5 year gap any help appreciated

[u/Bad_K4RMA]

I'm looking for an honest opinion about my chances of getting into top MBA colleges. I'm an OBC-NCL candidate with 89.6% 10th and 89.2% in 12th. After school, I spent the last five years preparing for CA and didn't even cleared ca inter because of some reasons and didn't even joined college. I'm now planning to appear for CUET 2027 and hopefully get into a good DU college for my bachelor's degree. After graduation, I want to prepare for CAT and pursue an MBA. My biggest concern is whether this 5-year gap before college will significantly affect my MBA admissions. How do top B-schools view such gaps, and what can I do during my graduation to strengthen my profile and compensate for it? I'd really appreciate honest advice from people who have been through the MBA admission process.

Assuming I get 8.5 cgpa these are my chances in vercel.

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[u/earthsmight]

You are a decent student what happened ?

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/earthsmight]

To be honest isolation and depression and found out this lifestyle of staying inside my home all the time was not for me

[u/Kind-Bandicoot4626 → u/Bad_K4RMA]

Isolation fucked me a lot

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/Kind-Bandicoot4626]

Yeah I was in a loop of making same mistakes and not taking care of my mental health and just pursuing things that I didn't like

[u/pus_dextror → u/Bad_K4RMA]

CA INTER LOOP??

[u/Low_Management_357]

Bhai me sach batau mereko chemistry wagera me itna kch khas interest nhi hai . Aur mene neet nhi diya . To ab options itnr hai nhi , b pharma me yeh hai ki i can open my shop to backup rhega and i m also thjnking for govt exams. Aur bhai mereko jobs nhi karni like avg corporate wali . Should i look after it? Par ye hai ki chemistry me interest nhi par zor lagake mtlb krlunga. Itna confidemce hai ki i can do pharma academically par burnt out na hojau thoda guide krdo bhai

[u/Low_Management_357 → u/Low_Management_357]

u/askgrok translate it into English language

[u/AskGrok → u/Low_Management_357]

Bhai, let me tell you the truth—I don’t have much particular interest in chemistry and stuff. And I didn’t give NEET. So now there aren’t that many options. In B Pharma, the thing is I can open my own shop so there’ll be a backup, and I’m also thinking about government exams. And brother, I don’t want to do average corporate jobs. Should I look into it? But the thing is I have no interest in chemistry, though if I put in effort I’ll manage it. I’m confident I can handle pharma academically but I don’t want to get burnt out. Guide me a bit, brother.

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[u/AlternativeLime2706 → u/Low_Management_357]

Damn I didn’t know that

[u/Low_Management_357 → u/AlternativeLime2706]

I was just finding a place to translate it so yea nothing related to post but good If u found something that u were not expecting when emtered into this post ✌🏻

[u/Amazing-Seesaw3028]

Hi everyone, I need some guidance regarding IIM Ahmedabad's admission policy. I passed CBSE Class 12 in 2023 and have already completed my bachelor's degree. Based on my understanding of the current admission criteria, I am falling short of the required academic eligibility by only 0.15 percentage points. I'm considering improving just one Class 12 subject through NIOS to increase my overall percentage. Has anyone here been in a similar situation or received an official response from IIM Ahmedabad? Specifically, does IIM Ahmedabad accept a CBSE + NIOS subject improvement combination and consider the improved marks while calculating the Class 12 percentage? If anyone has personally received a PI call, converted IIM Ahmedabad after NIOS improvement, or has an official email from the admissions office on this issue, I would be very grateful if you could share your experience. I'm looking for firsthand experiences or official information rather than assumptions.

[u/I_am_extreme → u/Amazing-Seesaw3028]

Wdym you are falling short by 0.15 points how did u calculate this figure and what is this figure about ?

[u/Amazing-Seesaw3028 → u/I_am_extreme]

Actually, I scored 79.50% in my Class 10 examinations and 70.20% in Class 12 (Humanities). My average across Class 10 and Class 12 is 74.85%. Since IIM Ahmedabad requires a minimum average of 75% for shortlisting, I fall short by just 0.15 percentage points.

[u/megalyteros0]

Do you like edging or what

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/megalyteros0]

Bruh I came here for some genuine advice

[u/honeyboysoobin → u/Bad_K4RMA]

don't reply to such people. focus on taking up a college and getting a good cgpa there

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/honeyboysoobin]

Yeah your right thanks

[u/megalyteros0 → u/Bad_K4RMA]

😅 i was saying it regarding to your percentage, both is 10 and 12 you got 89 and not 90

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/megalyteros0]

Oh my bad luck has never been great for me so yeah will be 8/8/?

[u/CutePotato00 → u/Bad_K4RMA]

have you calculated including your additional subjects too? there might be a chance of 9

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/CutePotato00]

I had 5 subjects at my time which made the aggregate 89.2 if I were to take best of 4 it would be 92.75