If your score is good in XAT, you will get the call. It is also good because the marks have a good amount of weightage in the final selection.
Most probably, you will be questioned if you have low grades in any of the examinations and all you need to do is, just satisfy the interviewers and prove to them that you are a good candidate and this would be enough to get you through.
If you have a score anywhere above 99.9 Percentile, you will get a call from XAT. You are much more than your mark sheets and XLRI values such things which are beyond scores.
A dream company depends upon your choice and where your interest lies. Typically, HR Consulting, IR, Manufacturing, or Line HR Roles are more popular.
Despite this, some students may be more interested in joining startups and building systems from scratch than in joining existing companies.
There is no definite percentage of questions you need to clear in order to secure yourself a seat in XLRI or XIMB. The obvious answer is every year the question paper difficulty level varies and so does the percentile cutoff.
Simply, your chances of getting a seat in both these institutes purely depend on your percentile just like JEE-Main rank is the criteria for national-level institutes.
My friend took admission in XIMB in 2018, the scores of their batch were between 56.5 to 89 out of 150. Here the person scoring has 100% percentile whereas the person getting 88.5 will be close to 99% percentile. Hence, the percentile cutoff varies each year.
For example, for admissions in 2019, the percentile cutoff was:
Here are few tips to secure a high percentile in these exams:
Therefore, thinking about percentile cutoff is in vain until the results are out. As the cutoff will totally depend on your performance, it is best recommended to focus on your performance in the exam. After all, your success depends on your hard work and fervour towards your goal.
If you are joining MBA BM at XLRI, be prepared for the rigorous course structure. XLRI batch profile will include students from IITs, NITs, BITS, and other reputed colleges around the country and abroad. So, scoring decent grades won’t be easy.
If you don’t have a decent past academic record, it will be difficult to secure summer internships. But if you have good CPI in XLRI, you can compensate for it. You need to maintain good grades to receive better placements, as well.
It is definitely not easy to get into the FPM program in XLRI. You need to have good research aptitude, along with a decent XAT/GMAT score. You should have a consistently good academic record as well. Shortlisted students are called for an interview. Students who perform well in the PI round are selected for final admission.
Yes, you might be able to get into UIET Chandigarh with a JEE Main rank of 74,000. The most likely branch that you will get into as a general category is ECE, EEE, or Mechanical. Things will change if you belong to a reserved category student and you might be able to score a seat in CSE.
Here is the latest required cutoff for UIET.
Course |
General Cutoff |
|
CSE |
945-24246 |
6037-46660 |
IT |
24265-35348 |
47120-57861 |
ECE |
25258-42196 |
61291-72506 |
EEE |
25564-51542 |
58269-73014 |
Mechanical Engineering |
30059-56234 |
72430-84878 |
Biotechnology |
51181-85699 |
90951-124482 |
Based on this ranking, the hostel is only allocated in biotechnology and engineering without the hostel in Chandigarh is costly, so try to get into the hostel. Other than this, some private hostels will give you everything essential, but they come at a huge cost.
The faculty is world-class and you will get to learn a lot. The program works in partnership with SHRM so that you can also communicate directly with industry experts.
The program offers detailed modules on career and succession planning coaching and mentoring, etc. There will be many practical assignments involving various aspects of talent management in everyday life.
I have a friend who did this program and benefited from it. The addition of the XLRI name in your CV is definitely one of the advantages of this program. As helpful as this program is, it may not matter much in terms of your promotion or next job switch.
My elder brother is an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur so he can hopefully answer your question to your satisfaction.
Most of the top-tier B-schools have a similar fee structure. For the 2021 batch, the fees for various courses are listed below:
Programs |
Fee Structure |
PGDM BM and HRM |
11.80 Lakhs per annum |
Executive PGDM (General Management) |
20.95 Lakhs |
Executive Fellow Program in Management |
9.50 Lakhs |
Part- time PGDM (BM) |
4 Lakhs per annum |
The hostel fees for both female and male students at XLRI Jamshedpur are as high as 90,000 INR. The monthly hostel fee is 2,000 INR.
My cousin is an alumnus of NITIE and has spent two years in the institute as a student. His opinion is based on professional experience and may not be true for summer and final placements at SJMSOM and XLRI.
A counter-argument can turn up claiming that the companies do not look at the scores. It is up to the students concerned to follow this notion.
One of my friends was a former student of XLRI. Here is his input about some of the XLRI alumni in Human Resource Management who have obtained top positions in several companies,
There are several others to name, like R Sridhar (Executive VP), Saurabh Govil (Senior Vice President), Varadarajan Srinivasan (CHRO & Head of Corporate Affairs), Vivek Tripathi (CHRO), Sonali Roy Chowdhury (HR Director).
Besides HRM, courses like Marketing, Finance, and Operations also saw various alumni that are at the top level of Fortune 500 companies. Some among many have inaugurated their own start-ups and have also made successful products.