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I've converted everything from IIM CLIKS and FMS. Waiting for IIM Mumbai still.
Looking at IIM C vs FMS and it's kinda difficult for me.
I'm from Noida, so FMS is cheap and convenient/comfortable. IIMC competes in the MBA experience and higher placement stats.
What I'm looking for from an MBA (and what it leads me to) are the following:

1. Learning, Strategy, Finance and management as a whole. I'd like to enjoy my learning experience to the max, I didn't have a long term MBA dream growing up I just got interested in learning about business by watching case studies on YouTube and thought that would be fun to do since I like to read and write a lot.
2. Internal strategy role in industry, ideally. Consulting or GenMan works too. I'd like to build strategic capability and have good WLB to pursue other things.
3. Be a part of innovation ecosystem, I'm not as interested in the prestige corporate climb, I'd like to make good money but I'm not looking to make it all through a corporate climb, I'd like build credibility and move into the venture ecosystem asap.
4. Global exposure, I'd like to work across geographies if possible, I believe I'd need to build some SME for that. I'm leaning towards Healthcare and Tech. I have a background in Medical Engineering from a top 10 IIT with ML projects and research in healthcare tech. No work ex tho.

Additional:

1. I don't need a loan to pay for my MBA so it's not a worry but obviously no one wants to waste hard earned money. I can go medium-risk at least since I won't have to worry about paying an EMI or maximising ROI out of IIM.
2. I'm not too keen on "campus life" but if learning quality is better I'm willing to accept it.
3. Currently living in Noida has allowed me to attend expos, conferences in many of the growing business domains. eg: urban infratech, ai, medical device production etc I wonder if I'd lose that exposure if I go to Calcutta or would the corporate exposure within college makeup for that?
4. I'm also wondering how many healthcare/healthtech or life science consulting companies visit each campus, I see that there are a huge number of those in IIMA.
5. I'm also a fresher with no ECs or PoRs so I'm scared I'd be unable to compete in IIM C which has a lot more experienced folks.

P.S: I know a lot of this is delusion, and I could probably just get trapped into the generalist role rat race that MBA tends to be but I'm just looking to get perspective on what more experienced people have to say. Especially any who are managed to do similar things.

TAPMI vs IIM Jammu

Institute Name	Avg. CTC	% Batch Unplaced	Confidence
IIM Ahmedabad	36	0.00%	Low
ISB	35	2.78%	Low
IIM Bangalore	34.85	0.17%	Low
IIM Calcutta	34.75	0.00%	Low
SPJIMR Mumbai	33.33	0.00%	High
FMS Delhi	31.32	3.62%	Low
IIM Lucknow	30.93	2.11%	Low
XLRI Jamshedpur BM + HRM	29.5	0.12%	Low
MDI Gurgaon Core	29.33	0.00%	Low
XLRI Jamshedpur HRM	29	0.00%	Low
IIM Kozhikode	28.6	2.52%	Medium
Masters Union	28	40.36%	Low
XLRI Jamshedpur + Jhajjar	27.83	0.00%	Low
XLRI Jamshedpur BM	27.67	3.06%	Low
IIFT Delhi IB	27.58	1.74%	Low
MDI Gurgaon Combined	27.56	0.02%	Medium
SJMSOM IITB	27.4	0.00%	High
IIM Mumbai	26.78	0.11%	High
MDI Gurgaon BA	26.2	0.00%	Low
MDI Gurgaon IB	25.77	0.00%	Low
TISS Mumbai MA HRM & LR	25.75	8.58%	Low
IIFT Delhi Combined	25.25	4.16%	Low
TISS Mumbai Combined	25	3.85%	Low
JBIMS Mumbai	25	9.24%	Medium
MDI Gurgaon HRM	24.93	0.27%	Low
TISS Mumbai ODCL	24	12.82%	Low
IIM Indore	23.57	1.26%	Medium
IIFT Delhi BA	23.5	6.38%	Low
DMS IITD	23	4.00%	Low
SIBM Pune	22.3	1.51%	Medium
BITSoM	21	13.30%	Medium
IIM Shillong	20.28	12.07%	Medium
MICA	20.26	6.04%	High
SCMHRD Core	20	6.88%	Low
NMIMS Mumbai Core	19.5	9.22%	High
IIM Udaipur	19.28	7.30%	High
IMT Ghaziabad BFS	19	8.33%	Low
IIFT Kolkata	18.95	29.19%	High
IIM Ranchi BA	18.5	0.00%	Low
SCMHRD Combined	18.5	10.45%	Low
XIMB BM + HRM	18.25	3.50%	Low
IIM Raipur	17.75	5.35%	High
NMIMS Mumbai HRM	17.5	6.25%	Low
XIMB BM	17.42	5.81%	High
VGSoM IIT Kharagpur	17.2	13.44%	High
DoMS IIT Kanpur	17.17	40.72%	Low
IIM Ranchi HRM	17	6.02%	Low
IIM Trichy Core	16.88	7.19%	Low
IIM Trichy Combined	16.65	10.65%	Low
DoMS IIT Madras	16.25	14.71%	Low
GIM Core	16.22	3.76%	High
IIM Ranchi Combined	16.17	3.96%	Low
IMT Ghaziabad Combined	16.13	14.13%	High
IRMA	16.1	2.11%	High
GIM BIFS	16	3.33%	Low
IMT Ghaziabad	16	9.33%	Low
GLIM Chennai PGPM	16	21.49%	Low
IIM Rohtak	15.56	11.73%	Medium
DFS DU	15.5	25.56%	Low
GIM HCM	15.32	2.67%	Medium
GIM Combined	15.25	5.68%	Low
GLIM Gurgaon PGPM	15.17	20.59%	Low
DoMS IIT Roorkee	15.01	31.20%	Medium
SIMSREE	15	22.22%	Low
IIM Jammu	14.74	15.48%	High
IIM Kashipur	14.59	12.11%	High
GIM BDA	14.31	6.55%	Medium
TAPMI	14.27	1.17%	Low
IIM Trichy HRM	14.25	33.33%	Low
IMI Delhi	14.19	15.08%	High
GIM MBA BIFS	14	4.92%	Low
IIM Bodh Gaya Core + DBM	14	7.11%	Low
IIM Nagpur	14	14.92%	Medium
NMIMS Mumbai DT	13.77	26.86%	Medium
IIM Amritsar	13.68	13.08%	High
MANAGE Hyderabad	13.25	2.09%	Low
KJSIM	13.18	11.42%	Low
DBE DU	13	52.86%	Low
IIM Bodh Gaya HHM	13	2.22%	Low
NMIMS Bangalore	12.92	5.31%	Medium
DSE DU	12.7	48.81%	Medium
IIM Sirmaur	12.64	31.83%	Medium
GLIM Chennai PGDM	12.6	10.02%	Medium
NIA Pune	12.52	0.00%	Medium
SION Nashik	12.5	1.43%	Low
BITS Pilani	12.5	64.71%	Low
XIM University MMSBF	12.43	58.41%	Medium
IIM Bodh Gaya Core	12.25	3.73%	Low
SIDTM Pune	12.17	11.76%	Low
IMT Ghaziabad DCP	12	41.67%	Low
NIAM Jaipur	12	4.35%	Low
NMIMS Hyderabad	12	8.71%	Low
SDA Bocconi Asia Center	12	40.54%	Low
Welingkar Mumbai MMS	12	53.85%	Low
XIMB HRM	12	25.00%	Low
IIM Visakhapatnam	11.74	28.55%	High
IFMR	11.58	18.90%	Medium
DMS PUMBA	11.5	33.82%	Low
NIBM Pune	11.5	11.07%	Low
SCIT	11.5	9.84%	Low
SIMS Pune	11.5	14.75%	Low
IIM Sambalpur	11.34	29.28%	Medium
Welingkar Mumbai PGDM	11.33	44.64%	Low
BIM Trichy	11.29	22.98%	Medium
IIT ISM Dhanbad	11	41.67%	Low
FORE School of Management	10.92	36.42%	High
GLIM Gurgaon PGDM	10.88	20.12%	Low
NIRMA University	10.67	13.19%	High
IMT Nagpur	10.58	14.06%	Medium
SIIB Pune	10.4	25.57%	High
SIBM Bengaluru	10.38	22.57%	Medium
Welingkar Mumbai Combined	10.17	33.82%	Medium
UBS Chandigarh	10	7.06%	Low
VAMNICOM	10	2.04%	Low
MDI Murshidabad	9.9	22.75%	High
PDEU (SOM)	9.72	93.02%	Low
IIM Kolkata	9.5	26.46%	Low
BIMTECH	9.5	26.23%	Low
SOIL Gurgaon	9.25	27.08%	Low
IMI Bhubaneswar	9.13	5.98%	Low
IMT Hyderabad	9.11	41.94%	High
LBSIM Delhi	9	24.12%	High
Jamia Millia Islamia	9	66.67%	Low
SRM University	9	3.33%	Low
SSBF (Symbiosis School of Banking & Finance)	9	12.66%	Low
Jaipuria Institute of Management	9	20.42%	Low
DoMS Nalsar Hyderabad	8.5	22.22%	Low
PUMBA	8.5	36.36%	Medium
BKSPMS	8.28	50.93%	Medium
Christ University	8.25	44.45%	Low
FMS BHU	8.25	25.10%	Low
IiFM Bhopal	8.25	41.55%	Low
NL Dalmia Institute of Management	8.17	47.55%	Low
Anna University	8	16.67%	Low
JIMS Rohini Sec-05	8	9.09%	Low
MNIT Jaipur	8	45.00%	Low
NIT Trichy	8	60.00%	Low
SIBM Nagpur	8	13.45%	Low
XIME Chennai	8	37.33%	Low
Fostiima Business School	7.5	24.23%	Low
Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida	7.17	21.03%	Low
Bharathiar University	7	12.50%	Low
IBS Hyderabad	7	53.33%	Low
ITM Business School	7	42.38%	Low
XIME Bangalore	7	40.00%	Low
XIME Kochi	7	29.33%	Low
XIM University SM	7	56.12%	Low
XIM University non-BM	6.5	25.00%	Low
Alliance University	6	60.61%	Low
ISB&M	6	55.56%	Low
Shanti Business School, Ahmedabad	6	3.64%	Low
Utkal University	6	20.00%	Low
DES's Institute of Management Development	4.5	50.00%	Low
School of Health Care Administration	4	71.43%	Low

9/8/9 profile with 2 years of work ex as a software developer.
Thinking of pursuing prodman/finance/consutling roles.
What should be the decision?
Really confused between them.

After getting interview calls from FMS, IIM L, I, K, M, U, JAP and baby IIMs I thought I just had to impress the panel in my interview and it will be done with being nice and smiley. HOOWW WRONGG WAS I BROO!! The interviews literally made me question my capabilities and it was soo much concentrated on my UG subjects which I knew very little of because of my sports background. Still I had hope. Till the results started coming out. got waitlisted at 200+, 700+ in my backup options!! no fms.. and now it is sooo scary!! my best hope was L but the interview was so bad!! I and M are my hopes now. But my cat percentile of 94.46 is such a drawback. I cannot settle for anything less and it is getting really tense

1600 wl, any chances of converting?

coming from boys hostel, where i once used western commode in my first year and got fungal infection in the first week itself. its a nightmare for me to use a public sharing western one. since always used an indian one in my bachelors and used western at home.

which colleges still have the indian ones? due to health concern. like how can one use the same seat where 20-30 guys keep their a*sses.

pls take it seriously guys and help

1 Year at IIM — AMA

Hey everyone!

I’ve just completed my first year at IIM, and it’s been a rollercoaster ride — from hectic schedules and case competitions to internships and peer learning.

Happy to answer anything about:

- Academics & workload

- Placements & internships

- Peer competition vs collaboration

- Life at IIM (the real side, not brochure version)

- Tips for CAT & B-school prep

Ask me anything — no sugarcoating, I’ll keep it real.

My uncle works in a senior role at the MoF GoI and has heard that IFCI and the MDI board has made a proposal to incorporate MDI Gurgaon under the IIM act after they are done with their infrastructure upgrade in 2027.

This would give legitimacy to a genuinely great business school in the NCR region and allow it to compete better globally.

Anyone else who has heard this/can confirm?

9/9/7, engineer with 2 years work ex
I know that Bangalore is above Lucknow but I read that even though placements are common for all students in IIMB, some companies don’t take BA students.
Is PGPBA worth it?

What’s the lowest CTC offered at IIM BLACKI?

I want to go ahead in my career either in Operations or General Management….which institute is best for me? IIM L or FS Delhi

CAT journey, MBA academics, SIPs, finals, placements, CV reviews, interview prep, case comps, college life, or just handling the stress/anxiety during prep — been through the whole cycle recently.

I know how confusing and overwhelming this phase can feel, especially with all the comparison and pressure online. So if anyone needs genuine guidance, clarity, or just wants to ask questions without judgment, feel free to comment or DM.

Happy to help however I can :)

Finally 1st convert of the season, Ik not so great everyone is against this but feels like a small win right now. I just want to know all the good and bad things about this before making any decisions. Please help

Hi, I’m on the waitlist - General 182, do I have a chance to convert? God this is my only decent call, please let me know if you know anyone who has, thank you!

Is it worth leaving IIM Jammu, IIM Sambhalpur, IIM Bodhgya, IIM Sirmaur for NIBM pune?

I want to have good exposure in either core Finance or consulting but definitely sales is not my domain so no sales masked finance roles. I don't have any specific preference towards banking may be may be not but I am definitely sure that I want good mnc exposure in core finance or consulting

Profile - 898 BBA Finance and 23 months of work experience in Risk advisory

Is it worth leaving IIM brand for NIBM (niche mba) or the placement exposure of NIBM , I can get in these IIMs also?

Any current students of these colleges please guide in deciding which institute to choose 🙏

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