your work ex..

[kaushikmba]

I had 2+ year in IT Sector, can I get a call from IIFM with 76.02 percentile?
When will be the results declared?

[bikram9]

The results would be out in Mid of Feb.

[iamgirish]

Originally Posted by kaushikmba

I had 2+ year in IT Sector, can I get a call from IIFM with 76.02 percentile?
When will be the results declared?

If you could just browse through last yr's thread there were folks with 73%ile and work ex getting calls. not sure in what field his exp was. but still that is a 7%ile difference from the cutoff for a fresher!

[sidgollum]

Well, well, well… Good to see some nature-lovers around. Have answered some of the doubts earlier, but here’s it again, for the benefit of all…

Yes, the sectional cut-offs are generally around 55%ile. And till now, they have been the sole criterion for getting a call. Factors like workex, academics, extracurrics, etc. play their part only in the final evaluation. Of course, things can change, though I don’t think that’s very probable this year…

For the GD, u don’t need to prepare nething specially related to IIFM-related issues. The topics are general (My group, for one, was given the topic – Democracy is hampering India’s progress). Of course, in the PI, if u can differentiate urself from the rest by incorporating the environmental and social angles without sounding as if you have “learnt-by-heart” everything, you shud easily sail through. The calls will be out by Jan-end, and the process will start by mid-Feb.

Life here is pretty chilled out. The campus is beautiful… it’s on a hilltop surrounded on two sides by a lake, we have our own sunset point and rock paintings of prehistoric age, and really good infrastructure – an excellent library, a 24-hour computer centre in addition to LAN connection in the hostel rooms and Wi-Fi in the classrooms. Of course, many of the classes are boring, but the same professors who sound boring in the class prove to be of immense help in gaining practical viewpoints to academics. I tell u, if u have an explorative nature… if you like to research things out rather than being spoonfed, IIFM is just rite for you…

And about the jobs… well, they are clearly demarcated into three areas: Forestry, environment and development. Forestry is increasingly losing its shine in IIFM in favour of Environment and Development. Microfinance is a key area of jobs… u could get into ne mainstream MFI like ICICI, ABN Amro, HDFC, etc. Carbon is big business nowadays, and environmental finance is another key recruiting area through organizations like Carbon CO2e, NCDEX and others. This year, Indian Oil has recruited two students from our senior batch for their biofuels division. And of course, you can also get into the ‘original’ IIFM job avenues like NGOs, governmental agencies and other development concerns like TERI, IMRB, NIF, and other grassroots organizations. The pay will be in tandem with the career u choose. Forestry is the least payer (barring Olam) and Development is the biggest.

If you have read everything till here… YOU’RE GR8!!!

[bikram9]

Sorry, wrong post.