About You

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Your Background at the Time of Applying

• GPA                                                            Excellent (9-10) Good (8-9) Average (7-8) Not that impressive !

• General description of full time (job) and/or part time (internship/training etc) work experience (No. of years, field etc)

• General description of extra-curricular background during school and/or college

• General description of the strength of your communication skills at the time of application (in order to help students decide if they should really go for the preparations!)        

Your Application Experience

• No. of Attempts Taken 1 2 3 4 5+

• Colleges/Universities Applied to  

• Colleges/Universities That Gave Admits  

                   

• Entrance Exam Scores 

• Funding Source Scholarship/Bursary Bank Loan Personal Savings Sponsored by Family/Relative(s) Sponsored by Friend(s) Others (Please specify)     

• Other Comments

 Your Decision

• (Expected) Institute/University Joined

• (Expected) Area of Specialization

                     

• Important Factors in Decision (Quality/Expenses/Jobs etc)

 Your Feedback 

• Importance of CAT/GMAT Performance Extremely Important More Important than any other thing Equally Important as other things Less Important than other things Not that important

• Importance of Academic Results in College and/or School Extremely Important More Important than other things Equally Important as other things Less Important than other things Not important at all

• Weight Importance of Full Time and/or Part Time Work Experience Extremely Important More Important than other things Equally Important as other things Less Important than other things Not important at all

• Weight Importance of Extra-Curricular Activities Extremely Important More Important than other things Equally Important as other things Less Important than other things Not important at all

• Weight Importance of Communication Skills Extremely Important More Important than other things Equally Important as other things Less Important than other things Not important at all

• Any tips about preparaing for written tests for example you might want to give tips on :-

  • When to start? What to concentrate on ?

  • How to prepare - sources of preparation - correspondence courses, classroom courses, books, other materials etc.

  • How to troubleshoot problems in specific domains - DI/ Quant/ RC etc

• Any tips about preparing for interview for example you might want to give tips on :-

  • What are institutes looking for in a person through a GD or Interview

  • How to go about preparing for GD and Interview - how to answer softer questions, how to behave in GDs etc

  • Institute forms - "How to answer specific questions" and "what is really being asked"

  • Institute specific nuances - For example, A has Case Study for GD whereas B and C have topics based GDs. So how to manage these separately. Similarly, how are interviews of A vs B vs C different and Is there some specific profile that is being looked at by these institutes

• DOs and DONTs; Additional tips; Step-by-step algorithm to success(!); What you think were your strong point etc. In the form we included number of drop-down option menus with typical answers to reduce the amount of work/time. Please feel free to elaborate any point that you would like in the following text-box

Your Advice about Management Studies

For those who have already completed their degrees, we would appreciate if you can say a few words about your experience and the benefits of management education. How did MBA help in shaping your career?