Does having poor academics hamper in getting finally admission to FMS even after scoring a very high percentile in CAT 2016?

106 Views|Posted 2016-02-09 21:05:39
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2016-02-10 14:41:19
Hi Samul, Poor academic score does not hanper your chances of admission in FMS unless you can justify getting those marks. In all, it is not a criteria of selection into FMS

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2016-02-09 21:13:01
Hello Samul, FMS doesn't give weightage to your past academic scores or to your work experience. Thus, they won't play a direct role in your selection. So, yes it is possible to get into FMS. Last year the cutoff was 98.54 to get a call for interview round. A final merit list is prepared on the basi

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2016-02-09 21:33:08
Is it must or is it necessary to have or acure some achivements such as as sports or to get engage in any social activities

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