GD PI WAT schedule: MBA Application dates extended through January 2014

Year 2014 will bring hopes and aspirations for admission seekers to management courses as most of the reputed entrance examinations for the coveted B schools will come out with the results and will begin the GD PI WAT round of admission process. MBAUniverse.com shares updates on the various activities and extension of application dates by B schools apart from proposed GD PI WAT schedule in the forthcoming days

Result update
Results of following reputed and most sought after MBA entrance examinations are to be declared as per the following schedule after which the GD PI WAT round will begin.

Entrance Exam Date of announcement of result

CAT 2013 January 14, 2014
The examination for admission to IIMs and other reputed B schools was held during a test window from October 16, 2013 to November 11, 2013 with two sessions each day.

XAT 2014 January31, 2014
The examination was held on January 5, 2014 across the country for admission to XLRI, XIMB and more than hundred B-schools.

SNAP 2013 January 9, 2014 The test was held on December 15, 2013 across the country for admission to Symbiosis Institute of Management and other associated B schools. The results will be announced past midnight on 9.1.2014

GD PI WAT Schedule: Get ready for Second stage of Admission process i.e. GD PI WAT round Second stage of admission will begin after declaration of results for the written entrance test. Following are the B-schools that have brought some changes in their GD PI WAT round. Important features and tentative schedule are as follows.

IIFT List of shortlisted candidates has already been declared and the process of Group discussion, Writing Ability Test and Personal interview is going on at the institute. A total of 1269 candidates have been shortlisted for this round.

SPJIMR- The institute immediately after declaration of CAT results will announce its first list of 1600 shortlisted candidates who will be asked to appear for the group interview between January 23 to January 25, 2014.
New IIMs Six new IIMs namely IIM Udaipur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Rohtak, IIM Ranchi, IIM Raipur and IIM Kashipur will hold a common Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview(PI) round for the convenience of aspirants during February to April 2014. Group Discussion (GD) has since been substituted by WAT in these institutes.

XLRI The coveted B school will begin the Group discussion and Personal Interview round in mid February 2014. The essay writing test has already been completed along with the written examination on 5.1.2014
MDI- This B school will shortlist the candidates after declaration of CAT results and will conduct Group Discussion and Personal Interviews from February 2014 to April 2014. No WAT has been announced by Management Development Institute.

Last date to apply extended
Number of B schools has extended their last date for submitting the application for admission. Following is the relevant list of such institutes with extended date where aspirants can apply during the month of January 2014 Sl. No. Institutes Extended date to apply
1. Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Open Ghaziabad
2. Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur Open
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Open New Delhi
4. K J Somaiya Institute of management Studies & Research January 15, 2014 Mumbai
5. T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal January 20, 2014
6. Institute of Rural management (RMA), Anand January 20. 2014
7. FORE School of Management, New Delhi January 20, 2014
8. KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, January 20, 2014
9. Deptt of Management Studies, NIT, Tiruchirappalli January 22, 2014
10. Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) January 24, 2014 Chennai
11. Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) January 25, 2014 Chennai
12. Birla Institute of Management Technology, January 26, 2014 (BIMTECH) Greater Noida
13. International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi January 27, 2014
14. Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad (MICA) January 31, 2014
15. Alliance School of Business, Alliance University, January 31, 2014 Bangalore
16. IFIM Business School, Bangalore January 31, 2014
17. Great Lakes Institute, Chennai January 31, 2014
18. Vignana JyothiInstitute of Management, Hyderabad January 31, 2014
19. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management January 31, 2014 Hyderabad
20. Prince LN Welingkar Institute of Management March 31, 2014 Development & Research, Mumbai

Aspirants are advised to apply to these Institutes as early as possible before the last date expires fulfil their dream of pursuing MBA.

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