How Can I Get An Interview Call From FMS Delhi - CAT 2016 - MBA 2017- 19

Nov 8, 2016 | 4 minutes |
FMS Delhi has announced the admission criteria for the MBA batch of 2017-19. A good CAT score still remains the main route to join this premiere B- School but there is a twist. FMS Delhi aims to become more gender diverse as well. The top schools giving extra marks to women candidates consists of IIM C, IIM L, IIM I, IIM K and now FMS. As per InsideIIM's Gender Diversity report FMS has a lot of catching up to do - their latest batch has only 15% women. Like other top schools they have woken up to the new reality - recruiters want gender diversity in their companies. Big Changes in 2016
S. No. Section Weightage
1 Verbal and Reading Comprehension 40%
2 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning 30%
3 Quantitative Ability 30%
Women candidates will receive an additional 3%  score for the purpose of shortlisting as opposed to male candidates. A further 3% of aggregate marks will be awarded to shortlisted female candidates who appear for PI. Selection Process For e.g. if the scaled score of a candidate is 76 in Quant, 74 in DI and 65 in VA/RC then his/her composite score will be 76(30%) + 74(30%) + 65(40%) = 71 If the candidate is female she gets another 3 Points and the composite score for shortlisting is 74
S. No. Parameter Weight
1 CAT 85
2 Personal Interview 10
3 Extempore Speech 5
4 Diversity Points 3 + 3 Points added to Final Composite Score after composite score arrived from the above 3 criteria
Possible Scenarios: Scenario 1 - Male vs Female with same CAT scores A male candidate's scaled score  (not percentile) is 76 in Quant, 74 in DI and 65 in VA/RC then his/her composite score will be 76(30%) + 74(30%) + 65(40%) = 71 A female candidate's scaled score (not percentile) is 76 in Quant, 74 in DI and 65 in VA/RC then his/her composite score will be 76(30%) + 74(30%) + 65(40%) = 71 + 3 (Diversity) = 74 Scenario 2 - Impact of Verbal Weight despite same total scaled score and percentile.   A candidate's scaled score totals 200 which is broken as - 65 in Quant, 60 in DI and 75 in verbal then his her composite score is 65(30%) + 60(30%) + 75(40%) = 67.5 If there wasn't an extra weight to verbal -  his/her scaled score would have been 66.3 instead of 67.5 - reward for doing well in verbal Another candidate's scaled score also totals 200 which is broken as - 75 in Quant + 70 in DI + 55 in Verbal then his composite score is 75(30%) + 70(30%) + 55(40%) = 65.5 If there wasn't an extra weight to verbal -  his/her scaled score would have been 66.3 instead of 65.5 - penalty for doing badly in verbal Now imagine if you are a female candidate and you do well in Verbal - double reward! Composite score in the above case will be 70.5!   We believe male candidates will have to score at least 99 percentile to get a call and score above 99.3 percentile to have a realistic chance of converting the call. Find out how you can get calls from IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Ahmedabad.