20212 candidates have applied to FMS Delhi for admission to various MBA programmes commencing in 2015 at the B school. While a large number of 19027 CAT 2014 takers have applied to FMS Delhi trying their luck for admission to 200+ seats in MBA (Full time) 2015-17 batch in the coveted B school, 1185 candidates have applied to MBA Executive programmes seeking admission on 198 seats.
MBA (FT): 1:100 applicants at FMS
There are around 100 applicants seeking admission on 1 MBA (Full time) seat in FMS for the batch 2015-17. FMS is supposed to shortlist about 2000+ candidates for GDPI round.
Declaring the list of applicants who had applied for admission before closing date FMS Delhi is moving forward to declare the shortlist of candidates at the earliest for final admission round 2015. In all probability FMS Delhi is expected to declare the shortlist in a week’s time.
FMS: shortlisting criteria is different
FMS which used to conduct its own MBA entrance exam has now started to accept only CAT scores. The shortlisting criteria at FMS can bring smiles to many who have scored high overall percentiles but have not been shortlisted by IIMs.
FMS to consider CAT overall percentile
High Sectional percentile is needed for IIMs. This is the major difference in shortlisting criteria between IIMs and FMS. While IIMs are more concerned on high balanced sectional as well as overall percentile, the major consideration at FMS is overall percentile. Candidates need high sectional cut offs along with high overall percentile to get shortlisted by IIMs, but FMS is supposed to shortlist the candidate only on high overall CAT 2014 percentile. In MBA Admission 2014 the cut off percentile at FMS Delhi stood at 98+.
FMS to consider profile, Work ex in PI round
While IIMs give weightage for good academic profile of a candidate and award marks for a better academic record in a range of 20 to 30 on a scale of 100 in shortlisting the candidates, FMS has no such weighatge to award. Candidates for GDPI are to be shortlisted on the basis of overall percentile only. Higher the percentile more are the chances to get shortlisted in FMS, has been the straight calculation method.
FMS wouldn’t award extra marks for work experience and gender diversity while shortlisting the candidates for GDPI. Even the would-be graduates have equal chance of being called in the interview as other graduates with work experience. Weightage to work experience if any will be given to candidates in final admission round.
GD still preferred at FMS
While IIMs prefer Written Ability Test, FMS prefers Group Discussion and personal interview instead of focusing more on WAT.
Are you the one, please assess
Hundreds of candidates who are not shortlisted by IIMs despite scoring a high overall percentile may hope to get into FMS. In all probability the candidates with 99+ overall percentile stand a better chance in final admission list, if they do well in GDPI round. A percentile below 99 will have less chances of getting finally selected in FMS even if the candidate has better academic profile and work experience. The candidates who have scored a percentile of 98+ but less than 99 are advised to attend the GDPI at FMS with good preparation level.
The shortlist of candidates at FMS is usually in the ratio of 1:11 per seat. So more than 2000 candidates are supposed to be shortlisted for GDPI round by FMS. In 2014 FMS declared the shortlist of 2500 candidates for all categories.
GDPI to play major role
Almost all the candidates shortlisted for GDPI at FMS stand on the similar percentile. The only deciding factor is GDPI round. The better you do at final admission round the more weightage you can get. A candidate lagging behind with a little margin can leap ahead of others in the GDPI round with a thoughtful and coherent communication approach.
No fear on Class 10th or 12th low marks
There are many regional education boards in India where the marking pattern is tougher than All India education boards like CBSE and ICSE. Candidates shortlisted for GDPI at FMS may not have such fear of losing their admission chances due to low percentage of marks in class 10 or 12 or due to lack of work experience. All the MBA aspirants shall be treated as 'fresh talent'. This talent pool will therefore be treated at par when FMS goes to announce the final admission merit list for batch 2015-17.
The coming batch of MBA students could be of overall high scorers in CAT-2014 but may be having low percentile in one or other section. The batch is expected to comprise candidates without distinguishing and preferring them on the ground of gender diversity.
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