Pls help, which of the following can I possibly convert Category SC
- IIM raipur- WL 536
- IIM ranchi- WL 602
- IIM bodhgaya- WL A 116
- IIM sambalpur - WL 288
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For Marketing ?
- IIM Jammu
- IIM Sambalpur
- IIM bodhgaya
- IIM Sirmaur
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When are classes starting for IIMs this year? And any ideas about when can one expect to be called to campus?
Please advise. If you could also mention one good reason.
- IIM Shillong
- SIBM Pune
- NMIMS Mumbai
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Hi guys I am freaking confused here, on one side i want to go for a flagship programme, but the weight of IIM B tag is way too attractive, please help and try to comment below your rationale :)
- IIM L PGP
- IIM B PGP BA
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Which one to go for ?
- IIM Trichy HR
- IIM Sambalpur
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Hi Guys,
Need your help. I am confused here. Thanks in advance.
- CAT 2021
- PGDSM NITIE
- IIT K,R
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Remember,
GEF
21 months work ex
Acads 9/9/8
Wish to go for Finance. Which one should I choose?
- FMS, Delhi
- IIM Kozhikode
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Do the recruiters during the placements get to know if the student is general or Nc-obc or any other casteÂ
- Poll check
- No
- Depends on College
- Yes
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Hi guys, i am from kerala and havent decided on which specialisation to choose. Which iim is good for me.
- Iim lucknow
- Iim indore
- Iim kozhicode
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Really confused.
- XLRI Delhi
- IIM Trichy
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Systems Practice & when should it be used ?
Systems practice is a methodology used for Problem solving. Many times a method is used in conjuncture with other methods to come up with an array of solutions that may be used and scaled up. It is important that the problem needs to be understood well enough before looking for solutions though.
There are wicked problems that cannot be solved by one entity of individuals and hence requires a combination of various methodologies to work together. These methodologies need to be employed by various stakeholders affecting & effected by the problem. The stakeholders effected may or may not be a part of the team working towards the solutions. Though it is essential that the problem needs to be empathised with. Actual empathy should be a result of a good design research process. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGâs) are a set of goals that may be worked on with teams like that.
In the interest of keeping the scope of this article limited to Systems practice, letâs understand what Systems Practice means. It is a problem solving method with defined steps so that there is a better exploration of the various facets of the problem. These facets then can be assigned to break in further by relevant teams to come up with solutions. The solutions are then collated to result into a cohesive strategy of iterative solutions for any given wicked problem.
 A wicked problem is generally a result of a system with flaws or a system that does not work anymore. A system that is no more relevant.
A very good example for this is the locomotive movement. Automobiles replaced the movement done via animals but introduced the problem of pollution. It may happen that one solution may come with its own set of problems that may arise later to become another system flaw to understand & resolve.
 A systems practice methodology helps us understand the environment that the situation / problem/ phenomena are happening. It results in exploring possibilities to come up with a strategy that may be leveraged & most effective to solve the problem. This process is always ongoing & there is a continuous adaption & learning so that the simultaneous undesirable effects of the system are minimised.
It is a detailed study and can be covered in the coming issues as a series. How about you identifying a wicked problem that you may start to solve?
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Please help me out. I know posts like this is repetitive but kindly help.
10th - 78%
12th - 89.4%
Graduation (B.com honours) - 79%
Work Ex - 10 monthsÂ
OBC Non creamy layer, MaleÂ
I also have 2 years of gap due to health issues.
what should be my CAT 2021 overall percentile to get into old IIMs like B,C,L and K?
- 99%le plus
- 99.5%le plus
- No chance
- 97%le plus
- 98%le plus
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Anyone who would like to share their Unacademy plus account ?
Or if there is any group which is already using it and want more members?
What was your best/worst admission process experience?
 A lot of MBA and CAT aspirants have reached out to me over the past few days on my journey to IIMA. It wasn't an easy journey, but a journey that I cherish dearly. There were lots of failures which I learnt from, which eventually led to success over a period of two years. Here I have tried to tell my story as honestly and vividly as I could. Hope it inspires a few aspirants.
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Male. Engineer. Non-IITian. General category. That's my profile. And I still ended up in an IIM. For all the pessimists out there, it is possible! Read on..Â
The first time I ever thought about giving CAT was in the third year of engineering. Before that, I was a regular student, enjoying student life, without a care in the world about my future. I did decently well in academics (nothing to write home about) and participated in a few competitions here and there in college. Just the usual profile. Till the third year of engineering, I was not sure if I wanted to do Masters (MSc) or MBA. I even went to a career consultant to help make a choice. But to make matters worse, as I read more on these two areas, I got even more confused. But coming from a business family, I thought that an MBA would help me in the business. Hence, I picked MBA over MSc, and joined a coaching institute on campus itself.
To be frank, I disliked going for coaching classes. Not because they were not good, but because I thought that other students were way better than me, and I often felt belittled in the classroom. But it was the peer pressure, more than anything else, that made me go to the class on a regular basis. Also the fact that I had paid thousands to join the class. Beyond that, I had no motivation. I did not aim to get a 95+ percentile, nor did I know which college I wanted to join. At that time, I went to the coaching class just because everyone else did.
So there I was â in coaching, struggling to solve math and doing okay in English. I bought a CAT guide to help me solve quant questions. But I still found maths difficult, whereas others in my class solved them quickly and accurately. I was dreading my chance at CAT already. I registered for mock exams. The first few exams were a disaster, and I scored in the mid 70s. Due to these performances, I started losing interest in CAT, and the coaching classes quickly became a pass-time activity for me. However, I continued making notes in class and kept collecting the additional information sheets that I got from the coaching class.
Year 2009. One month away from CAT. I was concentrating on my engineering studies. Placements were around the corner, and took center stage. I somehow managed to get a good placement in college. Anyway, I knew that CAT was a month away. But I had no confidence, no motivation to do well. The CAT day came. There was news about some servers failing. I did not care. I knew I was not a sincere CAT aspirant anyway. What's the worse that could have happened? So I gave CAT 2009.. and got a dismal 86 percentile!
Being underprepared, I had not applied for any other exam. After the CAT results, I was dejected and decided to get back to engineering studies, something that I was confident about. I was, however, pleasantly surprised when I got a call from IIM Shillong. At 86 percentile? I was not sure how this happened. But I was happy. This was my first IIM call. Not that I wanted to join IIM Shillong, just the fact that I had the call made me happy.
I wanted to give the IIMS call a go. Just for the experience of an IIM GDPI. It was January now and the GDPI was scheduled for May. Having enough time on my hands, I forgot about the interview call for the time being and got back to concentrating on my last semester of engineering, wherein I had to avail compulsory 4-6 months internship. Luckily, I got an internship offer from the same company that I had got placed in. So, I joined the company in Bangalore and shifted base.
Over the course of the next few months, my preparation for the interview went about slowly and I went into the GDPI underprepared. The GD went pretty smoothly. I spoke in bits and pieces, and felt happy. Then came the interview. Without getting into the details, it suffices to say that it was a complete disaster. They did not ask me anything that I had prepare for. Instead, the questions were based completely from my engineering courses. It had been 6 months since I had last touched my books on Electronics, and I floundered on every question that they asked. I knew then and there that I would not convert the call. I went home, shaken, low on confidence. The fact that I zoned out completely in the interview was troubling me. What if it happened again in future interviews?
My internship ended. I got a 2 month break before I had to join the company again, this time as a full-time employee. I took the time off to relax and enjoy my time with friends.
Once I joined back, I got almost no time to start preparing since I had to undergo rigorous 3-month training. I knew that I would not be able to prepare for CAT 2010, and hence took a break from CAT, as I focused on my work and training.
Soon enough, I started enjoying work. The pay was good, I started loving Bangalore as a city and I made a good friend circle in office. Again, the thought of doing Masters came back to haunt me. Was CAT not my cup of tea? I was not sure. My lack of interest in CAT 2009 had inflicted me with self-doubt. I often found work to be a good excuse to move away from this dilemma.
Soon, it was time to start preparing for CAT2011. I was enjoying my work, and felt no pressure at office as I prepared at home. This time I was serious. I had started preparing around May and joined a test series. I also purchased some GMAT books to help me with the verbal section and bought a few practise books for quant.
The CAT pattern changed that year. There were to be only two sections now, 70 minutes each. I was very glad since I had often found it difficult to manage time effectively. Now, I did not have to bother about that.
To begin with, I did not do well in the test series. Primarily due to bad performances in quant. I regularly averaged around 70-80 percentile in that section, and about 85-90 percentile in verbal. But I made sure to go through the entire solution set thoroughly after every exam to see what I was doing wrong. I also saw the solution to the questions that I had done right, just to find a shorter, quicker way of doing those questions. In the long run, this analysis helped me a lot.
I dedicated my entire evenings to preparing for CAT. Work would drain me out during the day, but I would often stay awake till 2am to finish studies. I started getting better marks in the mocks, and my confidence started growing. D-day was arriving soon. I had booked my exam after Diwali. Towards the end, I started getting good percentiles and peaked at the right time. I went home for Diwali, quietly confident of doing well.
A week before D-Day, I stopped studying. On that day, I remember vividly going to the test centre with Sachin batting on 40* in a test match against WI. He already had 99 centuries and I did not want to miss seeing his 100th one. I knew that if he batted for 2 hours he would get there, and I would be writing CAT at the time. I was following the match on my mobile at the test centre. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he got out on 40-something just as I was about to enter the test room. I grinned and went in, fingers crossed.
I found the exam to be very easy. I attempted a total of 56/60 questions, came out, went home and forgot all about CAT as I went back to work. CAT results came and I scored 99.82 percentile. I was overjoyed. Due to my good acads, I got calls from all 13 IIMs. I prepared like crazy for the top 3 IIMs. I even took a 20-day off at work. I joined coaching for mock GDPIs and read a lot of blogs, news and Wikipedia.
At the end, it all paid off as I joined IIMA two months later.
Iim Shillong or iim Udaipur?????
Hi fellow Puys/Pirls,
Used to inhabit this place a long time ago (during cat2019 season ) and then like many others took admission in a B-School and didn't remain active as I once used to be on PG.Â
Trust me guys, these preparation days and the waiting period before results are the days you are gonna miss a lot after all of this gets over and you secure admission. These are the days where you hang out on PG for fun. Once this period gets over, the only reason that will bring you back to this forum would be a selfish motive (ofcourse there are many exceptions to this and we see so many people still helping out aspirants).
As for me, ngl, I'm here for a selfish reason as well. Need help from people with work experience who have experienced or know about online induction in their organization (which has been the case post covid). Just want to take 2-3 minutes of your life for 3-4 questions in my form. If you would like to help me out, please fill the form below. If you are unable to fill the form then also its ok.
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Guys please help me decide. My profile is 9/7/7, NIT grad (mech) working In IT as a BA with 22 months of work ex till now. I'm pretty confident of converting NITIE this year but I'm having second thoughts about joining NITIE. Also, if I go for CAT next year, I am not very sure of converting BLACKI even with a high score because of my weak acads. Should I got for NITIE this year or prepare for CAT '21? Please suggest.