IIM-B rolls out admission process
TNN 15 December 2009, 04:02am IST
BANGALORE:
Notwithstanding the tech glitches which plagued CAT, the Indian
Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) announced the admission
process to the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) for the 2010
batch.
This process is based on cumulative data on the CAT applicants which
includes past academic performance, CAT score, performance in the
interview and work experience. The selection criteria and weightage
given to various parameters are based on data from previous admissions
as well as inputs from IIM-B faculty body and other stakeholders. The
admission committee fixes these criteria and weightage at the beginning
of each admission cycle before looking at candidates’ information to
avoid any bias.
Selection process
In the
two-phase process, the first phase is applied to all eligible candidates
who appear for CAT to determine those qualifying candidates who will be
called for the Personal Interview (PI). During the half-day interview,
candidates have to write a short note in 30 minutes on a topic given by
IIM-B. Topics range from current affairs, economic and business affairs
to sports. Subsequently, two interviewers will evaluate each candidate’s
performance based on the writing and personal interview.
PHASE 1
The candidates’ percentage scores in the 10th and 12th board exams will
be adjusted by dividing each such score by the 90th percentile score
obtained in that board. The database of 10th and 12th scores of all CAT
applicants of the past two years are identified by the 90th percentile
score for each 10th and 12th board for this purpose. For all candidates
in the first shortlist, the weightage for the remaining components (each
of them being standardized) are fixed as: CAT = 20, 10th board= 15, 12th
board= 10, Bachelors degree = 15.
PHASE 2
Three elements of evaluation during the PI process — note content, note
style and PI — and average of scores given by two interviewers will be
considered. All candidates give three confidential reference letters
from employers or faculty and this is considered in PI evaluation. The
work experience score will be multiplied by the quality of experience
score, as evaluated by the interviewing panel.
The note content, note style, and the personal interview scores, after
standardization within interview panels, is added to the pre-PI total to
arrive at the final aggregate score. The final offers of admission are
made strictly on the basis of ranks in each category.
Admission to GMAT
A separate process is used for processing applications from candidates
for GMAT. A candidate must have stayed abroad for at least 18 months in
the preceding three years (Jan 2007 to Dec 2009) and should not be in a
position to appear for CAT 2009.
The first
short-list of applicants is done through percentile cut-offs as used for
the general category in the CAT route. The final decision for each
candidate is taken on the basis of detailed discussion on
recommendations and assessments of strengths and weaknesses of each
candidate.
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