1/17/08

Admissions @ SP Jain Dubai/ Singapore

Regarding Admissions in SP Jain Dubai/ Singapore, this is the process:

1.) Advertisement in the month of Sep/ Oct/ Nov, apply either online or send a DD for requesting the form and then apply
2.) You have the option of taking CAT score or XAT score or you can even request for SP Jain Aptitude test
3.) Best score out of the three is counted and they have their own relative parameter to consider the scores, for eg a 97%ile in CAT need not be equal to 97%ile in XAT and subsequently 97%ile in SP Jain's Aptitude Test
4.) There are Interview calls based on your overall profile and you may get a call before CAT/ XAT result also
5.) There is a Group Interview where you are relatively judged in front of 5-6 candidates
6.) Based on your overall profile and your performance in Group Interview Merit List of the selected candidates is declared in Jan/ Feb

Some Key Points:
1.) In SP Jain, Emphasis is one the overall profile of the candidate
2.) A very high score in CAT/ XAT need not guarantee your Interview Call
3.) In Group Interview only, they give a topic for Group Discussion

Admissions @ SP Jain Mumbai

Regarding Admissions in SP Jain, Mumbai this is the process:

1.) There will be an advertisement in the month of Oct/ Nov, based on which you will have to fill the form.
2.) After the CAT, sometime before the result only you get Pre-CAT call based on your academics, work experience and Achievements
3.) There is a Group Interview in Jan/Feb where you are evaluated Relatively
4.) Finally the list of selected candidates is released in March.

Key Points:

1.) Emphasis is on the overall profile of the candidate
2.) In SP Jain, if you have an extraordinary CAT percentile that need not guarantee your call.

MBA Colleges Ranking World Wide

Here is ranking of World Wide Top MBA Universities/ Colleges, again this is based on my knowledge and my sources, this need not mean this is the actual ranking, so please consider it according to me:
1 Northwestern (Kellogg)
2 Chicago
3 Harvard
4 Stanford
5 Pennsylvania (Wharton)
6 MIT (Sloan)
7 Columbia
8 Michigan
9 Duke (Fuqua)
10 Dartmouth (Tuck)
11 Cornell (Johnson)
12 Virginia (Darden)
13 UC Berkeley (Haas)
14 Yale
15 NYU (Stern)

16 UCLA (Anderson)
17 USC (Marshall)
18 UNC (Kenan-Flagler)
19 Carnegie Mellon
20 Indiana (Kelley)
21 Texas (McCombs)
22 Emory (Goizueta)
23 Michigan State
24 Washington (Olin)
25 Maryland (Smith)
26 Purdue (Krannert)
27 Rochester (Simon)
28 Vanderbilt (Owen)
29 Notre Dame (Mendoza)
30 Georgetown (McDonough)


Non-U.S. Schools
1* INSEAD
2* Queen's University
3* IMD
4* London Business School
5* Toronto (Rotman)
6* Western Ontario (Ivey)
7* Rotterdam School of Management
8* IESE
9* HEC - Paris
10* York (Schulich)