Great Lakes to conduct own test on Feb 14 for admission 2010
Great Lakes Institute of Management,
(Great Lakes), Chennai becomes the second institute to come up with
alternatives to accepting the CAT scores for their admission process 2010 after
Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad. Professor T N Swaminathan,
Director Admissions, External Relations & Associate Professor – Marketing,
Great Lakes, Chennai told that apart from accepting GMAT (including 2010) and
CAT (2008 and 2009) scores, they will also accept XAT 2010 scores and in
addition, conduct their own admission test in the middle of February..
See update below.
Hence, the updated admission process
for Great Lakes, Chennai will be as under:
a) If you had planned to use your
existing GMAT or CAT ‘08 score, you should have applied on January 3, 2010.
b) Any candidate who plans to
applying through either his CAT 2009, GMAT 2010 or XAT 2010 score can apply to
the institute by February 7, 2010.
c) Candidates who do not wish to
apply through their CAT 2009 score and have not taken XAT or GMAT can take the
Great Lakes’ admission test. As of now, the test will be held in the middle of
February 2010 and will be an online test administered in six to seven centers
across India. A nominal fee (yet to be decided by the institute) will be levied
for the test; more details will be up on the institute’s website shortly.
Swaminathan says, “Prospective students are advised to look out for formal
communication on our website, other portals and press over coming days. Please
do not hesitate to speak to any of our admission committee members for any
clarification you may require.” Those who wish to take the test will need to
apply before February 7, 2010 and register for the test.
As candidates will apply through a
plethora of entrance tests scores in the 2010 admission process at Great Lakes,
Chennai, a question of standardization of scores might occur. According to
Swaminathan, standardization of scores will be taken care of by using advanced
statistics methods and the candidates need not worry as all scores will enjoy
equal weightage. However, the breakup and the standardization procedures or
guidelines will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed to students.
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