Chinmay Deshmukh converted NMIMS Mumbai with NMAT score of 242. She graduated from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune with 74%. She had after college work experience at Shoptimize India Pvt Ltd for 2.6 years in IT. Chinmay interacted with the Collegedunia Team and shared her NMIMS Mumbai MBA Admission experience. 

Collegedunia Team: What was your NMAT score? Did you avail reservation benefits for NMIMS MBA Admission?

Chinmay: My NMAT 2021 score was 242 and being a general class candidate I did not avail any reservation benefits. 

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Collegedunia Team: Describe your Pre MBA Academic Performance for Collegedunia readers?

Chinmay: I had scored 94.91% in the 10 board exam and in 12 boards my score was 88%. Also, I completed my graduation with a good percentage of 74%. 

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Collegedunia Team: Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any).

Chinmay: There was no GD for admission to NMIMS. But WAT was protracted online on the NMIMS Portal. To complete the 500 word limit, a time duration of 15 minutes was allocated to each student. 

Collegedunia Team: What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Chinmay: I am not able to recall the topic. 

Pro Tips for the aspirants are not to write generic ideas but give specific suggestions on the topic, and take a neutral/unbiased stand towards the topic rather than giving a biassed one ,so that it shows that you can think from every perspective and not just from the one you favour. 

Collegedunia Team: Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Chinmay: There were 2 faculty members and 15 students in each panel. The Interview process protracted online. The process takes around 15-20 minutes. It was a normal interview (stress level of interview depends on the panel member and how you perform in it).

Pro Tips: Keep it simple in the interview, and the english should be crisp and concise. Try to be clear in your thoughts and don't ever lie in the interview. Keep the soft copies of your documents ready if the panel finds something dicey then you can explain them in the interview itself by showing the proof of documents

Collegedunia Team: Mention at least 5 questions that were asked in NMIMS Mumbai MBA Interview and how you responded to each of them?

Chinmay: The series of questions that were asked during the Interview are:

Ques 1. Tell us about yourself?

Ans. I started with a basic introduction about myself which included education, work ex (if any), hobbies, etc. 

Ques 2. Why pursue an MBA?

Ans. I gave a prepared answer and you have to make sure you associate it with your ambitions and experiences

Ques 3. Say something about your work ex? 

Ans. I tried to mention noteworthy points. Rather than keeping it technical, I kept it interesting and planted bombs so that the interviewer can be intrigued and you can drive the interview.

Ques 4. Why switch to an MBA over M.Tech?

Ques5. Why choose NMIMS?

Ans. I mentioned the points which are unique with the college for e.g. - about faculty, clubs etc.

Collegedunia Team: Mention any three reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Chinmay: The first reason is the Case-study based pedagogy, that helps you think. The other reason is an advanced curriculum, which allows more focus on the field. And the third reason is hands on better faculty.  

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Collegedunia Team: What was the reason for not converting other colleges?

Chinmay: The reason for not converting to other colleges was because my sectional percentile in CAT was low, so I couldn't get calls from any IIM's. 

Pro Tips is, try to keep your sectional percentage above 80 if you are aiming to crack CAT. Also, focus on speed and accuracy if you're aiming to crack NMAT, SNAP