After almost two months of speculations and hundreds of theories, GIM finally decided to lift the curtain off the waitlist numbers of the candidates. Nobody knows what happened there all of a sudden, but I guess everybody who was there in the waitlist is welcoming the move. How far the GIM waitlist will move is a question which is still very foggy but I hope we will have some idea before the next week ends.
The waitlist numbers are not available on the website but you can always call the super patient jennifer at GIM office to know your waitlist number.
Goa Institute of management website | Contact details

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Season 2008 is coming to an end. Barring the big I's, the IIT's , SPJ, MDI & IMT (they dont plan to declare results this year. Kiddin), almost all the results are out. So, this is the time to go loan shopping, if you wanna apply for one that is. Thanks to Indian governments emphahsis on education, all Nationalised banks are forced to give away education loans. Following are some of the standard loan conditions.

Loan amount you can avail of

• Upto Rs. 4 lacs - No Security
• Above Rs. 4 lacs to Rs. 7.50 lacs - Collateral security in the form of suitable third party guarantee.
• Above Rs. 7.50 lacs - Tangible collateral security of suitable value, along with the assignment of future income of the student for payment of installments.

Margin money and Expenses covered
All banks require you to bear certain amount of expenses yourself. This amount is called margin money and it depends upon the loan amount. For SBI education loan 5% of total loan amount is to be paid up as margin money for MBA in India. Following will be covered under your education Loan,

• Fee payable to colleges/ schools/ hostels
• Examination/ Library/ Laboratory fees.
• Purchase of books, equipment, instruments and uniforms.
• Passage fare for travel abroad.
• Purchase of computers needed to complete the course.
• Any other expense to complete the course like study tours, project work, thesis etc.

Loan Repayment
Applicant gets a moratorium period during the entire programme duration and a year after that (or after six months into job).Applicant gets an option to pay simple intrest during the moratorium period, By doing that the overall rate of intrest comes down by 1%.

Example : If loan is approved at 13%, you can pay 130 Rs per 1000 Rs of loan amount during moratorium period, that would entitle you to 12% rate of intrest during repayment period.

Some Bank Sites
Most of the banks give you an option to apply online. Generally loans applied online are processed faster, subject to completion of documents.

• State Bank of India Loan Details | SBI Loan application form
• Andhra Bank (.doc)
• Corporation Bank
• Punjab National Bank
• Dena bank |Download Form
• Bank of India | Apply online
• Canara bank apply online

Important Note
Some of the institutes tie up with banks for faciltating loan disbursal. In such cases it is advisable to go for the bank identified by the institute.

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The series 'What to expect' gives you insight into IRMA and NMAT exams.
The series 'CAT 2008' talks about news related to CAT 2008 which will be held in november this year.
What is difference between MBA systems and MBA information technology, some insights here.

MH CET 2008 results are out. Go to www.dte.org.in to check your results.

You will need your CET roll number and date of birth to check the results. Someone on comments pointed out that I have not mentioned how to check results, well, being a management aspirant cant i expect people to figure out this much.

Secondly, guys site is down because of traffic deluge. Just be patient. Please do not leave your phone numbers in comments.

Final merit list link is available on Road to MBA

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FMS has finally revealed the DNA of class of 2010. I must appreciate to amazing turnaround time of FMS. They failed to impress by the way test was conducted and subsequently, by the time they took for declare shortlists but finally they managed to keep their promise. As they , 'all is well that ends well".
Congratulations to all final converts!!
here are the results

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Well, results have started pouring. NITIE is the latest to join the bandwagon. They have also declared their final list and the waitlisting for admissions ro PGDIM 2008-2010. I so badly wanted NITIE but my CAT score did me in, I couldnt even manage a call. I feel so disappointed today!!
But here are the results,
NITIE Final Admits | NITIE Waitlist
Congratulation to all those who are through!!

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GIM has declared its list of shortlisted students for admissions to the PGDM 2008-2010. The list is available at GIM's XAT website.
GIM has declared two lists, One with merit students and other with waitlisted students. There is no update on fees and other course details as yet. I am through and now I am unsure about SIIB and GIM. :(

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IMT is one of the pioneer B schools in India and This fine B school has a very positive image in the mindscape of MBA aspirants. IMT used its first mover advantage to the fullest to make this B School what it is today. IMT is now about to extend its first mover advantage to a new level. First batch of IMT Dubai will pass out this season. Placements are in full swing and results are decent enough. But, do these placement figures justify the high investment cost one has to make in order to become an alumni of IMT Dubai? Not really.
A quick look at IMT Dubai's fee structure reveals that one has to shell out 76.5K AED as tution fee alone and taking other expenses into account the total expenses swirl upto rs. 20.5 lakh. Thats a huge amount for a school which has just come into picture. Ofcourse, the fees and other expenses are high because of the location of school and not on account on some ridiculiously high charges levied by the institute. But shouldnt Dubai compensate for all the expenses incurred? Ideally, it should but unfortunately it doesn't. The average package this year was INR 12L, with highest package at INR 26L. To top it, not all students get placed internationaally, that means longer payback period. Here is the math.

Total expenses calculation for two year stay at IMT Dubai.



ROI after two year stint at IMT Dubai


This isnt very rosy and I dont see the picture getting rosier in near future. This year they have given out calls to people who scored 75%ile in CAT or 500 score in GMAT. Not many workex people will go there. All this will translate only into a mediocre batch and un-deniable recession in global markets will do anything but help IMT Dubai students to get astronomical placements. My advice, Do your math before you take the plunge.

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SIOM will be declaring its first waitlist movement today. This waitlist will not result in any significant movement in waitlist movement of other colleges. As a matter of fact not much movement is accepted in SIOM's waitlist as well primarily because of the fact that most of the colleges known for Operations Management specialisation are yet to come out with their final list. Nevertheless, whatever little movement is there, it is bound to bring smile to a few faces.
Apparently the list is available now. Those who were waitlisted can correct me if I am wrong.
Click here for General category and here for others.
The waitlist movement spreadsheet results are here. Created by Varun.Take the survery here

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Narsee monjee has declared final admission results for batch 2008-2010. Results can be accessed from this link.As expected people with higher ranks have managed to get calls, largely because of the admission process tilted heavily in favour of written text marks. I think NMIMS should have managed NMAT 2007 in a better way because they knew the importance of writtens. My center was a horror story, The invigilator had no idea about OMR sheets he very conveniently distributed question papers before the OMR sheet and took the paper couple of minutes before the scheduled time. No, this is not a ' sour grapes' post, but a humble request to all esteemed institutions to attend their own 2008~2010 programme and learn or re-learn a few tricks of operations management. Perhaps, thats the only hope aspirants will have while sitting for NMAT 2008, FMS 2009, IIFT 2008 and IRMA 2008.
By the way no body beats FMS in exam mis-management.

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if you are a regular reader and are wondering what has happened to this blog. Lot of results have been declared in past few days. SCMHRD came out with waitlist confirmations, IIFT declared admissions 2008 final results and XIME too declared their list. But the blog was not updated. It just so happened that I was and still am confused about which institute to go for. I have SIIB final call and am hoping to convert IITR and GIM. I personally don't think there is much to chose between these three but I can go for only one ( provided I have the luxury of choosing between the three). This has kept me occupied and I still looking for solutions. If you have any suggestion , comments are open..

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SIIB finally declared results yesterday. They did hold on to Symbi tradition of giving some anxious moments to students though but they were no where closer to the SIBM GD PI result declaration shocker. I am one of the fortunate 71 who are busy arranging 130K for the first installment. But there are a lot more fellow aspirants who will be having some anxious and nervous days ahead because their fate will be clear only on the 17th when the first shortlist will be declared. SIIB last year declared four shortlists and waitlist 109 got an opportunity to join SIIB for 2007~2009.
Pradeep, a PG user, used google docs spreadhsheet form utility to create a survey for SCMHRD waitlist movement. taking some inspiration from him, I have created a simmilar sheet for SIIB waitlist movement.
SIIB waitlist survey can be taken here.
Results can be seen here.

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You are reading articles on : SIIB

1. SIIB Final Merit List : 2008
2. SIIB : Placements 2008
3. SIIB admissions 2008 : GD PI shortlist is out
4. SIIB Admissions 2008 : Phase II
5. SIIB Final admission results 2008

SIIB’s final merit list and first waiting list for admissions 2008 will be declared today at 4pm. Successful candidates will have to deposit first installment of 130K INR by 15th of march. The final merit list will be available at this link.
Are you hoping to convert SIIB? Vote Now!

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Tim berners lee, the guy who is called father of internet recently talked about a concept called GGG. GGG is nothing but some technical jargon for user created content. Internet as we know today is by and large a publishers medium but things are changing fast and Sir Tim berners Lee has predicted that web3.0 will be about user content being the king. Same is proved by coming of age of platforms like wordpress, twitter, pownce etc. So how does all this relate to SCMHRD waitlist for admissions 2008?
Well, a PG user pradeep [ pradeep.mats on PG] has created this page wherein he is asking SCMHRD converts and waitlisters to rate their chances of finally joining SCMHRD for 2008-2010. There are about 15 responses as of now and I am sure lot of SCMHRD converts and waitlisters are going to come forward and fill this survey here.
Response Results | Survey Page
Hats off pradeep!!

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LIBA's shortlist is out. The list is available on LIBA's campus notice board and it will take a while (another hour or so) before the list is uploaded at this link. however, going by the scores of people who are through, the cut off percentile could be between 92 and 93. thats just a speculation, actual picture will be clear only when the scores are available on liba.sify.net.
Best of luck!!

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You are reading articles on : FMS

1. FMS Results : 2008
2. FMS 2008 : errors galore!!
3. FMS 2008 : What to expect.
4. FMS 2008 : Analysis | My Take
5. FMS 2008 :Results out

MBA & MBA(MS) ENTRANCE TEST RESULTS - 2008 HELD ON 13.01.2008

The following candidates have been shortlisted for the next round of the selection process (GD, Extempore and PI).

Click here for the MBA Entrance Test 2008 Results

Click here for the MBA(MS) Entrance Test 2008 Results

PLEASE NOTE:

1.

The next round of selection process will be conducted between 13th March, 2008 and 21st March, 2008 and the exact details would be communicated to the candidates by speedpost.

2.

The percentile scores of the MBA and MBA(MS) Entrance Test 2008 will be communicated to the candidates after the completion of the final admission process only.

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SCMHRD final merit list is out. Login with your SID details to check your results.

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SCMHRD's final admission merit lists is expected on monday, 18th. SCMHRD list just might get delayed by a day or two as they are still in the process of collecting original testimonials from some students.

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You are reading articles on : SIIB

1. SIIB : Placements 2008
2. SIIB admissions 2008 : GD PI shortlist is out
3. SIIB Admissions 2008 : Phase II
4. SIIB Final admission results 2008

After a week long traveling schedule I came back to delhi today. The whole journey was too adventurous for comfort. I also went to my college in Nagpur and was amazed when people recognized me.
First thing that I did after coming back was to search Google for “siib final list” and was guided to this page. The page, obviously displays final results for admissions 2007 and not for admissions 2008 but curiosity got the better of me and I submitted my snap id for final results. I was shocked when I saw my name and my GD no on the results page. Shocker didn’t end there, the result had “Not Selected” written on it.

Course	Category	Selection Status	Merit
MBA-IB	General	Not Selected

Not the best way to start your day. Just to make sure that I was actually looking at final results, i went back to PG and searched for a few Snap id’s that were shortlisted for GD PI process. Armed with snap id’s, I started looking for results and was releived when I saw the same result. Apparently these are not the final results for SIIB admissions 2008, but, what if they are?
In case you appeared for GD PI at SIIB, do check your results at this page and see if they have something different for you.

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You are reading articles on : IMT

1. IMT Nagpur
2. IMT and LBSIM GD PI shortlist for admission 2008 are out
3. IMT Nagpur and IIT Roorkee GD PI 2008 shortlist

IMT Nagpur and IIT roorkee have released their shortlists for GD PI Process for admissions 2008. IIT roorkee’s GD PI shortlist is available at this link. I had a word with IIT roorkee people and the person on phone told me that reporting time for GD PI will be 8:30 am.
IMT Nagpur’s cutoff seems to be 80.xx %ile. This is a bit alarming, considering that normally tier III institutes go down to that percentile levels. That said, IMT nagpur sure has a lot going for it and I hope, they manage to sort out their placements. IMT Nagpur and IMT ghaziabiad’s shortlist are available at IMT’s website.

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MBA exams in India have become one of the greatest money spinners. Each exam makes the conducting body richer by figures running in Crores, thats a handsome amount by any standard. One exception to this whole exercise of using these exams for generating revenues is JMET. JMET is the only exam where you need to take the exam first and then apply to the associate institutes. This not only cuts down the number of applications received by the institute but it also means candidates do not end up spending thousands on speculative applications.
Many institutes see there high application fees as a tool to ward off speculative applicants. But, In my view all these institutes would do good if they just make their selection policies public. No one knows how people at SP Jain are shortlisted or how SCMHRD shortlists or for that matter, how SIOM came with its shortlist this year around. SP Jain and SCMHRD at least had a very elaborative form for giving out profile based calls but for geniuses at SIOM two lines of accomplishments were good enough to call spade a spade. SIOM receives just 2000 applications doesn't really corroborate the money making theory but the shortlist was unjustified anyways. All these institutes do not conduct the exam and yet they charge you a thousand bucks per application and one would think that major cost would be in conducting the exam and not shortlisting the candidates. Worst part is that not much can be done about it because no institute is forcing you to apply. Isnt this typical of a monopoly?

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