A couple of weeks before COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were imposed in the country, I was sitting inside India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, waiting for the interview panel to call my turn. Although I was at the last step to secure admission into IIM Bangalore, I was still not quite inveigled about joining the program, if I got selected.
You wake up in the morning. Pick up your smartphone and click on your food delivery app. Less than 3 mins later you can already see a map with a rider rushing to pick up your breakfast.
Situated amidst the beautiful cover of the Aravali mountain range, IIM Udaipur is one of the new IIMs that came up in the country almost a decade ago. From a humble temporary campus, IIM Udaipur got its permanent campus in the year 2016 in the Balicha area of the beautiful city of Udaipur. In today’s episode of KYC, we are going to talk more about the factors that make IIM Udaipur one of the most loved IIM amongst the new IIMs. This and a lot more in today’s episode of Know Your Campus.
An engineer from BITS Pilani, going on to study at IIFT. Sounds pretty standard right? Harrshit's story is somewhat similar. But what makes him stand out among his peers is his drive and passion. As a BITSian, Harrshit moved out of his comfort zone to stand for the General Secretary elections and won, fine-tuning his own skills in the process. We see the same kind of determination as he studied Finance and learnt about Investment and Portfolio Management before making it to IIFT Delhi. Currently placed as an Analyst at JP Morgan Chase & Co., Harrshit's passion is clearly visible, which is why he features amongst InsideIIM's Best 50 - The Most Employable Graduates Of The Class of 2018-20. Find out Harrshit's unique experience in this article!
With 96.69%ile in CAT 2019, it seems impossible to crack a b-school like IIM Ahmedabad. But this is just what Adya Niraj did! This lawyer from NUSRL, model, Femina Miss India 2016 Top 20 Finalist, and ex intern at the Bombay High Court, managed to convert IIM A. With 99.73%ile in VA-RC, 91.83%ile in DI-LR and 80%ile in Quant, find out how Adya seemed to achieve that ephemeral call to IIM A. Intrigued and wondering how she did it? Wondering how and why a non engineer, a non commerce student and a model, cracked a legacy b-school, especially IIM A? Watch the video to figure it out.
DISCLAIMER: This article is opinion based and has inputs from a variety of students from B-schools with drop years. The information given here is merely collated to give you a direction and should not be taken as hard rules governing interview procedures as the procedure itself is highly subjective.
General Tips For Future Aspirants "Kehte hai agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho.. toh puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai"
Frankly speaking, I had never expected to achieve the much-hyped 99%ile, guess I just followed my strategy and held my nerves on the D-Day, which in fact are the two most important lessons. As simple as it sounds, you can't even imagine the number of candidates who have ruined months of hard work by forgetting this dictum. More on this later, let me set a few things straight first.
A couple of weeks before COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were imposed in the country, I was sitting inside India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, waiting for the interview panel to call my turn. Although I was at the last step to secure admission into IIM Bangalore, I was still not quite inveigled about joining the program, if I got selected.
You wake up in the morning. Pick up your smartphone and click on your food delivery app. Less than 3 mins later you can already see a map with a rider rushing to pick up your breakfast.
Situated amidst the beautiful cover of the Aravali mountain range, IIM Udaipur is one of the new IIMs that came up in the country almost a decade ago. From a humble temporary campus, IIM Udaipur got its permanent campus in the year 2016 in the Balicha area of the beautiful city of Udaipur. In today’s episode of KYC, we are going to talk more about the factors that make IIM Udaipur one of the most loved IIM amongst the new IIMs. This and a lot more in today’s episode of Know Your Campus.
An engineer from BITS Pilani, going on to study at IIFT. Sounds pretty standard right? Harrshit's story is somewhat similar. But what makes him stand out among his peers is his drive and passion. As a BITSian, Harrshit moved out of his comfort zone to stand for the General Secretary elections and won, fine-tuning his own skills in the process. We see the same kind of determination as he studied Finance and learnt about Investment and Portfolio Management before making it to IIFT Delhi. Currently placed as an Analyst at JP Morgan Chase & Co., Harrshit's passion is clearly visible, which is why he features amongst InsideIIM's Best 50 - The Most Employable Graduates Of The Class of 2018-20. Find out Harrshit's unique experience in this article!
With 96.69%ile in CAT 2019, it seems impossible to crack a b-school like IIM Ahmedabad. But this is just what Adya Niraj did! This lawyer from NUSRL, model, Femina Miss India 2016 Top 20 Finalist, and ex intern at the Bombay High Court, managed to convert IIM A. With 99.73%ile in VA-RC, 91.83%ile in DI-LR and 80%ile in Quant, find out how Adya seemed to achieve that ephemeral call to IIM A. Intrigued and wondering how she did it? Wondering how and why a non engineer, a non commerce student and a model, cracked a legacy b-school, especially IIM A? Watch the video to figure it out.
DISCLAIMER: This article is opinion based and has inputs from a variety of students from B-schools with drop years. The information given here is merely collated to give you a direction and should not be taken as hard rules governing interview procedures as the procedure itself is highly subjective.
General Tips For Future Aspirants "Kehte hai agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho.. toh puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai"
Frankly speaking, I had never expected to achieve the much-hyped 99%ile, guess I just followed my strategy and held my nerves on the D-Day, which in fact are the two most important lessons. As simple as it sounds, you can't even imagine the number of candidates who have ruined months of hard work by forgetting this dictum. More on this later, let me set a few things straight first.
