Should the eligibility bar of top B-Schools for reserved candidates be increased to make the selection criteria fair?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I think the answer should be yes. Before you think that I am some brat complaining about the reservation system, let me tell you I also belong to a reserved category. But when I see students with percentile as low as 50 getting into IIMs it hurts me too. I think, it is okay to lower the eligibility bar to some extent, but not so much that it will degrade the quality of the college. For top IIMs, maybe a percentile between 90-95 would be justified for reserved categories, but below that would be a bit compromising seeing that many students work really hard to get into top IIMs. So, if seats are remaining and no more reserved candidates are above 90 percentile, the seats should pass to general students. So, according to lowering the bar for reserved students to some extent is okay but not so much that it keeps deserving students away from their dream institute.