My college experience

The colleges I had applied was only the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. I took admission in the same through General Category only, which did not involve any kind of quota. The Program I had applied to was an MBA in Business Administration which is a flagship program of XIMB. The admission criteria were atleast 94 percentile in XAT/CAT for General Category, which was the minimum requirement for undergoing any counselling process. The Counselling process involved two processes: Group Debate and then a personal interview based on an essay that was given on the spot to the candidates by the counselling team. In the group debate round, a common topic was given, for which there was a total time of 10 mins in which 2 minutes was given for thinking about the topic while the other 6 minutes to discuss and conclude, the remaining 2 minutes were given for the final point forward from each participant. This was followed up with an essay and a personal interview.

This course is the most comprehensive in terms of course, subject and life skills addition while maintaining a clear eye on industry standards. The Faculty-Student ratio is 1:2 which clearly indicated the personal focus given to the students.

Ample internship opportunities with a lot of live projects making sure that the various courses are getting utilised. The projects were live as well as static in nature but, it ensured that all companies actually visit the college.

The Placement plans of the college are good enough as per the investment taken. The average package of 12 LPA and the highest was in the range of 25 LPA. The college gave its best in getting the best for the college students.

The fees hike policy is 20% on a bi-yearly basis. This was done on all the components of the fees, which was made to make sure the college takes into account the inflation along with its fees. The college was given financial assistance as it qualified for the scholar loan and the lean interest were as low as 9.2%.

The most amazing lifestyle is possible with all students making the most of the 24/7 library as well as the playing court which was available for all students almost every minute. The night mess ensured that no one remains hungry during the night as well as ensuring that everyone gets a proper education.

One of the best hostel facilities as well as things, available in terms of facilities. This was ensured by a very unique structure in which every other room was accessible to each of the other students.

Yes, there was a GD, an essay and an interview. The topic of the GD was mostly of the common GK. The essay was an abstract topic, the interview was mostly based on college course as well as personal life.