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It saddens me that IIMs' flagship 2 year #MBA program would never have candidates like Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma. I remember running polls to pillars for rechecking my English paper after my CBSE Board Xth exam results. I was awarded only 60 marks in English, which came as a shock as I had been one of the highest scorers in my school's internal exams. I was expecting 95%, but due to this sheer callousness of checker and lack of transparency, I dropped to 88%. The anguish started impacting my IIT preps, so I eventually accepted defeat. After I secured 99.8%ile in CAT, 8.7 CGPA in college and with 90% in 12th board, I was confident I would get shortlists from all #IIMs. But I didn't get shortlists from several IIMs including IIM Bangalore and Indore, due to my Xth board marks. Good Education is a privilege and I was privileged. But there are hundreds of millions in India who can't afford this privilege. If Mr. Manoj is seen fit by GoI to be an IPS officer, I doubt there is any reason that he is not fit to be an IIM student. Why should a candidate have to drag the baggage of marks scored 5-10 years back when their skills and circumstances might have been very different? IMHO, IIMs should really reevaluate shortlisting criteria for MBA #aspirants . Their evaluation criteria should be self-sufficient like #UPSC, instead of relying on past laurels.
I’m not sure what this post is trying to achieve. - following a trend on a film that’s mildly successful because it feels grounded but ultimately is more negative to society and will feed into the UPSC coaching hell hole - way to portray impressive academics and still being an underdog in the story - asking the MBA faculty to work harder on the students rather than just admitting the best - CBSE rechecking of English paper Clearing an exam is not a barometer of anything be it UPSC or CAT or JEE except clearing the exam
Leaving out outliers is the the price of running an low cost acquisition model. Applicable for business and for competitive exams. If the selection process to IIMs tries to ensure that all "great potential" students are given an admit, then it can get very very costly, I don't even know the possible way of how this can be done, but costs outweigh the benefits for sure. Btw, I lost a lot of IIM calls due to below 90% in both 10th and 12th. 89.6 89.5 respectively.
Someone clearing IPS should also been IIM? What kind of simplification is this?!
That's really good of you to express! How would you want the GOI to change the existing shortlisting criteria ?
I myself have been a victim of this. Got just 68 in Class 10th maths. But that was the only time I ever relied to marks. I got 99.98 percentile in CAT2021 and didn’t get a call from IIM-A. Fast forward I think that incident made me look at the bigger picture every time rather than sobbing for social recognitions.
By the way your English usage is still not correct … the idiom is pillar to post and not polls to pillar… and if at all it is certainly pole to pillar if that’s what you meant
Sumeet Gupta (No offence here) Just out of curiosity, does IIM disclose reasons for their decisions? How did you find out that IIM dropped your case due to low scores in one subject? "If the answer is yes, then it is time for the IIMs to re-evaluate their policies."
Comparing UPSC to CAT or other competitive exams is like comparing apples and oranges. Clearing UPSC exam gives you a job that too a reputable one which won’t compare to any other jobs in the market. While post clearing CAT you still need to study, pay up tuition fees and then again prepare for interviews with potential employers. You can land with the same job as a Harvard graduate without going to Harvard but it’s not true for UPSC. These exams serve very different purposes
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11moI can empathise with your experience but just picking up one exam for false positives/negatives is a bit unfair. If getting into IPS but not fitting into IIM selection criteria makes CAT eligible for reevaluation, then many CAT toppers not being able to crack UPSC CSE exam makes a case for evaluation of IAS selection process as well. Every system should be up for scrutiny. It will be unfair to grant sacrosanct status to one system and then blame others for false negatives. Also, before evaluation we should appreciate the fact that each exam has different purpose to serve. We can't expect one size to fit all.. Thanks..