FMS Delhi Admission 2017: Shortlist in Feb 2nd week; PI round begins 1st week of April - extempore replaces GD

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February 2, 2017
FMS Delhi will announce the shortlist for PI round in next week and proposes to begin PI round in April 1st week
The Composite Score Cut-off based on CAT 2016 Score provided by the CAT Centre, IIM Bangalore is likely to be announced by Second Week of February, 2017 FMS Delhi

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi, a high RoI top MBA college will announce the shortlist for PI round in the 2nd week of February. The Personal Interview round for MBA 2017-19 admission at FMS Delhi will begin in the 1st week of April 2017.

Recently released notification on FMS Admission Schedule 2017 for MBA (Full-Time) Programme states ‘This is to inform MBA(Full-Time) Programme applicants that the Composite Score Cut-off based on CAT 2016 Score provided by the CAT Centre, IIM Bangalore is likely to be announced by Second Week of February, 2017. The same shall also be communicated to the successful candidates by e-mail. The Admission PI process is likely to commence in the First Week of April, 2017. Individual slotting will also be displayed on FMS Website as well as communicated to the candidates thru e-mail. Candidates are advised to visit FMS website www.fms.edu for details.’

In a deviation from earlier process in shortlisting for MBA admission after declaration of CAT 2016 result FMS Delhi is going to adopt a different shortlisting criteria for the PI round of MBA 2017-19 batch.  FMS will now declare the shortlist of candidates based on varying weightage to sectional scores in CAT 2016 with a vision to improve academic and gender diversity in FMS class rooms.

According to Dr M L Singla Dean FMS Delhi “To encourage diversity of Gender and Academic Disciplines, for the purpose of shortlisting candidates for Interview Process different weightages shall be assigned to the scores of different sections of the CAT 2016. A composite score shall be computed giving weightages of 30%, 30%, and 40% to the scores of QA, DI/LR and VRC sections respectively as provided by the CAT Centre for the CAT 2016 Examination for candidates who apply to FMS. This composite score so computed shall be used only for shortlisting the candidates for Interview Process.”

Till MBA admission 2015 FMS used to shortlist the candidates for the PI round only on the basis of overall CAT percentile.

40% weightage to VARC section in 1st stage shortlist
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) University of Delhi in its 1st stage shortlist will award highest weightage of 40% to Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VRC) while the other 2 sections on Quant and DILR will have equal weightage of 30%.

No minimum scores cut-offs  prescribed
FMS Delhi has not prescribed any minimum CAT 2016 sectional scores obtained by the candidates to qualify for shortlisting. As against this, IIMs have prescribed minimum sectional percentile score in CAT 2016 in a range of 80 to 85 on the basis of which a candidate will qualify to be shortlisted for PI round.

However, going by the past trend candidates should be aware that 98+ percentile in CAT 2016 overall will be required to be shortlisted at FMS in MBA admission process 2017. The catch is that if you score high in VRC section, you will be awarded higher weightage in comparison to your peers as the weightage to other sections is lower by 10%.

FMS has an intake of 200 students in its flagship 2 years full time MBA programme affiliated to Delhi University.

Shortlisting Criteria much like of IIMs now
You now need high sectional scores apart from high overall scores in CAT 2016 to get shortlisted for PI round at FMS Delhi. The process is much like that is adopted at IIMs. Although no minimum sectional percentile has been announced for shortlisting you will still need a sectional percentile as high as 94 - 95 to get shortlisted at the dream B-school.

Earlier, candidates with high overall percentile but low sectional percentile in CAT were not shortlisted by IIMs but used to find their names in FMS shortlist.  Similarly, the candidates with high balanced sectional percentile but low overall CAT percentile of 92-96 could find a place in the shortlist of candidates at an IIM but did not find the place in FMS shortlist.

The situation has changed now and only the candidates with high sectional percentile in CAT 2016 may get shortlisted for MBA 2017-19 at FMS Delhi. FMS is among a few of the top rated B schools who declare the shortlist at the earliest possible.

No GD in PI round
One of the top MBA colleges not only in Delhi NCR but in India also, FMS Delhi has scrapped the Group Discussion (GD) from its final selection round. Now the Personal Interview (PI) round has only 2 components- Extempore speech of 2-3 minutes just before beginning of personal interview; and the personal interview which may have a duration from 5 to 15 minutes.

High RoI MBA college in India
FMS Delhi is a high ROI B school with a low fee structure and high placement packages.

The annual tuition fee payable to Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi is approximately Rs. 10,000/- for MBA (FT) programme.

Total fee for 2 years MBA (Full time) programme at FMS including some other charges does not exceed Rs.25 thousand.

Placement record of the FMS is excellent. In placement season 2016 average compensation at FMS Delhi increased to Rs.20.5 lakhs per annum, showing a rising trend in the MBA job market. The highest domestic compensation also increased to Rs.66 lakhs in placement 2016.

FMS Delhi is one the oldest and top ranked B-school in India. FMS started in 1954 in University of Delhi. The main USP of FMS is its very low fee with very high quality of education.

FMS Delhi will shortlist candidates only on the basis of CAT 2016 scores and the excellence in academics, work experience, academic diversity, gender diversity would be considered only at the time of making admission offer after generating final merit list.

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