Is it possible to get into MDI Gurgaon with decent academics but a good CAT score and PI?

If you want to secure admission to MDI Gurgaon, a good CAT score of 95-99 percentile is essential, but you also need to excel in the GDPIWAT rounds. MDI Gurgaon is an excellent B-school, comparable to IIM A, B, C, L, IIFT, FMS, XLRI, and IIT Delhi DMS. The three-year executive MBA program for working professionals is highly commendable, and the course curriculum and faculty are similar to the full-time one-year executive MBA and two-year full-time residential MBA programs. However, the fees for the executive MBA program have increased enormously over the last few years and currently stand at almost 10 lakhs.

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The example profile of a student with a CAT score of 98.12 overall and all sectionals above 90 can give you an insight into what MDI Gurgaon looks for in its candidates. He had 15 months of work experience as a GET in an Indian pharma MNC, followed by eight months as a derivatives trader in a prop trading firm.  His overall inclination was towards Finance and then Ops, and the WAT and GD topic was "Only voters and not the political parties are responsible for the criminalization of politics." His WAT was average, but the GD had extra points, and the first-mover advantage was a home run. The PI started with the panelist asking the student about their engineering stream, but the student quickly pointed out that they were done with core engineering for good and intended to work in the financial markets. The other panelist was a finance professor specializing in quantitative finance, and the questions were mostly knowledge-based, and primarily related to markets. 

The student secured admission into the PGPIM program and upgraded to PGPM in the first updated list. This example shows that you do not have to be a perfect candidate to get into MDI Gurgaon, and a few gaps in your profile are acceptable. You can make up for these gaps by demonstrating how you have tried to bounce back in your professional life and how you intend to leverage MDI Gurgaon's opportunities to propel your career forward.

To improve your chances of admission, start by knowing yourself and working on basic questions like why you want to pursue an MBA. Formulating your answers will give you conviction and set you apart from candidates who give cliched responses. You should also strive to understand your job better, your company's systems, and its market share. When you can demonstrate your depth of understanding of a business, you become a perfect candidate for business studies.