Road To FMS: Post 1.

Its quite ironic that a guy in FMS writes at a blog titled "iimiswhereibelongto" :P anyways, as mentioned in the introduction of this blog, the purpose of this blog was to help readers to get into their dream institutes and I'm getting a lot many queries from people who say that FMS is where they want to be.

So this post and a few more to follow will help those people who want to be in FMS this year.

First of all, some general info:

FMS is one of the most highly regarded Indian B-School with tution fee less than 21 K for two years.

Location of FMS in the capital of the country and that too in Delhi University, gives it a unique advantage.

FMS provides a unique advantage as it doesn't restrict one's choice to chose a major/minor but it gives you freedom to actually customize your course by chosing your favorite elective subjects in second year (for more details visit the official website)

FMS is primarily a student driven college, where most of the activities are organized by the students.

FMS Enjoys a well established brand name and has a very broad and helping alumni base.

FMS Entrance Procedure:

Admission is facilitated through an written entrance exam followed by a GD-PI-Extempore process. The exact format of written entrance exam is told in advance. Going by last year it had 200 questions, divided into 4 sections to be attempted in 120 minutes.

4 sections are: QA, LR, VA, RC. to qualify one has to get a sectional percentile of 50 in each section, so effectively FMS is one exam wherein once can play purely on his strength.

Its very difficult to predict the cut-off before-hand so one should try to do his best, instead of worrying that whether he has cleared the cut-off.

GD-PI-Extempore is organized in college campus at Delhi University.

FAQ

* Is FMS so cheap that we can do MBA in 20k only

FMS isn't cheap, its highly economical :) honestly speaking you won't be able to do an MBA in 20 K at fms, one needs anywhere between 1.5 L to 3 L to live here ...

* Is FMS the right college for me.

The answer is "it depends". FMS is a part of the Delhi University, it provides probably the best Return of Invetement among its peers, has decent placements, wonderful (and some not so wonderful :P) faculty and its almost entirely student driven, giving you more exposure than probably any other institute. On the other hand there are some reasons why it might not be the right college for you, being a part of a university means that change progresses a little slowly here. Smaller batch sizes mean total alumni strength is low, not everyone gets a hostel here... etc so one needs to make an informed choice ....

* How to prepare for FMS

this point will be covered in the forthcoming posts :)