GDPI Advice from T.I.M.E.

Source - http://www.time4education.com/CAT-MBA/GDPI-Process.aspx

GDPI PREPARATION
GWPI stands for, as you know, Group Discussion, Written Ability Test
(WAT), and PersonalInterview. It earlier used to be called GDPI.
However, of late, with the IIMs clearly moving towards WAT as against
GD, GWPI is the preferred terminology. Some B-schools call Written
Ability Test as essay-writing also.

GWPI is the second stage of the B-school selection process. The number
of students who get a call for the GWPI stage (get shortlisted)
depends on the number of seats that an Institute has and the call:seat
ratio. Call:Seat ratio is the ratio of the number of students called
for the GDPI process to the number of seats available. This ratio
could range from a minimum of 2.5:1 for the top-most B-schools to
anything for the lower ranked B-schools. In general, most of the
B-schools in the top-15 range would have a ratio in the range 10:1 to
15:1. What this means for a candidate is that getting a shortlist from
the thousands of candidates applying to a B-school is only half the
task well done. The other half would be to do well in the GDPI process
and get a final seat in the preferred B - School.

SOME INTERESTING DETAILS ON THE LATEST TRENDS IN GWPI PROCESS

The following are some interesting details on the latest trends in
GWPI process at B-schools for the 2012-13 cycle:



HOW TO PREPARE?

So what is that India's top B-Schools look for in aspirants? Well, to
begin with, they look for individuals with aptitude to learn, have an
insatiable thirst for knowledge, are gifted with clear and rational
thinking, have the capacity to put in long hours, and possess an
ability to understand and articulate with clarity.

As identifying, gathering, and sorting material of relevance is a
difficult and time consuming job, we will do all this for you through
the GWPI Briefcase. In GWPI Briefcase, you will find the following
features:

GDEI Process at B-Schools - will feature the post-written test process
at India's leading b-schools; will include details of last year's
selection process (i.e., Admissions 2012), and will be updated with
Admissions 2013 process at regular intervals;
Learning Corner - will feature links to articles on the Web, will be
updated twice a week (with additional update if required) till 14
January 2014 (the date of the CAT results), and, after the CAT
results, will be reviewed every day from Monday through Friday till
end of the GWPI season;
Interview Questions on Academic Subjects;
Glossary of Economic Terms, and
External Sites.

Also, the other regular features of the GWPI Briefcase like Articles
from MBA Education & Careers, Important Issues in a Nutshell, and GWPI
Experiences of Students (of previous years) will be added after the
CAT results are announced.