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merakyahoga replied to GMAT aspirants at Hyderabad - Study Group

Hi Hyderabadi Puys,
I'm also planning to appear for GMAT this year. Unfortunately, I've very little idea about the test and applying to colleges later. I would be really thankful if anyone could guide me here.
I know, it might be too much.
I stay in Hyderabad, near Tolichowki. My office...

merakyahoga replied to Asian Institute of Management Admission 2012 [O...

merakyahoga

13 Jan '12

Hi People
I also planning to try my luck in AIM.
My 10th and 12th marks are < 80%
B-Tech > 80%
Work Ex of 20 months in MNC (IT sector)
can you people suggest me, what are my chances? should I apply ?
I got a mail today saying the admission deadline has been extended.
Really...

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CAT 2011 not completely bereft of technological malfunctions

20 Nov '11

[embedded image] Even though there are no reported fatal technical failures in the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011, the test is not completely bereft of glitches. Monday, October 31, computers crashed and screen colours played truant in a data interpretation question at the Nirmala Devi College centre in Mumbai, where t...

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Diversity in India's MBA classrooms may be at the cost of...

07 Feb '12

@page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } [embedded image] Admission criteria changes have been announced in many b-schools, including a few Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) --- all to include more non-engineers and women students. While IIM Raipur will add 30 marks to a girl-non-engineer, IIM Rohtak wil...

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Apurv Cut it out, all of you. The next guy to put out even a mi.... 23 Sep '11.

imcoolrvid The B schools need to do away with the 'weightage' alloca.... 07 Feb '12.

Diversity in India's MBA classrooms may be at the cost of introducing quotas, say students

by Lajwanti D'Souza in IIM Lucknow, IIM Kozhikode, NITIE, Admissions 2011-12, Classroom diversity, Admission criteria

07 Feb '12

PaGaLGuY spoke to an engineer, a non-engineer and a female student on what the criteria changes means to them?

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Apurv Cut it out, all of you. The next guy to put out even a mildly personal comment gets banned.
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imcoolrvid The B schools need to do away with the 'weightage' allocation and move to profile based screening and adopt a subjective approach to evaluating a candidate. The concept of just having some Z score and normalization of scores is UTTER NON-SENSE. By saying that they can judge a student by looking at his 10, 12 and graduation marks, the IIMs have indicated that they can judge a book by looking at its cover, the number of pages, and the price. The IIMs should first conduct the CAT and then allow all above 95 percentile or say 90 percentile to send their resume. A panel of experts should scan the applications based on the overall profile and not just some board or graduation marks. A guy P who got 90% in class 10 but cleared NTSE and Maths Olympiad is obviously better than the guy Q with 93% and no other achievement. A guy P who got 79% in class 12 but studied Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur is obviously better than the guy Q with 90% who got admission in the local Jai Maa Durga Arts College. A guy P from IIT Kanpur who got 75% but had 10 international technical paper publications and won many national level competitions during his bachelor's degree is obviously better than the guy Q from Jai Maa Durga Arts College who got 80% by copying during exams, assisted by his college. A guy P who has worked for 1 year at Microsoft or Google (having salary 1.5 lacs per MONTH) is obviously better than the guy Q who could not get a job from campussing in his college and now has 4 years of EXPERIENCE working at Om Namah Shivay Call Center (having salary of 1.5 lacs per ANNUM) Sadly, under the present circumstances, P will be rated far below Q, which is an absolute shame. P, who cleared NTSE and Olympiad, studied Electrical Engineering in IIT Kanpur, had 10 international publications and scores of national level achievements, who was a brilliant student but was not very marks oriented, WILL "NOT" GET THE IIM CALL. Q, who is a very average student and has never even thought of having a national level achievement, but studied only for the upcoming exam and did nothing else, WILL GET THE IIM CALL. This is why India is not the right place for talent. It is a direct statement that only mug-up-and-vomit-out attitude is respected in India. And yes, the IIMs have STANDARDIZED the prayer for all GEMs (General Engineer Males) of the country--- "AGLE JANAM MOHE BITIYA HI KIJO"....
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