@ordinary_guy This was the 2nd stage selection procedure for IIM-K.[an index score is computed with 50 percent weight for the overall CAT score, 20 percent weight
for academic performance in secondary school, 20 percent weight for higher secondary school and 10 percent to graduation].
If we assume he gets a cat %ile of 99.00,then his probable composite score would be [99/2+10(grad)+16(12th) + 12(10th)] = 87.5 +/- 2 as different weightage are given to different boards.Last year cut off for general students was 88.So he might sneak in.
@AlphaSocrates Dude I will be a participant in the WAT/PI/GD process of the institutes that u are talking about & will be fighting for that coveted seat in the course of the next 2 months... As far as IIM-K is concerned, "Normalization with respect to boards" is just a theoretical term & a farce. It does not happen,CERTAINLY not in K. (last year, there were people with 96% in West Bengal board where its actually difficult to score high, who got a meagre 11.42/20 & someone with 97% in TN board got only 9.63/20). Someone with just Class 10- 80+, Class-12- 80+, Grad- 70+, with such average scores, it is practically impossible to land a K call & u have my word on it. Anyways, the K shortlist will be out in 5 days, u can go to the forum & go through the profile of the ppl REJECTED to understand what I am talking about. U see BITS Pilani toppers with 99.99%ile getting rejected by B because of a 78 in class-12, u see guys with 99.38%ile having ABSOLUTELY ZERO old-IIM calls at this moment and praying day & night that they atleast get K,I on 28th & u still expect BLACKI calls at 99%ile with average acads!!! The Curious Case of Human Optimism 😃
@ordinary_guy
@ordinary_guy said:On what basis are u saying all these? Please don't comment on things about which u have absolutely no idea.... Do u know that BLACK is practically impossible at 99%ile with only 80+ , 80+, 70+ in 10, 12 and Grad respectively? Please go through their criterias & the final composite score required for a call to understand WHY!
how true..i am a victim of this process... add work-ex of 6mths to the list too..i have been wondering at what the hell has gone wrong etc, but the thing is that now we are dinosaurs in a system which is skewed towards girls and non-engineers with average percentiles...
@abhinavrules If u dont mind me answering buddy, for A, ur application rating is 18 which means you have to get 99.9+ to get a call, MATHEMATICALLY speaking. For S, you need 87.6% (or 86.7%) in engg. to get a call [yeah, i know. Its stupid :P]. B & K are also pretty tough (if u go through the profile of people rejected by B in the last 2 yrs, u wont even feel bad about it]. Though there's still a chance for back-door entry into B as it most probably calls anyone with 100%ile in a section to the GD/PI (atleast last year, they certainly did. CAT topper Soumyajit Sanyal was first rejected but after 3days of the list being published, he got a call for getting 100%ile in QA+DI). I---> Decent chances though u have to increase ur grad score in the remaining 3 sems (they dont give ANY weightage to CAT score but JUST the 10,12,grad marks, so getting 80+ throughout will certainly help), new IIMs--> Certain call......... If u are feeling down hearing all these, then i request you, PLZ DONT!!! 
There are institutes like XLRI, FMS, MDI which are probably the few remaining institutes in INDIA that still respect the score of its entrance test & gives MAJOR weightage to the test scores and don't care much about ur past acads (as a matter of fact, MDI gives 70% weightage to CAT which means that someone with 99.4+ will need to work very hard NOT to get a convert) And u know it as well as I do that these 3 are certainly better than MOST of the IIMs. Then there are those JUST-OUT-OF-TOP-10 institutes like SIBM-P, SCMHRD, NMIMS, IIT-D, IIFT, NITIE, SJMSOM which are very good (especially the last 3 will break into the top-10 any day now) which are again dominated by the weightage given to test score. If u score very high, then even if u don't speak a word in the GD/PI round, still u will get a convert ( i mean its rare for someone with 240 in NMAT or 99.7+ in SNAP NOT to get a convert). So as u see there are indeed alot of great options. But ofcourse, your test score will be of paramount importance. If u screw that up, even having 90+ throughout will not help. So work hard on that. Trust me, its not a child's play to get 99.4+ in CAT. Best of luck on ur bright future :)
There are institutes like XLRI, FMS, MDI which are probably the few remaining institutes in INDIA that still respect the score of its entrance test & gives MAJOR weightage to the test scores and don't care much about ur past acads (as a matter of fact, MDI gives 70% weightage to CAT which means that someone with 99.4+ will need to work very hard NOT to get a convert) And u know it as well as I do that these 3 are certainly better than MOST of the IIMs. Then there are those JUST-OUT-OF-TOP-10 institutes like SIBM-P, SCMHRD, NMIMS, IIT-D, IIFT, NITIE, SJMSOM which are very good (especially the last 3 will break into the top-10 any day now) which are again dominated by the weightage given to test score. If u score very high, then even if u don't speak a word in the GD/PI round, still u will get a convert ( i mean its rare for someone with 240 in NMAT or 99.7+ in SNAP NOT to get a convert). So as u see there are indeed alot of great options. But ofcourse, your test score will be of paramount importance. If u screw that up, even having 90+ throughout will not help. So work hard on that. Trust me, its not a child's play to get 99.4+ in CAT. Best of luck on ur bright future :)
@ordinary_guy -
My profile is: Class X-85.33% (CBSE)
Class XII-76% (CBSE)-Feel really ashamed to post this percentage 
Engg-8.34 cgpa (WBUT)
Very less extracurriculars, that too at school level...
I feel really disappointed with this profile, especially with my class XII score..
I will be writing CAT 2013..this will b my 2nd attempt..earlier gave CAT 2011..got 93.39%tile, got IMT Ghaziabad DCP but didn't take admission.
I will try my level best to perform well this time..
I am currently working in TCS...3 months work exp...currently on bench...what are my chances to get calls in all (old as well as new) IIMs and subsequently to convert those calls with this profile??
Plz provide me with some valuable inputs w.r.t my profile.
Thanx in advance..
hi,plz help with my query
My profile is as follows
class 10 - 90%
class 12- 74%
engineering CSE from WBUT 7.4%icle CGPA
male general
i will be appearing for CAT 2013
and joining infosys on 11th of march 2013
how much %cle do i need to get a call from the IIMS (A B C )?
thanx in advance :)
@ordinary_guy
@saurav.kgp I think WBUT deducts 0.75 from ur DGPA in the process of computing the %age. So ur grad score comes out to be 75.9%. Now based on ur pofile, FOR A, ur AR is 3*2*2= 12, which makes it mathematically impossible to get a call, unfortunately. B,K, and S are also highly improbable [for S alone, u need 87.6% (or 86.7%) in engg to get a call which is practically impossible for MANY MANY engg]. However for C, u are lucky that u don't have a mountain to climb. Based on this year's criteria, u'l get 5/5 in class-10 & 4/5 in Class-12 & putting it in the formula given, u need 309.8 to get a C call which is quite achievable as it comes out to 99.6x%ile. [Dont blame ur class-12 %age as it barely saved u 
Had it been 75.999%, u would have got 3/5 in Class-12 & that u've elevated ur required CAT score to get a call, by a great extent 
] For L, they have 3+2 out of the total 50 marks for being Girl & Non-engg. So 5 marks straight goes out of the window for Male+Engg. Out of the remaining 45 marks, 38 marks is alloted to ur CAT score (which is quite sizeable) & the rest 7 on ur Class 10, Class-12 & Grad marks & work-ex (1+1+3+2). So if u have a HIGH CAT score, then obviously there's 75% of the battle won 😃 For new IIMs, to be absolutely safe, 98.5 is more than enough............. Now for the non-IIM part, plz go through my above post as the EXACT same applies to u too. U know very well that FMS & XLRI will give A,B,C (forget Indore & Kozhikode) a run for their money any given day. So u do have ATLEAST 3 clear cut chances of an Ivy League School of India, wide open in front of u. So plz concentrate on getting a great score as its really tough & don't worry about the rest. And 1 last thing, DONT EVER SAY that u are ashamed to post ur record as TRUST ME BLINDLY, next year, 3 months from now, if u have a XL/FMS/C offer letter in ur hand, you will fall among the elite 1% students of this country & no one will dare say anything even if u have a MASSIVELY HORRIBLE academic past!!! 😃 Now concentrate on ur prep as it will make or break ur chances. Best of luck on a possible great future :)
Had it been 75.999%, u would have got 3/5 in Class-12 & that u've elevated ur required CAT score to get a call, by a great extent ] For L, they have 3+2 out of the total 50 marks for being Girl & Non-engg. So 5 marks straight goes out of the window for Male+Engg. Out of the remaining 45 marks, 38 marks is alloted to ur CAT score (which is quite sizeable) & the rest 7 on ur Class 10, Class-12 & Grad marks & work-ex (1+1+3+2). So if u have a HIGH CAT score, then obviously there's 75% of the battle won 😃 For new IIMs, to be absolutely safe, 98.5 is more than enough............. Now for the non-IIM part, plz go through my above post as the EXACT same applies to u too. U know very well that FMS & XLRI will give A,B,C (forget Indore & Kozhikode) a run for their money any given day. So u do have ATLEAST 3 clear cut chances of an Ivy League School of India, wide open in front of u. So plz concentrate on getting a great score as its really tough & don't worry about the rest. And 1 last thing, DONT EVER SAY that u are ashamed to post ur record as TRUST ME BLINDLY, next year, 3 months from now, if u have a XL/FMS/C offer letter in ur hand, you will fall among the elite 1% students of this country & no one will dare say anything even if u have a MASSIVELY HORRIBLE academic past!!! 😃 Now concentrate on ur prep as it will make or break ur chances. Best of luck on a possible great future :)
Being a Male Engineer with avg acads...is the toughest....more tougher than securing a decent percentile that will make you think..BLACK is in your reach....Also with lots of marks awarded for not being an engineer & male...I think IIM B & S should come out with a profile based list like SPJAIN...( personal views none to feel offended)...
@sunnysankalp said:Hi puys, I am in a bit of delimma whether to go for a coaching institute or not. Last year I joined CL in my 4th year of engineering and got only 87%ile. This year I prepared on my own an d had only 2 months to prepare due to joining and all and gave some tests from home only. This year I scored 84%ile. Now I am in a delimma whether to prepare on my own or join an institute. Please suggest and which institute?
Hi puys,
Please answer my query as well..
@ordinary_guy
Thanks a lot. Well,it's certain IIM-A,B,K,S are pretty much over for me.
Anyways,what about IIM-C,I,L?
Thanks a lot. Well,it's certain IIM-A,B,K,S are pretty much over for me.
Anyways,what about IIM-C,I,L?
But yeah like you said,FMS,SP-JAIN,MDI,IMT are pretty much open!
Will try my best to get 99+ percentile. Will GIVE MY BEST.
Will try my best to get 99+ percentile. Will GIVE MY BEST.
Thanks for the inputs. 
@abhinavrules I have already mentioned I above. It does'nt care about ur CAT score as long u clear the minimum cut-off. Calls are given based on ur 10, 12, grad score (35%, 35%, 30%). So if u can get ur graduation score above 80 in the meantime, u can be quite certain of a call.... u are lucky as C is quite within ur reach & u dont have to amass an impossible score for a call... U will be getting 5/5 in Class-10, 5/5 in class-12. So putting that in the formula provided, 303 will land u a call (which comes out to 99.6%ile, most probably). So thats pretty manageable. Again for L, it depends on ur CAT score. For L, they have 3+2 out of the total 50 marks for being Girl & Non-engg. So 5 marks straight goes out of the window for Male+Engg. Out of the remaining 45 marks, 38 marks is alloted to ur CAT score (which is quite sizeable) & the rest 7 on ur Class 10, Class-12 & Grad marks & work-ex (1+1+3+2). So if u have a HIGH CAT score, then obviously there's 75% of the battle won. Plus ur 10,12,grad score is also good. So 99.5x should suffice...... Finally i would just like to point out that u should consider NITIE, IIFT, SJMSOM, IIT-D above IMT-G. and dont forget to give ur everything in XAT too... That will open up a lot of avenues. Tk cr :)
@sunnysankalp said:Hi puys,Please answer my query as well..
as you had already given two attempts for CAT, IMO you should prepare now by yourself and join at least 2 TEST series of any two(TIME,IMS,CL,TF)
@ordinary_guy
Thanks a lot. Keep in touch buddy. Now,all questions will be regarding preparations!
Keep rocking
Keep rocking
@ordinary_guy said:@AlphaSocrates Dude I will be a participant in the WAT/PI/GD process of the institutes that u are talking about & will be fighting for that coveted seat in the course of the next 2 months... As far as IIM-K is concerned, "Normalization with respect to boards" is just a theoretical term & a farce. It does not happen,CERTAINLY not in K.(last year, there were people with 96% in West Bengal board where its actually difficult to score high, who got a meagre 11.42/20 & someone with 97% in TN board got only 9.63/20). Someone with just Class 10- 80+, Class-12- 80+, Grad- 70+, with such average scores, it is practically impossible to land a K call & u have my word on it. Anyways, the K shortlist will be out in 5 days, u can go to the forum & go through the profile of the ppl REJECTED to understand what I am talking about. U see BITS Pilani toppers with 99.99%ile getting rejected by B because of a 78 in class-12, u see guys with 99.38%ile having ABSOLUTELY ZERO old-IIM calls at this moment and praying day & night that they atleast get K,I on 28th & u still expect BLACKI calls at 99%ile with average acads!!! The Curious Case of Human Optimism
Dude!!!!!Dont give misleading information bro about which u dnt have any idea....Last year my neighbour got selected for IIM K's 2 nd round Shortlist and he was Having 96% in class X and 89% in class XII ...both from your Above mentioned West Bengal Board.....and as per rule those, who got selected for IIM K's 2 nd stage,are not given their index score for X and XII from Admission office...his cat percentile was 98....Now he is hapPily studying @ IIM K....to remind you last year's IIM K's criteria was---Cat -50,X-20(with normalization),XII-20(with normalization) and Grad-10 ((your grad percentage-50))*0.667))....so now for cat he got straight 49/50(cat percentile/2).....his grad percentage was low despite being an Engineer ...it was 59.6...So for grad he got.....((59.6-50)*0.667)=6.4032...so ...he needs ATLEAST 33.0968 more marks to get selected as the cut off was for general 88.5 in IIM K 2012-2014 BATCH...so he was must be having that...that means if u consider equal distribution...then u can see he got minimum 16.5484 for both X and XII....from West Bengal Board.....but he told me actually he got to know after entering the campus that he got a perfect 20 for his class X out of 20and near about 17 out of 20 for his class XII:D....so now add his marks.....49(CAT)+20(Class X)+17(Class XII)+6.4032=92.4032....and For IIM K last year general cut off was --88.5........
and what you were saying is the case of another candidate last year from West Bengal Board,,,,,he is my frnd...working @tcs.....he was Having 86% in class X and 79% in class XII ...both from west bengal board...and his cat percentile was 99 ...still he got no call from IIM K;s 2 nd stage...and as he didnt get selected he was given his index score....he got index score..12/20 for his class X percentage and 9/20..for his class XII percentage. and 10/10 for his excellent grad score 89% in engineering........so here goes his total index score....49.5+12+9+10=80.5...but cut off was 88.5......for IIM K
So it is AP,TN,CBSE or ISC board students with high marks are getting rejected as in these boards Mean and SD of marks are very high...so Z score is low...despite having high marks...but in case of West Bnegal,Bihar,UP,Assam,Gujrat ...etc boards...their mean and Sd of marks are low,so Z score is high...>2....which leads to getiing 20/20 in at least one section with excellent marks!!!So from these boards with high marks wont loose the battle:)
Hi ,
My academic profile is as follows :
Xth (Tamil Nadu - Matric) - 86 %
Diploma in Information Technology ( Autonomous - Affiliated to State Board Of Technical Education & Training , TN ) - 97.2 %
B.Tech Information Technology ( Affiliated to Anna University , Chennai ) - 72 %
Have done a couple of works at College level and have been the school people leader / representative ,since my school days to college . Have extra curriculars are only at school level.
Currently working as Software Professional in a MNC (2.2 Years) and leading a Team.
Male - OBC Category . I am preparing for CAT 2013 . What is the approx percentile I need score to get IIM Calls ? Kindly provide some information regarding it .
Thanks .
Hello everyone.
I am B.E. graduate (Electrical Engineering) passed out in 2010.Currently working for a pvt. firm as a sales engineer.Got experience of 18 months for the same profile. Gave CAT last year and got a very low percentile..Planning to write CAT and other exams this year. My academics scores are just average X-70 %, XII - 55 % B.E. - 65%.
Also, I don't want to take a year gap, sit idle at home and just prepare for CAT and other exams. It will give a negative impression and might pose problems for me during GD/PI time.
Please advise me as to what I should do. I am confused..
Thanks :)
I am thinking of leaving my current job and join an NGO (work full time) or conduct tutions or do a part time job as I am finding this sales job a bit hectic for me and am not loving my work. I know deep down that's not the way to go, but the job openings that I get through e-mails are all sales / marketing.
Also, I don't want to take a year gap, sit idle at home and just prepare for CAT and other exams. It will give a negative impression and might pose problems for me during GD/PI time.
Please advise me as to what I should do. I am confused..
Thanks :)
Hi Guys, can anybody suggest any ebook for higher maths....i have not that studied maths after class Xth (that was in 2004)..i have TIME material, i dnt want to refer that, i want to start with basics 1st...
@punter24 said:Thanks
Hello,
First of all welcome to pagalguy 😃
Now i will come straight to your point ..... Why you want to leave job ? just because your job is not upto your mark. Leaving current job is not a good thinking thinking that you will get job in some other company easily . Until and unless you have a new job in your hand i will not recommend you to leave your current job . And you have mentioned that you will work part time but my friend part time jobs will not be considered as a work experience. Think deeply before taking any step ( @ajaygovindg sir your suggestions & opinion is highly needed).
Do this work for a time being until you get some good offers from some other companies.
@Honeykwatra said:Hi Guys, can anybody suggest any ebook for higher maths....i have not that studied maths after class Xth (that was in 2004)..i have TIME material, i dnt want to refer that, i want to start with basics 1st...
Start with Arun Sharma. Thats the best out there. After finishing it, goto Nishit Sinha......