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How important is work experience for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management, the premier B-schools of the country, asked a student in a recent chat with Common Admission Test expert A K R S Srinivas, director of Triumphant Institute of Management Education, Mumbai. Srinivas' answer: It has some weightage. However, IIM Ahmedabad year has about 55 per cent freshers. Srinivas is an alumnus of IIM-Calcutta. He has an engineering degree in electronics and communication from Osmania University and has worked with Maruti Udyog [Get Quote] Limited in Gurgoan, Delhi and Kolkata before joining TIME, Hyderabad, as director of the CAT course. Teaching is his passion and he has been training students for CAT for the last 15 years. Fot those of you who missed the chat, here is the transcript: Part I: What is the admission criteria for the IIMs? Rsh: Sir, Can I ask questions regarding the new PGPX at IIMA? arun kumar: sir, i have ph quota, will the cutoff be less for ph students & if so what could be the percentile required to get calls from iims & will other institutes also look for lesser percentile for ph studets ARKS Srinivas: It changes from year to year. It can go as low as the 65th percentile and be as high as the 95th percentile for the IIMs. ST_: and also about the GD and PI. will the GD be with all candidates or only ST canditates. rajiv: How good are IIT bombay and NItie and how much wightage they give to work experience ? srividhya: how many times we r eligible to attempt the cat exam sdjkd: hi xlar has cutoff..??? MuthyalSAN: Hi Srinivas, can you please tell me the cutoff's for IIM's last year and the number of candidates the IIM totally select for the GD/ PI from CAT scores, so that I can get a rough idea of the percentile requirement? Akhilesh: DO IIMs have seperate cut-offs for RC too? Can one get calls if one doesn't attempt RC but scores above the cut-off in the english usgae part? Rajg: Hi Sir, I have a work experience of 4 years. Last year I took the CAT. I had 95+ percentile in DS & Quant. In Verbal, vocab/sentence questions do not trouble me, but in RC I have an accuracy of 30% only. Kindly suggest me what to do.Thanks. lisa: sir i need to know to improve in DI should i do those in sample question papers or basic exercise ?coz i am really not ok in that section. Abhinav: DO INSTITUTES LIKE SPJAIN, NITIE & MDI CONSIDER SECTIONAL CUT OFFS OR JUST THE OVERALL PERCENTILE? If you dont have the answer please tell me so... jeet: what is generally the cutoff for NITIE? arun kumar: each section is divided into sub-sections, will the sub-section too have individual cutoff or is the cut off taken for whole section anuj: I AM B.COM GRADUATE FROM IGNOU CAN I GET ADMISSION IN ANY IIM THROUGH CAT.I AM ALSO DOEACC 'B' LEVEL PASS OUT Surinder: How important is work experience to get in IIMs? rmdrao: I have two years work ex ..people are advisng me to stay away from Sybiosys, Bajaj etc... What wud you say ?? CATaspirant: THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IAM ASKING MY QUESTION.Sir,I did not get a reply to my question.How do I improve my number of attempts in verbal/RC area?As of now iam able to attempt 20-25Q with an accuracy of 70% or so.I start with this area as I feel comfortable.I would lik to see an improvemant here.Could you kindly help me out? rajiv: Is there any wightage to the college u completed ur graduation amd organisation you are working in top b-schools trinity: Hi ARKS,,,could u please guide us as to how much would a percentile in 90%ile nearabouts in simcats transalate in the CAT??? Abhinav: How is TAPMI & IMI Delhi for ppl with 2+ yrs work ex? shishya: sir plz tell me whether 98 percentile in mocks will translate to over 99 incat rk: Sir ..finally ...i would like you to predict the CAT THIS YR ...DO U EXPECT ANY CHANGE OR ..THE 2 MKS WILL BE THERE OR NOT ...my gut feeling tells me there is goin to be a masssive change THATS where the iims can cut down many ...people and considering so many new entrants ...n stereotyped coaching classes i feel theres goin to be a huge change Anshul: Sir, I get scores of about 60-65 in prac-cats but am unable to clear cut-offs in English section. What should I do? Part I: What is the admission criteria for the IIMs? DON'T MISS!
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