On March 24th, I will be a part of the graduating class of 2018 from XLRI Jamshedpur. I will leave this institute with a lot of memories and learnings. Although I will become a part of the well-known and respected XL Mafia, as I am just a couple of months from this date, feel there are several things I could have done differently.
Be actively involved in sports: I loved sports as a kid. I was never great it, but I loved the whole preparation, the practice, the discipline and the fitness levels I needed to maintain. After joining B-School, I gave up sports when my academics were not going great.
Choose electives, because I loved the subjects rather than because of the grades:
Several of my friends and I have chosen electives because they are convenient/easy/give us good grades rather than our interest or to overcome our fear of few subjects (Read Finance).Maybe we would have poor grades but we would have the satisfaction of learning something new.
Be open to ideas and people:
Although I have made a conscious effort to be as open to ideas as possible, I have seen that people tend to form biases too quickly and are too late in letting them go. These biases can be as simple as the region of origin or as complicated as your networks in college. Being open disallows people from putting you in a box and allows you to interact with as many people as possible.
Make Friends and memories along the way:
I got caught up in the rigmarole of MBA too many times to realise that I had to lay back and relax as well, to seek friendships actively even in times of stress. I am glad I have a supportive set of friends here, but I feel I wasn’t there for them always. While it is okay to get caught up with work, it is important to maintain a balance with your personal life as well. This is true for post-MBA as well. In both the places I have worked till now, I have seen too many sacrifices being made in personal life to attain goals in professional life.
Interact with Professors, have a healthy curiosity about the world around you:
I have found that professors in a B-School are much more active than those in undergrad, but there was a mental power distance in my head which I failed to bridge in my two years. I have seen few of my friends talk on varied topics to professors, I have often fiddled around with the idea of writing a research paper. At such times, I have seen immense enthusiasm and support from professors.
Go ask the boy/girl out:
Love is rare to find; rarer when you have time and are juggling 1000 different things. Amidst the plethora of things, if you find a special someone, don’t hesitate to let them know. Usually, (Not all) people in a B-School have the maturity to deal with these things, so there is no need to fear. Also, a peer will be able to understand you better as he/she would have gone through the same grind.
Lastly, make sure you have an exit plan wherever you go in life.
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Aniket Singh
In this analysis, state board marking patterns has not been taken into consideration. How the state board marking pattern is analysed by IIM while selecting for call.
16 Dec 2019, 10.27 AM
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Team InsideIIM
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Hi, The scores of 10th and 12th across all boards have been taken into consideration!
8 Jan 2020, 12.20 PM |
GAJULA VAISHNAVI
Excellent work and and the data collected is very organized and apt. Can you please make a similar article for FMS too?
16 Dec 2019, 01.19 PM
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Team InsideIIM
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Here you go! https://insideiim.com/academic-profile-spjimr-fms-mdi-xlri
8 Jan 2020, 12.17 PM |
CHINMOY CHAKRABORTY
Got 87.4%in 10th,82.0%in 12th,pursuing btech civil currently in 3nd year
Very valuable info provided most relevant and needed without any sugar coating
16 Dec 2019, 11.43 PM
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Team InsideIIM
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Thank you, Chinmoy!
8 Jan 2020, 12.20 PM |
Sounak Deb
Great list! This must have taken a lot of work... Thanks
17 Dec 2019, 07.28 PMEdited
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Team InsideIIM
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Glad you liked the report! And, you're welcome!
8 Jan 2020, 12.20 PM |
Anirban Sen
MBA aspirant.Capable of CAT.
Can you please do some research on NITIE Mumbai ?
19 Dec 2019, 11.56 AM
Sidharth Sunil
is this for general category
8 Jan 2020, 11.34 AM
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Team InsideIIM
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Hi Sidharth, Students from all categories have been considered in this report.
8 Jan 2020, 12.21 PM |
Aniket Singh
Have you taken the state board percentage into consideration while analysing the above data? As we know that there is large scale variation in the state-wise marking patterns for 10th and 12th board, some of the IIM consider the different approach to select the state board candidate and it has been clarified by IIM B in my RTI application that they have different marking pattern for state board applicant. I am sure that the above data is not exactly applicable for state board candidates profile.
21 May 2020, 04.47 PM
rahul agarwal
I have Scored 85% in 10th , 94% in 12th and 59% in graduation . What are my chances of getting into IIM- Indore , Lucknow , Kozikode ?
13 Aug 2020, 01.44 PM
Abhishek Arun
Hi I have 72%in 10th and 68%in 12th and currently doing bcom if do well on CAT will I get a call from IIMC.
10 Sep 2020, 07.04 PM
Pushan Srivastava
I have scored 79.8 in my 12th standard. will I fall into <70-79> bracket or <80-89> bracket?
13 Dec 2020, 11.17 PM
saakshi sak
can you please the updated version, please (this same content)
21 May 2021, 10.16 AM
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Debayan Purkayastha
Yes, we will do that soon once we have the data.
21 May 2021, 05.11 PM |
GVK Reddy
Please do the updated version as criteria changed a lot for last 2 years
11 Jun 2021, 11.29 PM |
saakshi sak
Can you please release this exact same content but the updated 2021 . (Especially 12th std % ) . Please????
30 Jun 2021, 11.52 AM
jidesh senthil
My overall percentage is 10th - 51% & 12th - 50.5%, so this is really a very low academics background. I haven't seen anyone get into IIMs with below 60% in 10 or 12th. I need to know the minimum criteria to be qualified. Because even I get a CAT score of >99 to 100 percentile. Will I be able to get into IIMs?
18 Apr 2022, 03.34 PM
payal jana
I am studying for cat 2022 and I want to go to top iims but my 10th percentage is 88.71% ,12th percentage is 88.40% and graduation (B.pharm) cgpa is 9.71/10 so around what percentile is needed to get shortlisted by them?
16 Jun 2022, 02.25 PM
Ayush Shrivastava
Hey great insights here. Is it possible that the team could probably do an updated article with new research on this based on data from 2022 or 2023. As now in the last 4 years the selection criterias for all these BSchools have been updated.
15 May 2023, 05.17 AM
Thang Haokip
Hi. I belong to ST category and I scored 54.83 in 10th. 59.6 in 12th and 67.44 in graduation. Do I have the chance to get into the Top 6 IIM's Or old IIM's? If so. What are the steps that I need to take to be shortlisted?
29 Sep 2023, 02.17 AMEdited