FMS Delhi MBA 2017-19 cut-off goes down; more candidates shortlisted than last year

CAT 2017 Result declared: Score card available for download; No Score on mobile sent till now​

The shortlist declared by Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi University for MBA 2017-19 has 3 more candidates than last year. The composite score based on varying weightage to all the 3 sections in CAT 2016 has gone down by 6 weightage points than last year.

There are 2160 candidates shortlisted by FMS Delhi for PI round 2017 as against 2157 candidates shortlisted by the top MBA college last year.

The General category CAT 2016 cut off in FMS Delhi for MBA 2017-19 has gone down to the composite score of 52.986 as against the last year cut off which was 59.430.

Composite score Cut offs: MBA 2017-19 Vs MBA 2016-18
The shortlisting criteria at FMS Delhi awarded varying sectional weightage to CAT 2016 scores with 40% to VARC; 30% each to DILR & Quant sections. After calculating the CAT 2016 composite scores, the shortlist announced by FMS Delhi reveals that cut off has gone down by 6 weightage points than last year

As against last year, FMS Delhi has announced the shortlist 3 weeks before to enable the candidates to prepare well for extempore speech and Personal Interview which is proposed to begin on April 10, 2017. Last year FMS could announce the shortlist on March 15.

PI round: Different format
No GD will be held in PI round. Instead Extempore speech will form the part of PI round. The PI round comprising extempore speech followed by personal interview for MBA 2017-19 is scheduled to be held from April 10 to April 17, 2017. Shortlisted candidates are required to fill-up the proforma, available on the FMS website www.fms.edu and should submit latest by March 17 for appearing in Personal Interview. 

Different shortlisting criteria in 2017
As against the shortlisting criteria adopted by FMS Delhi earlier, a different process of shortlisting has been arrived on the basis of composite scores awarded with sectional weightage to the candidates. The Composite Score has been computed by giving weightage of 40%, 30%, and 30% to the scores of VRC, DI/LR, and QA Sections respectively as provided by the CAT Centre for the CAT 2016 Examination for candidates who registered with FMS. For example: Composite Score = ∑(Score in Section * Weightage)/Max Marks for the Section.

Till 2015 only overall CAT percentile used to be the sole criterion to shortlist the candidates for PI round.

216 seats include supernumerary intake
In total there are 216 seats available for MBA full time programme for the batch 2017-19 at FMS Delhi. Number of seats available in PH, CW and Foreign Students Category are supernumerary. In case of Foreign Students (10 Seats), the admissions will be done on the basis of screening which will be done subsequently

Additional seats for foreign students
10 supernumerary seats are available for Foreign Students. Their admissions will be done on the basis of screening which will be done subsequently.

Documents required for PI round
Candidates appearing for PI round at FMS Delhi are supposed to send the duly filled-in proforma, along with the following documents by registered or speed post so as to reach Administrative Officer, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007 latest by March 17, 2017.   

1. Date of Birth Certificate
2. Educational Qualifications Certificates
3. CAT 2016 Score card
4. Reservation Claim Certificates (If any)
5. Experience Certificate

For the PI round 2017 FMS had already decided to shortlist candidates 10 times of the intake. According to Dr M L Singla Dean FMS Delhi, “For this year, FMS has decided to call candidates in the ratio of 10:1, i.e 10 Candidates for every seat in each category, as per the merit in the computed scores.”

FMS Delhi is a very high ROI B school with a low fee structure and high placement packages. Candidates have been waiting eagerly for the FMS shortlist for a long time after the CAT 2016 result was declared on January 9, 2017. All the top rated B schools and IIMs have already declared their shortlists and are going through the PI round.

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