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

DTE Maharashtra is going to conduct online Common Entrance Test (CET) for management courses across Maharashtra on March 14 and 15, 2015 at the various test centres across the country. Announcing the entrance exam dates of MAH-CET 2015 for MBA/MMS 2015-17 batch in various B schools in Maharashtra, Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra has issued the notification bearing ref no.2A/ADM/MBA-MCA/CET/2015/48 dated January 8, 2015.

Despite the finalization of 6 mentor IIMs for each of the proposed 6 new IIMs but no campus allotted to any of them, mystery surrounds the unknown admission process 2015 for the proposed B schools. It appears that the campus of mentor IIM might be used to commence academic activities in 2015 to promote the proposed IIMs.

CAT 2014 result has brought many surprises. The result has made history by producing more than ever 100 percentilers and many 99 percentilers, thousands have also lost the ground by scoring uneven sectional percentile despite scoring a high overall percentile. The candidates who have scored less than prescribed sectional cut off percentile have not been shortlisted by any IIM although their overall percentile is high enough to put them among the shortlisted candidates.

Not to worry: Ray of hope exists

Probably the first University to begin GDPI for admission to MBA 2015 so early, College of Management & Economics Studies (CoMES), University of Petroleum and energy Studies - (UPES), Dehradun will be conducting the GD-PI for admissions to its 9 specialized MBA programs through Sept14 MAT/Dec14 MAT/CAT 2014/CMAT 2014 across 11 cities from January 9to January 24,2015

UPES: Placement started

Hold the breath! management graduates, your Acchedin have arrived. Vision of Acche Din at least for MBA graduates appear to be turning into a reality as shown in the outcome of the Poll of employers conducted by GMAC showing Solid Hiring Intentions for B-School Talent.

What turned out to be a strong job market for business school and management degree graduates in 2014, is projected to continue into 2015, according to the Graduate Management Admission Councils (GMAC) Year End Poll of Employers released on January 6, 2015.

IIM Ahmedabad has release Shortlist for Admissions 2024 on January 6. Students can check their calls on IIMA portal: https://pgpadm.iima.ac.in/2024/result/.

A better bet than many IIMs and other top rated B schools, FMS is going to adopt a different shortlisting criteria than IIMs in admission 2015. FMS is going to declare the shortlist of candidates based on CAT 2014 scores and is going to consider overall percentile instead of giving weightage to sectional percentile for MBA batch 2015-17.

The contemporary and current issues are expected to become the part of WAT topics in final admission round 2015 at IIMS and other top rated B schools. The model essay on one of such topics is shared below. This can help the shortlisted candidates for PI round after declaration of CAT 2014 result to write in the Written Ability Test on the given WAT topic.

Introduce the topic well

Next in the series of solved WAT topics for final admission round 2015 at IIMs and other top rated B schools, MBAUniverse.com shares below the essay on Is Make in India a realistic project with China far ahead in manufacturing?

Whats Make in India: Introduce the topic