Is it fair for B-schools to allow back door entry students when they are not very likely to cope up with the high pressure MBA program?

We can't decide whether they can cope up with the high pressure system or not. Management quota should not be focused on while preparing for the CAT exam. Colleges offer admission on merit, but few seats are left for management quota which are kind of risk management by colleges. There would be certainly some section of the society which lives on management quota that is the students get admission through management quota only. The fees for such students are almost doubled as compared to normal students. There are various things in college which require monetary sources and therefore such system is established in colleges.There can be certain unexpected circumstances which could lead to unavailability of a person on the exam day so you have to keep such a system. Everything can't be judged on the basis of the exam so it is okay to keep a buffer system like management quota system. But if those seats are not filled then chance should be given to other candidates.

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Students getting admission into business schools through entrance exams and government norms may feel that such backdoor entry to students is wrong, but it is not. There are reasons for everything and some things need to exist for the good. Backdoor entry here refers to quotas through which some students get admission into a college, I suppose. A college needs funds to run the college, provide a good academic environment, hire the best faculty and many other things. So, to cope up with all these necessities, they take entry through such quotas and earn money. The money is used for the welfare of the college. Now, comes the debate over the students' performance. They have not cracked the entrance exam, it doesn't make it sure that they can't deal with the course. There could be reasons that couldn't perform in the exam. It may be the other way round too. They may struggle in the high-pressure MBA, but they can work hard and learn themselves.

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I think you are missing the point of management quota all together. Both the parties have their own selfish interests. The student who couldn't get into the college through entrance exam wants an easy way in. For this he uses his parent’s money and influence to get in. On the other hand the college just want to make some extra bucks (actually a lot of extra bucks). So both parties know what they are getting into and compromise on something for it. The college compromises on quality of students entering the MBA program and the student knows that he will be studying with meritorious students who got in through scoring in entrance exams and the competition will be fierce. The student knows that the college is out of his league and will have to put in effort to keep up with other students. So it is a mutual beneficial relation between both the parties and the admission comes with the knowledge that the student will have to work hard to get through it. So I guess it is okay for them. But no one can deny that the management system is not for good of the common people and meritorious students.

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