Summer of discontent at IIM-I as slump bites

The global economic slump has affected the summer placement at IIM, Indore.
Some students from the institute, which was the first business school to organise summer placements, failed to secure internships during the placement that ended on Monday. And those who have managed to get one have not got lucrative packages.
The highest package was bagged for [...]

Former president Kalam to teach at IIM-Ahmedabad

Former Indian president Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has accepted the invitation of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM) to teach at the prestigious institution.
Come September, India’s ‘Missile Man’, will begin delivering lectures for 70 students.
Dr Kalam, who had earlier worked as a scientist at the Ahmedabad project of the Indian Space Research Organisation, [...]

CAT to go on-line from 2009: confirmed

AHMEDABAD: The Common Admission Test (CAT) for the management courses is likely to go on-line from the next year.
“We were planning to make CAT on-line from 2008, but since we have only eight months left for the test, it might not be possible this year. But it will be [...]

CAT 2007 Analysis

 
On the whole, the CAT 2007 paper was tough, with no section providing much of a respite to the aspirants. Comparatively speaking, the students would have found Data Interpretation (DI), with a mix of calculations and logic to be on the easier side. Data Sufficiency in its old format reappeared in CAT after a span [...]

CAT Reactions

You saw what the students said before the test. Here’s what some of them had to say after the test:

CAT in Your City

Now that CAT is over, if you are wondering what students in cities across India are thinking about this year’s “king of exams”, then you have come to the right place.
We bring to you city-specific views on CAT 2007, courtesy our newly discovered journos! In this audio posting, they talk about how many students appeared [...]

Estimated cut-off by some other institutes

Get Career Launcher’s instant cut-off here
Time: Overall – 90; QA 20; LRDI 28; VA 20
Career Forum: Overall: 123+; QA 31; VA 42;

First impressions of CAT 2007

On the whole, the CAT 2007 paper was on the tougher side, like 2006, with no sectional respite for the aspirants. Comparatively speaking, the students would have found DI to be on the easier side. Verbal was slightly easier than last year. But Quant proved to be mind bogglingly difficult for the average student.
The number [...]

Instant Cut-off for CAT 2007

Updated! Statistically arrived cut-off for an IIM call:
Overall: 100
QA: 26
LRDI: 36
EU: 23
Expected Cut Offs for other B-schools:

Institute

Likely Cut Offs in 2007

Atleast 1 IIM call

100+

MDI, SP JAIN, IMT, IMI, NITIE, Great Lakes

90-100

MDI (HR), TAPMI, MICA, IMI (HR)

80-90

KJS, Fore, LBS, BIM, NIRMA, Welingkar

75-80

ITM, FMS(BHU), IIFM, IISWBM, IFMR

67-75

BIMTECH, Kirloaskar, Jaipuria

60-67

IILM (Lodhi Road), IMDR, SDMIMD, JIMS Rohini

below 60

Note: [...]

What do I do if I’m getting a 40 – 60%ile in CAT

First of all, breathe easy, remember that your goal is to crack a good business school and not getting into the IIMs is not the end of the world. Please also note that you have lots of exams still to take, IIFT, XAT, FMS, CET, MAT, SNAP, NMAT etc. So you have plenty of chances [...]