Why Poor Acads?

[smilingakash]

Hmmmm wel i m a cat 2k7 aspirant.......
X-88.4%
XII-82.2%
Grad B.E-CGPA-7.5(Presently)Mite drop 2 7.4...
Wel hve gt fair enough Co-Curr(Debator,Sports nd Guitarist as wel)....
Wit a decent perc nd no work ex wud my profile be under rated nd i gotta bank only on my instinscts in GD/PI....

[sunilnatraj]

First things first. ACADS DO MATTER.

Now the important thing. ACADS DONT MATTER MUCH IN IIM INTERVIEWS.

Firstly, marks are no indication of your potential, nor your understanding of the subject. I had 62.5 % in engg, and was say 10th in my class of 50. But, I think I had better understanding of the subjects when compared to some who were ahead of me.

People should focus on concepts, and thats the most important thing. If you can answer a conceptual question in an interview, you can be certain that you would be through. Parrots dont make it.


Also understand that if they ask you a question like why are your acads bad, say that you were in the top 10%ile of your class. I was also into extra curriculars. I could do better. And best of all, my performance in CAT (assumption of 99%ile +) proves that I am academically sound.

But, this doesnt mean that acads shall be of no use to you. Two candidates on level terms after the PI, would be evaluated on acads. So there it helps. More importantly, after you get here, you would realize that many people have godly acads and/or profiles (IIT, CGPA etc) This might impact your summers etc.

If your acads are bad, try and get yourself substitutes for your profile. Eg would be extra curriculars, co-curriculars. Do something that fits into your scheme of things. For eg, I joined an NGO, NASEOH which was a Pagalguy initiative. My IIMC interview revolved mainly around this.

Finally, IIMC doesnt care one bit of acads. There are people here who have engineering aggregates of 55%. In fact, they didnt even look at my file.

And now go crack the CAT.

Cheers,
Sunil

[Aspirant008]

Originally Posted by sunilnatraj

First things first. ACADS DO MATTER.

Now the important thing. ACADS DONT MATTER MUCH IN IIM INTERVIEWS.

Firstly, marks are no indication of your potential, nor your understanding of the subject. I had 62.5 % in engg, and was say 10th in my class of 50. But, I think I had better understanding of the subjects when compared to some who were ahead of me.

People should focus on concepts, and thats the most important thing. If you can answer a conceptual question in an interview, you can be certain that you would be through. Parrots dont make it.


Also understand that if they ask you a question like why are your acads bad, say that you were in the top 10%ile of your class. I was also into extra curriculars. I could do better. And best of all, my performance in CAT (assumption of 99%ile +) proves that I am academically sound.

But, this doesnt mean that acads shall be of no use to you. Two candidates on level terms after the PI, would be evaluated on acads. So there it helps. More importantly, after you get here, you would realize that many people have godly acads and/or profiles (IIT, CGPA etc) This might impact your summers etc.

If your acads are bad, try and get yourself substitutes for your profile. Eg would be extra curriculars, co-curriculars. Do something that fits into your scheme of things. For eg, I joined an NGO, NASEOH which was a Pagalguy initiative. My IIMC interview revolved mainly around this.

Finally, IIMC doesnt care one bit of acads. There are people here who have engineering aggregates of 55%. In fact, they didnt even look at my file.

And now go crack the CAT.

Cheers,
Sunil

SUNIL thanks it was quiet insipiration I have 78 in 10th 66 in 12 th and 65% in B.E from BITS .. does it conme in poor acads or average.....

[cracko]

well i personally believe this thread at this point of time is irrelevant.......commom people you cant do nething abt ur acads now.......CRACK CAT 2007...........c u looking at a ratio of around 1:2 or 1:3 ie 1 out of 2 or 3 will b successful after u get gd/pi calls.....rite now it is 1:100....so d odds of ur mkng it very high if u crack CAT with or without gud acads.......dont think abt it, it cld very well bring the morale down......

well abt morale i had a big problem in preparation for my XLRI interview......i was soo freaked out abt my low scores in graduation 68% but below 60 in first 2 yrs.... no 1 seemed to b worried though i was asked how is my graduation %......they didnt care abt other 2 yrs...... i said it was average (most likely way below avg compared to other call getters)....so they wanted to test me on my acads n they opted 4 Statistics my highest scoring subject but which was only 4 50 mrks in my 1st sem n as u wld hv realised i didnt remember much answered half d qs....so theres a hint there...............

COMING back to the MORALE......but the fact tht they asked me abt my acads had me on d defensive immediately n my lack of confidence showed n i knew it was all over.......n by d time i realised d problem it was all over.......

so people please dont think abt ur acads........well if they were so imp than y wld they conduct gd-pi????? they can c d acads n cat scores n give final results straight away....

but dont stay in imaginary world also tht acads dont matter it does especially for freshers as it gives the b-school sum knowledge abt u as to wat hv u been upto of late......but this can b compensated with a gud performance in gd-pi.........but if u dont get a call than an amazing answer tht u cum up with after thinking over it 4 10 months wldnt b of ne use....

well hv written a lot, end it here........ATB people

[Coolangel]

Well hello to every body here
well i am new to this thread but not too pagalguy.
Well i really like this site as here we can meet many other people
conjuring up the whole thing it is very good idea

Now my acad record is like ----

Xth -- 70.4%
XIIth- 59.4%(really a bad score but satisfied in those grilling conditions)
B.Tech- 70%

i am confused as wuld they consider me as good candidate
well i did computers langauges during B.tech which were not in my course
and went to MICROSOFT and was delhi's highest bugg finder in MS VISTA

so will this help me ?

[mansham]

Hi ppl this is manish....
I am also facing the same problem..Acads..Xth-73%, XII-73% and a deadly 60.06% in my BE(2005) ...thanks to my attitute while doing ma graduation...but have good extra curicullars(Captained my college cricket and volleyball team at University level and won in volleyball,at college level won all four years in badminton,volleyball and Cricket(captain) ) is that can be considered gud ?...working with a IT Indian MNC having 1.5+ years of work ex...given interview calls for some gud B-schools in 2k5 but was grilled on my B.E. percentage..luking for CAT 2007...do i stands a chance to get through with added work ex now? Can any one suggest some answer for that bad acads.......

[rmbt]

Originally Posted by mansham

Hi ppl this is manish....
I am also facing the same problem..Acads..Xth-73%, XII-73% and a deadly 60.06% in my BE(2005) ...working with a IT Indian MNC having 1.5+ years of work ex...given interview calls for some gud B-schools in 2k5 but was grilled on my B.E. percentage..luking for CAT 2007...do i stands a chance to get through with added work ex now? Can any one suggest some answer for that bad acads.......

Originally Posted by Coolangel

Well hello to every body here
well i am new to this thread but not too pagalguy.
Well i really like this site as here we can meet many other people
i am confused as wuld they consider me as good candidate
well i did computers langauges during B.tech which were not in my course
and went to MICROSOFT and was delhi's highest bugg finder in MS VISTA

so will this help me ?

Both of you should understand this, thaat primary criteria for you to get selected is your CAT score.

You have to get it and you are thru to GD/PI.

Now thing that matters to them is not your extra curriculars or your work ex , but what you learnt from it and how can you justify that it lead you to decide that you should go for MBA!!

So as if now, concentrate on CAT and lets hope for the best.

[ashish1684]

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[k_saksena]

Depends on what the 2 year gap was for - Sometimes it happens to be a serious personal reason and others it can also be poor acads and poor decision making as regards the next step .


What will also matter is how you have done after that gap in terms of graduatin and co-cirricular activities.

[rmbt]

Originally Posted by ashish1684

I have a 2 year gap after my class 12th....

my scores - Xth - 89.0%
XII th - 78 %
B.B.A - 63 %

performing well in mock cats...but the 2 year gap is always on my mind..pls help...what should i expect? any fillers?

Buddy,

If you are performing well in Mocks, just carry the confidence in the CAT and you will be rewarded suitably. In PI, you can say, that i have learned from my past and is more focussed than ever in my life and hence , I am sitting in front of you.

All the best.