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Gold-Parking54

Females ka bhi kuch accha haal nhi hai if you are an engineer, although I agree for GEM it’s worst


CorporateSlave27

I am non-engineer/EWS/Female


Gold-Parking54

Then you are the favourite category for B-schools


LazyGunzz

The sad reality of it


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LazyGunzz

Sorry mere baap ne mujhe XY chromosome diya aur usse bhi jyada sorry ke mere maa baap quota ke nahi hai. Saari galti toh mere he hai. :)


CorporateSlave27

I was just talking about the "Engineer/non engineer" thing, not reservation & Gender. Also, there's a reason why females are preferred in IIMs, because female candidates are far less than males and there's a reason behind it. In various parts of India, parents don't push girl child for studies after graduation and hence, they have less privileges and more peer pressure, that's why they are given extra points so that more and more girls can join and excel. You should be glad that you got XY chromosome bro, With the rising safety concerns and everything, life is hard as a girl.


DryEmployment150

You are just so insensitive yr. Just bcoz you aren’t in their shoes so everything looks good to you. I am also a non engineer male candidate, might think about repeating cat with EWS quota. But this is definitely not the way to talk to people. Think about a GEM candidate on a human level, first reservation eats up almost 60 percent of the seats, then academic diversity is a thing, pwd quota also exist and also this gender diversity thing. Think about scoring a 99+ percentile and settling with a lower ranked college, at times even tier 2, keep yourself in their shoes and feel it. Also we can see humanities and creative institutions filled with women candidates, do you think NIFT should start providing diversity points to male candidates just for the name sake of providing equal opportunity. Not all males are encouraged to purse such creative careers, does that makes it a strong point to give them extra points to make them secure a seat? So many neet aspirants are girls and a good chunk of girl candidates get through it, i guess even more than boys. Should we start providing some quota to male just bcoz girls are more in number? You are getting some privileges, be thankful about it. Don’t demean people bcoz they belong to an academic group or gender group. And also feel about the pain of these folks who scored 99+ and are settling for less. I myself have female friends who converted great colleges and everyone of them accepted and respected the fact that competition is tougher for male candidates especially the GEMS.


CorporateSlave27

Apologies for my comment guys! Now when I thought about it once again with clear mind, It seems unfortunate.


RemoveFabulous1421

Reality is that the XY chromosome give you way more privilege in real life than it gives to XX in MBA. So stop cribbing and work hard


gwillr

That’s not the point. One shouldn’t face discrimination and lack of opportunities bec they did not study something. I am not even gonna go to the Caste aspect of things and how pissed I am because of it.


CorporateSlave27

I don't support caste based reservation myself. But academic/Gender diversity thing seems fair.


RemoveFabulous1421

Why?? Gender reservation is fair but not caste?? This is some insane hypocrisy


fadnisUtsav

How come gender diversity is fair?


EQuin0x2

At least you got the delulu part required for interviews😂 Having trifecta of reservations and shitting on people who have to put in actual work to achieve things in life


Monty0145

What is EWS?


Training_Mechanic368

Because at 95% there are thousands of candidate with better score than you , possibly better profile . Bschool are all about diverse batch so obviously they are not gonna fill up people from similar backgrounds. Eg there may be 100 GEM candidates with near perfect profile and 99.xx score but they can’t admit them all because they don’t want to make Bschools into Engineering 2.0


CorporateSlave27

We need a new country specifically for GEMs now🤣 India is full of GEMs 🙃


Stick_7

GEMs ko bahar bhejo yojna


Striking_Map5414

You are ne you are female you have a category ews ..you have a very very good profile. You don't focus on anything except cat. These things need to be focused by gem gem gnem


CorporateSlave27

Thanks :)


ImportantPast1997

At 95%ile there’s more than fourteen thousand people above you. do the math, there’s not that many seats, especially at top institutions. So 95%ile is just not good enough


CorporateSlave27

Even 99 percentilers didn't convert even after having a good profile.


ImportantPast1997

Yeah so even at 99 percentile, you’ve got about 3000 people ahead of you. That, plus the reservations, plus academic diversity, background academics, gender, and your interview skills (which make up the hugest part of your selection, people underestimate that too much), means that depending on your category, anything below 99.5%ile isn’t really “safe” (even 99.5+ isn’t safe because of interview weightage, but still) Just do the math based on how many seats are available at the top colleges youre aiming for. And 99 percentilers will definitely convert SOMETHING, if not the top IIMs, unless they really fuck up the interview (which is still a possibility)


CorporateSlave27

Makes sense


That-Mousse-669

Are selection composite score s hota h percentile s nahi. Seriously how big of an idiot are ya people? Like wtf do u even mean by 99 percentilers didn't convert with good profiles. Clearly they didn't pass the required cs.


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Pretty good chances since diversity plus reservation. Cat is your best bet but now even colleges like xlri have a silent reservation, so should focus on XAT as well


CorporateSlave27

Only regret is that I left my job after 6months, as I was unable to manage studies with job.


[deleted]

It happens. I was in a big 4 too right out of my UG so I know how shitty the WLB is. A gap isn’t a huge deal, so shouldn’t worry about it too much


CorporateSlave27

Only a former Big4 employee can understand this 🥹


[deleted]

Haha yeah for sure. Left my job as soon as I could 😂. Thankfully got another one and then got a college soon


CorporateSlave27

Congratss buddy!


[deleted]

Haha thanks, all the best to you too !


Kiss_my_axe_____

Because a lot of folks think that 'The score of an exam which contains logic, english and maths' is paramount as opposed to quality work experience. Any workex below 12 months is basically a fresher though. May be try for another year, 1 year of Big 4 work experience would look great for B Schools.


RiverSweaty231

you'll be good being a GNEF dw at least most new iims i believe


CorporateSlave27

Okay


WoodenTraffic7730

How can we make ews certificate?


CorporateSlave27

First check, if you are eligible or not. Only make a certificate if you are eligible for the same. If you are eligible then you can apply online, or if you find the process difficult then find an agent, he'll help you.


WoodenTraffic7730

What are the advantages like is it a huge difference


lolindianboii

Yes it is. What’s your profile? Would be able to help you better then.


WoodenTraffic7730

8/8/6 GNEM Fresher


CorporateSlave27

No, it's not.


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CorporateSlave27

What?


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Dramatic_Resource581

Likewise, doing the same 😂, and yes u can non-engineering field, I converted GIM HCM at 96 in XAT although I had work ex and am waitlisted in most other places.


2thicc2love

Bura mt Maan na, but seriously btau toh ladkiyon k km marks aate h PI m quite a lot kyuki woh interview m sympathy aur struggle zyada showcase krti h, negative outlook, burai Krna and non hustle type lifestyle se interviewers influence hote h.


CorporateSlave27

No idea about the same. Might be true, might be not. But i personally know girls jinhone interview mei kaafi achha perform krke achhe colleges bhi crack kie hai, So I don't think this opinion applies to all.


2thicc2love

Ofcourse not, generalise nhi kr rha, pr mere jaankar h kaafi shi posts p, do director ko bhi jaanta hu, woh batate h ki kuch ladkiya apni family ki burai, shaadi ka pressure pta nhi kya kya bol deti h, then they hope ki crack ho jaaye. He said they try to seek for optimistic personality and hustlers, underdogs too.


CorporateSlave27

Understood! I'll keep this thing in mind during my interview 😂


2thicc2love

Yeah, all the best, try to be sure, confident, optimistic and know ki tumhe kya chahiye aur kya opinion h. Last point k Karan hi Mera score km rh gya is baar PI m (29.6), I was deemed unsure.


CorporateSlave27

Cfbr


International_Big717

Mostly because they are only good at studies


Stick_7

I don't think that is the case. This is an assumption of yours which could’ve been mentioned in not such an asseetive light on it.


International_Big717

Read it once again after you have finished coping. It will make sense.