[2023] Which B-Schools should you apply to?

@c13shashank said:
Attempted 18 in QADI: I am dead sure of 12 to be right. Attempted 23 in VALR:I am sure of 13 (Which Include Puzzles) OA goes upto 41 with 25 rock solid and 16(I don't know if these would be right)Please comment:Worst Case Percentile: ??????Probable Range: ???????Best Possible: ???????Thanks in advance!
same here mate
Attempted 22 in QADI: sure of 17 to be right.
Attempted 20 in VALR:I am sure of 6(LR) . rest 14 were english and u can never be sure on them????????so my all hopes are on english...



@gautham2k said:
@c13shashanka raw score of 90+ (30+ net correct) will take u above 95 percentile,.... 5-6 wrong wont affect you,... if more than 8/16 wrong u'll be in trouble,.... hope for the best
"raw score of 90+ will give 95%ile" ... guess thats a bit over-optimistic. i will be more than happy if thats reality, though most of these are well-intended conjectures only.
Afterall even i expect something in that range for myself.
hope mine is not a spam post.

@jitrana said:
"raw score of 90+ will give 95%ile" ... guess thats a bit over-optimistic. i will be more than happy if thats reality, though most of these are well-intended conjectures only. Afterall even i expect something in that range for myself. hope mine is not a spam post.
last year 88-90 gave 91percentile,... and 104 got 97 percenile.....
this year QA was on very slightly hard, 6-8 marks drop expected,...

last year the attempts were 50+ in many cases, average range 48-54,.... this time average range is 40-45,....

@jitrana

last year the attempts were 50+ in many cases, average range 48-54,.... this time average range is 40-45,....


-- u agree above statement regarding attempts na,.. most people i've heard had 35-40 onli,... wat u heard from friends?
@gautham2k bhai mera 29 oct vaala slot tha n i guess in that slot >80 raw score will give 95 cntle!!! so evrythng boils down to normalization baba:P:P
@harrypotter24 CFA is an internationally recognized certification. Clearing CFA levels will definitely be given due credit in the selection process. But as far as I've heard Level 1 is not considered that tough and significant. But yes definitely Level 2 will be considered significant interest in Finance domain. Also you can expect lots of questions on why Finance, finance concepts etc. in the interview.

CFA will not be considered part of your academics like CA etc. It will be considered an extra add-on or co-curricular in your overall profile.

i gave cat on 25th october morning slot

QA 19
VA 21 out of 40 may be 6 / 7 wrong.
acads not too gud
10th 73.4%
12th 63%
graduation : result awaited but will be around 65.5%
category OBC
what will be my percentile around ?
wch colleges are going to consider dat percentile
@inquisitivemind kindly reply

@inquisitivemind said:
what will be my percentile around ?wch colleges are going to consider dat percentile
Expect around 90%ile and with that you can expect calls from the newer IIM's for sure.
Apart from the IIM's you can go for:
FMS
NITIE
IMT G
MFC
MBE

After CAT Results:
Few IIT's
TAPMI
MICA
KJ SOM... ATB :mg:
@gautham2k regarding number of attempts u r correct. I have 18+22 = 40 attempts too!! [out of which 1+3 = 4 are wrong!!]

How can anyone say that X raw score gave Y percentile? I appeared for CAT first time and I think the CAT scorecard gives you the cumulative score and not the raw score .. So just merely taking a ratio of their respective maximum marks doesn't exactly give you the raw score because we don't know how normalization for a particular candidate taking the exam on a particular slot has been done .. Or am I missing something here? Please enlighten me and a lot of us here who am sure would be confused about this...

@biswas.maxpayne u r missing the experience buddy

acads play a comparitively lesser role in institutes like IIMC, IIML,FMS,MDI and IIFT..however...going through interview experiences, the panel is surely going to question about the low academics scores...soo practically speaking what are the chances of any one with poor academics converting calls from these institutes?has it been done before?if yes how often?

@harrypotter24 ya thr is a fair chance of converting into top bschools with low acads only if u do exceptionally well in CAT , GD/PI . low acads can b compensated with high CAT score n excellent performance in GD/PI
@arsharora yr same here i ws also in 29 oct.. nd i think it ws d wrst slot in cat dis year..!!

75-85 marks will fetch me approx wgat range of Percentile ?

@Samb89 your over all academics is good..bt surely in order to get into a good bschool , u 1st need to give the enterance exam,as in cat or mat etc..
@Abir1103 said:
@harrypotter24 ya thr is a fair chance of converting into top bschools with low acads only if u do exceptionally well in CAT , GD/PI . low acads can b compensated with high CAT score n excellent performance in GD/PI
guess CAT is not the sole saviour here... i mean good XAT or high score in NMAT coupled with sane GD/PI will do the job as well. One knows that XLRI/XIMB/NMIMS are top b-schools and not CATTY!!

@anji3 Better college ~ better leader ..... Not true.

Most of leadership qualities is inside you... Colleges just harness it.

For eg. If you are 50% leadership..... Top 20 will take you 90 and rest colleges will take you to 85.

In acads, all the colleges are almost same (Yeah almost due to difference in Faculty).....

But you can always overcome top 20 college students by

" Maximum Reference Coverage"

"Study Group of Serious Students"

"Simulation / Role play of Managers in present scenario of Company / Govt. "

"Networking of strong alumni base"

etc.....

@pankaj.jena1988 said:
@anji3 If you are 50% leadership..... Top 20 will take you 90 and rest colleges will take you to 85.In acads, all the colleges are almost same (Yeah almost due to difference in Faculty).....But you can always overcome top 20 college students by " Maximum Reference Coverage""Study Group of Serious Students""Simulation / Role play of Managers in present scenario of Company / Govt. ""Networking of strong alumni base"etc.....
Quite funny,,,,!
College gives opportunities and help u keep focused,.. its u, who have to improve yourself, even if u join, IIM-ABC,....