Pranav Patil is a MBA student at NMIMS Mumbai. He converted to NMIMS Mumbai with a NMAT score of 252. He graduated from VIT Pune with 7.11 GPA. Pranav had work experience of 2.5 years at Lentra in Software Development. Panav has shared his MBA Admission story with the Collegedunia Team, read below. 

Pranav Patil

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

Pranav: I secured 252 in the NMAT 2021 Examination. No, I didn’t avail any reservation benefits as I am from the general category.

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Collegedunia Team: Can you please describe your Pre MBA Academic Performance for Collegedunia readers?

Pranav: Yes, I had scored 94.73% in my 10 boards and scored 85.85 in 12 board exams. Also, I had completed my graduation from VIT Pune with 7.11 GPA.

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

Pranav: The WAT protracted through online mode. We were 15 members in one group allotted with one moderator. We were given 20 minutes to write on the given topic with a word limit of 500 words. 

Pro Tip: Keep calm and follow a structured pattern for the WAT. It will be better if you write the topic in a story format.

Collegedunia Team: What was the WAT/GD Topic?

Pranav: The topic given was around Fitbit Watches.

Collegedunia Team: What was your answer/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively? 

Pranav: I tried explaining my viewpoints and was quite smooth at the end. I carefully jotted down all advantages and disadvantages and ended it with a diplomatic stand. 

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

Pranav: There were a total of 8 panels. And each panel consisted of 2 faculty members of the NMIMS college. The College generally takes around 15-20 minutes of interviews at max. The questions at the interview revolved around General Knowledge, Work Ex, and some general questions. 

My suggestion would be to have a track about the happenings in the surroundings. 

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

Pranav: The questions asked during the Interview are:

Ques 1. What did you do as a software developer?

Ans. I explained my work ex in Lentra Company and what all I did as a software developer.

Ques 2. Why did you take a break from your job?

Ans. I wanted to align my MBA as a long term goal, so I took a break from my job.

Ques 3. Mention 3 famous things about your hometown?

Ans. I told them all 3 best things my hometown is famous for.

Ques 4. Mention names of CMs of any 5 states?

Ques 5. Why choose NMIMS?

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

Pranav: The 3 major reasons of choosing this college over others are:

First is that the Institute is based in Financial Capital of India i.e., Mumbai. It has a renowned alumni base. And the third reason is that the other converted colleges were below par with NMIMS.

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

Pranav: The reason for not converting to other management colleges is that I didn’t appear for the CAT 2021 examination. Moreover, I had a messed up PI round because of which I couldn’t get admission to my other convert i.e., SIBM.