Its a matter of weeks now, before the interview grind begins. While it is important to take care of the usual (appearance, conduct, etc), it is much more important to make sure that you are aware. Another characteristic accompanying awareness, should be perspective or thought process. I am sure most of you must have made sure that you were reading throughout the year.Just in case you haven’t, you better start getting your act together, cause there isn’t much time left.

To further enable you on your Road to MBA, I …

IRMA 2009 results are available now. This is what the webpage on IRMA website says,
Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management
Result of written test conducted on November 08, 2009 for admission to PRM course (2010-12) has been announced. Please find below a table describing details of short listing criteria to indicate your performance.

Sections
Category-wise cut-off Marks

General Category & OBC
SC/ST & PwD
Sponsored

1. Analytical Reasoning (50 Marks)
25
22
18

2. Quantitative Ability (50 Marks)
25
22
18

3. English Comprehension (40 Marks)

20
18
14

4. Issues of Social Concern (60 Marks)
24
21
18

Total (200 Marks)
110
100
86

IRMA result page

Second phase of  admissions to SIIB 2009 start today. Here are a few things you an keep in mind while tackling the last round of admission process. A typical second round of SIIB has following components,

Group discussion : Caselet based
Personal Interview
Group Task

Group discussion is generally caselet based and lasts for 45 minutes. 45 minutes means you will get more than enough time to have your say. So do not make it a fish market, I am sure everybody has been telling you the same. Try to give the discussion a …

NMAT 2008 results are out. Results are available here. Go to their site and check your result. Read on for cut offs and your chances if you are shortlisted.

Fore school of management, Delhi, has released its shortlist of candidaes who have been selected for second phase of selection procedure. PGDM shortlist is available at this link and IB shortlist is here. You will need your CAT registration number to check results.
There mandatory disclosures mention these cutoffs,

Group discussions and personal interviews are integral part of selection process of any college. Different colleges may go in for some specialist selection process, but the fundamentals remain the same. They are always looking for, your ability to listen, work in team, grasp on current affairs, decision making prowess and logical & objective thinking. While, most of the attributes develop over a period of time, grasp on current happenings around you is something which is easiest to develop. At R2M, I will try to cover some topics, that I think …

This is for those who have been waiting for GD PI Shortlist of SIBM, the list is oit and here are the sectionals,

Category
Genaral English
Quantitative & Data Int
General Awareness
Analytical & Logical
Total

Open

14.5

13

7.5

26.5

76.5

ST

5.25

3.75

3.25

11.5

41.25

SC

8.25

6

4.5

17

49

Kashmiri Migrant

10.75

6.5

5.5

19.5

66

Differently Able

7

4.75

3.75

14.5

45.75

Having sectional cutoffs is good, at least you know how close you were. Check your result here.
If you are through, You may want to listen to “7 habits of effective people” or go throughR2M GD PI primers.

I am sure you must have heard about this great book called “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. The book is a must read for anybody and has an added relevance for all MBA aspirants. The habits talked about in the book are extreme importance to anyone who is planning to sit for MBA entrance exams. If you can inculcate these habits, trust me you will go a long way. One of the habits, Stephen talks about is importance of understanding others before you try to …

SCMHRD 2009 GD PI shortlist is out. It was released about 24 hours ago and in these 24 hours it has created quite a stir in student circles.Reason is nothing new, if you know track records of Symbiosis colleges. I am not saying that they play foul, but because they are a private college, every one gets a chance to point fingers at them. Accusers may be correct in pointing fingers but you never know.
I must admit, the results this year are strange. I have seen people scoring 67, with …

SP Jain institute of Management research (SPJIMR) recently came out with its first list of shortlisted candidates for admissions to its 2009 batch. The names were shortlisted on basis of entire profile of the candidates (or so they claim). If you happen to see the profiles of people who are shortlisted, trust me these guys are nothing short of a rocket scientist and trust me with the kind of profiles these shortlisted kids have, they don’t need an MBA. But, you cannot stop them from getting one.
Anyways the list is …