Procedure adopted by the IIMs for short-listing candidates for personal interviews

Please find below PDF files containing the selection criteria used by the various IIMs to shortlist CAT 2008 takers for the second stage of the admission process
IIMA: has shortlisted candidates for personal interview. Download selection criteria here.
IIMB: has shortlisted candidates for GDPI. Download selection criteria here.
IIMC: has shortlisted candidates for GDPI.  Download selection criteria here.
IIML: [...]

IIMs relax cut-offs to admit OBC students

Unlike the IIT that admitted OBC students on merit , the IIM were forced to relax entry norms for OBC candidates . While the relaxation of cut-offs was insignificant in some cases, some other B-campuses had to compromise on merit to allow these students in.
For instance, if the cut-off for the general category students after [...]

IIM-L selection criteria

The new admission policy adopted by the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), has resulted in high “admission acceptance rate”. In 2007, the last admitted candidate was ranked 85th on the waiting list, but this year the rank has dropped to just 25. The fact assumes importance because IIM-L has increased the number of seats [...]

Doctors, lawyer and a fashion designer make it to IIM-C

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata_/Doctors_lawyer_in_IIM-C_class/articleshow/3028965.cms
Excerpt from the above link.
KOLKATA: When postgraduate classes start at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, on June 23, there’s a surprise in store. Five doctors, a lawyer and a fashion designer are among those who have made it to the 2008 batch — and IIM-C old timers say that this is perhaps the [...]

Two Inspiring Stories

Came across these news items last week.
The first one of Anurag Jain – a student from a Hindi medium government school background cracking the CAT in his 3rd attempt and getting a place on the merit list of IIM Lucknow and Indore.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lucknow/Govt_school_boy_bells_the_CAT/articleshow/3006240.cms
And the second one of Gaganbir Singh from Ahmedabad, who got admission calls from [...]

GD/PI Helpdesk for IIM-B Call Getters

The Academic Council of IIMB is proud to announce its GD/PI mentorship programme for those with IIMB calls.
Just drop in a mail to mentorship.iimb@gmail.com <mailto:mentorship.iimb@gmail.com> with the subject as “GD/PI mentorship.”
The subject of the mail should be of the following format:
Name;TestRegistrationNumber, with a SEMICOLON as the delimiter between your name and TR Number.
e.g. If [...]

PGP Admission Process for IIM-B Batch of 2008

IIM Bangalore has revealed details of the process to be used for selecting candidates for its 2008-10 PGP batch.
http://www.careerlauncher.com/mba/news/PGPSelection2008.pdf

How do the IIMs shortlist candidates for round 2?

Read how the IIMs shortlisted candidates for round 2 in 2006:

IIM Ahmedabad 2006 Shortlisting Criteria
IIM Bangalore 2006 Shortlisting Criteria
CAT Gyan from IIM Calcutta

Other entrance tests after CAT

These are some of the other important B-school entrance tests coming up right after CAT:

Exam
Last date for receipt of forms
Exam date & time

IIFT
3rd Sep, 2007
Nov 25, 2007
Time: 10:00am – 12:00noon

MAT
12th Nov, 2007
Dec 2, 2007
Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm

JMET
12th Oct, 2007
Dec 9, 2007
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm

IBSAT
20th Nov, 2007
Dec 16, 2007
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm

SNAP
25th Nov, 2007
Dec 16, 2007
Time: [...]