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What is the expected cutoff for SPJain (both profile based calls and normal calls) and XIMB (BM and HR) through CAT and XAT?
SPJIMR
According to the information available, the expected cutoff for SP Jain Institute of Management for both profile-based and normal calls through CAT and XAT is not released yet. So
I will base the answer on last year's cutoff
- XAT: 93.5 percentile
- CAT: 85 percentile
However it’s important to note that for more certainty of admission, one must score around 93-95%ile score and a 680-690 min on GMAT.
XIMB
The XLRI admission cut-off is directly influenced by the difficulty level of the XAT question paper. XAT 2023 exam was held on January 8, 2023. The question paper was of moderate difficulty level, the same as last year. Given below are the section-wise XAT cut-off for XLRI admission 2023:
|
General Engineers (BM) |
95 Male 92 Female |
|
General Non Engineer (BM) |
95 Male 92 Female |
|
General Engineers (HRM) |
93 Male 91 Female |
|
General Non Engineers (HRM) |
90 Male 88 Female |
XIMB CAT cutoff for the previous year was 91 percentile for Business Management and HRM cutoff hasn’t been released yet.
Is it worth joining IIM Sambalpur as a fresher and with no option of taking the CAT next year? How are the placements expected to grow in 2 years at IIM Sambalpur? My other option is XIMB.
IIM Sambalpur
- The placement scenario here is terrible owing to its recent establishment
- IIM tag has zero worth mainly because it’s new
- Substandard roles are offered to freshers like relationship managers in below-average cities. The salary is also very mediocre.
- Being a baby IIM, IIM Sambalpur is rarely visited by top firms for placements.
- Freshers majoring in marketing get placed in small startups and not big firms.
XIMB
- The biggest shortcoming of this B School is its extravagant fees which are not at par with the packages it offers
- The college has no brand name at all
- Extremely poor roles offered through placements like sales job and relationship manager
Since I have blatantly put both the schools out of question, what are you supposed to do now? Either you should give up the idea of an MBA. Or you can work somewhere, gain enough experience and then target a better B School.
Who are some of the famous alumni of XIMB?
The famous alumni of XIMB include :
- Piyush Shrivastva (1997) : Vice President, Business Development Asia, Pernod Ricord.
- Neelima Burra (2001) : EVP and Chief Commercial Officer at The Oberoi Group.
- Srikumar Misra (2001) : Founder of Milk Mantra.
- Shalini Rao (1991) : Head of Strategic Planning for Horlicks Account by FCB Ulka.
- Vineet Arora (1996) : Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aegon Life Insurance.
- Siva Balakrishnan (1990) : General Manager- GoldSeal at GE Healthcare.
- Kartik Subramanian (2005) : Category Head- Consumer Products at Pidilite.
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