How I Converted My Only Old IIM Call

I was left with only a few textbooks at that time. I enrolled myself for a free test series. With no time to waste, I started preparing on my own for around 4 hours in the evening after coming from work and 1.5 hours in the morning before work. I spent around 10 days for each section and gave mocks during weekends (which I didn’t take seriously). On December 4^th (CAT day), I gave my best shot. I had nothing to lose. Since I didn’t give mocks properly, my endurance was put to test. I got a decent 90 percentile. I was not expecting any call from any old IIM. But to my surprise, as my academics were pretty good I got an interview call from IIM Indore main and Mumbai campus (I got for IIM L ABM which I was not interested in and didn’t attend). It was last chance for this year. I enrolled myself for an online GDPI course and made the most from newspapers (3-4 newspapers that were available at work :p).

WAT-PI Day

My WAT-PI was very early in the mid-February. Had about 40 days of preparation. WAT was about Environmental pollution and steps for preventing it. In  Personal Interview questions were from diverse topics geography, cricket, tennis, total quality management, principles of management, Networking (Modulations, routing, subnetting, DNS etc.), Politics and Budget. Had a good WAT and very okayish PI after which I left the thoughts of converting.

The Agony of being Waitlisted

With all old IIMs releasing their results on the last week of April, all non-converts were desperately waiting for Indore results. I found myself waitlisted. Luckily IIM Indore came up with waitlist numbers this time. It was 29. Based on past trends, it should convert. But it took almost 2 weeks to get it officially.

Finally converted on May 16th and joining Planet-I in a while. Even if you have only one month you can still make it. CAT coaching and test series does not work unless you do.

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About the Author:

R SOORYA

PGP 2017-19

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, INDORE.