Admission Story: Vishal Kumar, IIM Bodh gaya, 91.51, CAT

Vishal Kumar is an engineering graduate from MLRIT with a prior work experience of 1.5 years. He mentions that placement factors and fees factor were the deciding factor for his IIM Bodhgaya Admission. He also discusses that the CAT percentile plays an important role in MBA admission. He converted IIM Bodh Gaya with a 91.51 CAT score.

Current institute: IIM Bodh Gaya
Graduation College: MLRIT Hyderabad
CAT score: 91.51
10th Percentage / GPA: 10
12th Percentage / GPA: 80.33
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 72.59
Work Experience: Revl, 1.5, manufacturing

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IIM Bodh Gaya Admission Experience

Did you avail benefit of any reservation?

Vishal Kumar: I applied in the General (No reservation) category.

Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any)?

Vishal Kumar: Yes so there was WAT and which was followed by the personal Interview, Here we were given general topics, where we need to write about 300 words on Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan, how successful was that. The mode of examination was offline and a total of 20 minutes were given to write on our thoughts in 300 to the 350-word limit.

What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Vishal Kumar: My bad topic was Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan. I started the paragraph by giving the context of the topic, basically, I wrote the introduction describing the Abhiyan When the program was launched, what was the intention behind launching that Abhiyan. In the second paragraph, I wrote down my insights explaining that how successful this Abhiyan. Finally, I concluded by giving the real-time examples and all improvements done using this Abhiyan and what are the shortfalls so the things which I wrote.

What was your answer / points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively?

Vishal Kumar: I did not give any diplomatic answers for my part in the starting itself, I took a stand and take a stand towards my points written. It took me somewhere around 250 words to complete the work in which I also included the real-time examples with supported all my ideas and it gives a clear picture of my thought.

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Vishal Kumar: WAT was followed by PI. They put all of us in different panels. On average, every panel had 223 members. They started with the basic question that “Tell me something about yourself and actually the panelist were quite supportive they were not grilling, they were actually helping the candidates. The panelist made the interviewees comfortable by offering us water and asking us to settle down. So, overall it was a good experience.

Mention at least 5 interview questions that were asked to you. and your responses to each of them.

Vishal Kumar:

Tell me something about yourself?
Why do you want to join MBA?
Why do you want to shift from an operational background to marketing? Why do you want to take a career in this field?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
What are your long-term and short-term goals?

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Vishal Kumar: I chose this college because this college had best placements. The fee structure was quite decent and the batch strength was nice. Apart from this, this was the only I am which I converted.

What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

Vishal Kumar: I was not able to convert other colleges because my percentile was not that great I just a code 91.5 percentile to the college's like IMT Ghaziabad need 93 plus and for other colleges like FMS MD they all need 99 + percentile that was the reason I wasn't able to get into other good colleges.