Ajinkya Dhankre converted Great Lakes Institute of Management for a PGDM with a CAT score of 90.78%. She has shared her WAT experience with collegedunia.com.

Ajinkya Dhankre Profile

Current Institute: Great Lakes Institute of Management

Course: PGDM

Graduation College: Anna University 

Exam Taken: CAT

CAT Score: 90.78%

10th Percentage/ GPA: 89%

12th Percentage/ GPA: 81%

Graduation Percentage/ GPA: 77%

Work Experience: 1 year

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Admission Experience

Did you avail of any benefit of reservation?

Ajinkya: General (No Reservation).

Describe the general setting of WAT/ GD (if any)? 

Ajinkya: WAT was conducted offline, as it was held in January 2020. For WAT I had 20 minutes and was given a sheet of paper to write an essay. The word limit was 250 words. 

There is no GD after WAT is directly interviewing, where they evaluate your writing and ask questions regarding that.

Describe the general setting of your interview? 

Ajinkya: 3-panel members, all from faculty. The mode of the interview was online. Not at all stress interview. Tips are to be aware of your academic background, have excellent knowledge on recent trends in Telecom and the government initiatives taken in the telecom industry. 

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Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Ajinkya: Great Lakes is one of the best private b-schools, it has great Alumni & ROI is pretty decent here. 

What was the reason for you not converting to other colleges? (if any)

Ajinkya: Did not do well in respective GDs and interviews. 

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