Guys Outperformed Gals in getting IIM calls

CAT 2006 results are out and all the IIMs have published the short listed candidates for next round of Group Discussion and Interviews. Guys have out performed gals in all departments of CAT 2006. For IIMB the percentage of gals who are short listed for GD/PI is only 17.87 % out of the applied 24.7% .The scenario is almost same for all the other IIMs. The resistance against OBC reservation on the account that many will get a chance to study in IIMs with out scoring at per with general candidates is confirmed wrong. Many OBCs have scored well ahead of the general category applicants; the difference in the average marks obtained between the general category shot listed candidates and the OBC short listed candidates is a just 2%. The average percentile of OBC candidates shortlist is 97.73% - which can never considered as bad. The myth that engineers are not good in English is proved wrong as this time also most of the short listed candidates are from Engineering background though the English section was the toughest in the paper. Following the raising trend of Engineers making in to IIM, this year IIMB have shot listed 904 engineers out of total 1065. This years results shows that indian B schools have started giving importance to Industry experience while sending the call letters . Among all the short listed candidates 61.77% had prior relevant work experience. The most shocking aspect of this years result is that students with ZERO score in English section have got percentiles up to 35. This clearly indicates how tough was the English section with more than one-third of the students scoring zero or less than that. Many students who scored 99 percentile in quantitative analysis and data interpretation secured zero in English.