Hi everyone,
I’m considering applying to the BMS program at IIM Kozhikode. Since the program is relatively new, I’m a little skeptical and wanted to understand it better from people who have firsthand experience or insights.
I’d really appreciate inputs on the faculty, academic structure, peer group, campus culture, exposure to internships or live projects, and overall reputation so far.
Any honest opinions would be very helpful. Thanks!
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even im pretty curious ab this
Hi Prantham. Thankyou for providing such a detailed answer. I am a class 12th Student (PCM). I have two questions for you.
Btw let's connect on LinkedIn
Bhaiya how much did you score in the exam??
Around how much have the kids who are currently attending have scored in the BMSAT exam?
Don't know about the others. Boards ka data I sent to bhavesh bhaiya (he included it in the "are boards important?" video)
My BMSAT scores were:
121 in VA ---> 97.79%ile
73 in QA ---> 94.67%ile
194 overall ---> 97.83%ile
And I got the scholarship meaning that I was in the top 5 boys. Don't know how I got in the top 5 with such a low score.
Maybe you had a really good boards precentage. How much were they?
What do the interviews mainly focus on?
I haven't even opened the past years paper. But what can you comment about the difficulty?
9/9
But I believe boards ka pura point was to only select the guys for the interview. Interview ke baad ka sab was boards independent (look it up once to be sure)
First batch tha so the interview was really about vetting the personality of the student. This time around, I think, its gonna be on the academic end.
Easy hai if you are preparing for IPMAT. Also, open the PYP.
can anyone with a 9/8 profile get in like is it tough
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Read with patience. I wrote this to inform y’all and wrote it exactly how I wanted my curiosity to be addressed about what was happening in Ranchi, Rohtak, and Indore last year.
Some context: I’m Pratham, and I got the full tuition fee scholarship for the first year awarded to the top 5 boys and the top 5 girls. Here’s my LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/prathamhanda
So, I’ll divide my answer into 3 parts — padhai, log/life/maze, and the issues. Once we get to the issues, you can decide for yourself whether the cons are really cons for you or not.
Padhai: top notch. The course is fabulous in the sense of the subjects that are taught to us and how they’re structured. The courses in the first semester are:
a) Poetry and Literature (introductory works of Shakespeare, important poetry, and 2 novellas). It’s nice to study these works which are very fundamental to human civilisation and the English language, and I personally like the course due to the fact that literature genuinely builds character and awards you with the ability to genuinely critically analyse stuff. Our final group project is to write an intuitively complete research paper on a topic of our choosing. The course has been interesting so far.
b) Fundamentals of Economic Analysis (Prof. Vipin taught this course and he is one of the smartest/the most well-read people I have met in my life). The open-book mid-term exam has been glazed enough on LinkedIn because it had only 2 questions — the question paper is attached below hehe. Idk if I can attach the outline here or not, but the structure is incredible and Prof. Vipin got 3 other professors from all over the country to teach us for 2 weeks each. He taught how education was initially meant to be transferred. This course might be life-changing for some of you guys. Also, he once mentioned that IITM and IIMK are the least rated institutions he has taught at bwahahahaha.
c) Business Management. Professors are thik thik and the course is too general to be enjoyable, but the projects are very cool. We were given a business simulation game in which we had to turn a profit by tweaking real-world variables. Our final group project was to make a dense report on business along with a video about the project (a group took AfterBoards and Bhavesh Bhaiya). We were also taken to a dairy factory (PDDP) and Vagamon (a hill station in Kerala) for rural immersion.
d) Sociology and Anthropology. Sweetest professor ever. She recently came back from a conference in Germany. She allows a lot of healthy debate in class + she tries to cultivate genuine values among the students — effectiveness ka kuchh nahi keh sakta, but she has had a positive impact on me. I didn’t see much direct value when I started off with the course, but while I was coming back from Delhi, I sat next to a sociology prof on my flight and I realised that I am fully equipped to carry out an intelligent conversation with any social scientist. I have also started to look at the world differently. Our assignments included: a photo journal (journalling sociological phenomenon we see daily), gender diary (journalling the unsaid impact of gender), research paper (we chose the TV show “You are not the father” to study the transcripts and deduce how people show emotions on public platforms), and a shit ton of assignments on movies and documentaries and Marxist influence on real world businesses. Gender diary ka example (AI hai but please bear with it, it has fun stories about the boys hostel): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zZQ8VBOydKwNWEKViPW0B10VKH9Zuw6Hdz3nC-9eti0/edit?usp=sharing
e) Introduction to Accounting and Finance. Ye maine padhi nahi, but I feel like the professor works really hard with worksheets and doubt sessions. Maybe end sems ke liye padhunga to I will be able to give a better description. Should’ve studied after the amount of effort she puts in the subject. Sad. Will lock in aaj se.
f) Computation and Programming + Yoga and Pranayama. 2 credit courses hai ye. CP mein we were taught AI tools, thodi si Python, a few tools, and Yoga is, well, yoga.
Log/life/maze: the people here are smart (and surprisingly rich). 2000 FIDE rated chess players, an international badminton player, JEE rankers who didn’t want to get into engineering, 1540 SAT scorers, and my friend and I had been active in the blockchain community for the past 2 years and we discovered each other here (he dropped out of IIT Madras btw lmao).
This is the part where things start to get thoda bad. Life here isn’t very integrated and stuff. The hostels are quite far away and the timings are very, very weird so we can’t really sit and chill. However, I think this issue is just starting to get solved since my friend and I are coming up with a game theory, chess, and poker club called STACK (Strategic Theory Applied in Competition Klub) which might allow us enough time to chill and talk to each other. Also, since the batch is v small, everybody is very cohesive and we get together whenever shit hits the fan. I personally believe that the issue will be solved partially by the time you guys come since things have just recently started moving in terms of a college life.
We are going to the inter-IPM sports fest at IIMI, Echoes fest at the mother campus, 21 of us went to the agent-based modelling workshop that was held at the main campus (look the topic up, you might learn something new if you are familiar with Python), three of the girls here came 4th nationally at IIT Madras yesterday, everybody is doing some case comp or the other, we are coming up with clubs and societies, and the management is very supportive filhaal.
We have had a lot of alumni interactions since they are trying to work on us. Some were: Ronald Philip — Harvard Public Policy, McKinsey (direct interaction) (Board of Governors); Suveer Sinha — KKR Managing Director (Private Equity Big 3); Hiren Dasani — Goldman Sachs Global Equity Head. These are people who are trying to help and because of the small batch size you can directly interact with these people.
Maze ke liye, we live in Kochi which is a fairly metro city. Nice cafes, Biennale Kochi is happening (look it up), but majorly itna time nahi hota since the college keeps bombarding you with shit to do. Girls’ hostel ka idea nahi, but the boys’ hostel is incredibly fun. Probably the only thing that is stopping me from studying hard IS the boys’ hostel — birthdays are insane, timepass ke bhot avenues hai, and if someone is interested in seeing what happens there, text me on LinkedIn and I’ll share photos and videos. Also, we are starting with the PR stuff and Instagram pe reels so you’ll be seeing what happens in the hostels soon. Here’s a very basic si sneak peek of the hostel as of now: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9JNQZ7rjAhB4EQZv7
Issues — masala time. Dekho, not having a real campus is problematic but something is in the works (that’s what they say). Also, by what I see here, there isn’t enough space to teach 200 students here, so something will definitely take shape when you come here kyuki they basically have to. All in all, come here for great education, smart seniors, making money, and getting better, but not for a huge campus.
Sports: sports hume khud se arrange karna padhta hai, but this got solved due to the inter-IPM fest and Raksha (the international badminton player) talking it out with the management.
Hostels are far away from each other, so clubs, group projects, and case comps are difficult to navigate. I don’t think ye solve hoga unless we shift into the new campus as soon as you come. We try to manage (silver lining ye hai ki we get to explore Kochi when we have to meet at a cafe or something), but it is what it is.
Now, summing everything up: IIM to hai hi so things are nice. People are incredibly smart so, by emergence, good things bubble up. Academics are genuinely solid; it’s not like hum straight up management courses mein jump kar rahe hai — there’s a clear momentum to things. We have marketing next semester and organisational behaviour in the one after that. Life is thodi fragmented mainly because hostels are separate, but since the batch size is small, it’s easy and fun to take initiative and organise cool stuff. And Kochi as a city is amazing: good weather, even better cafes, very college-esque vibes.
Thank you so much for such a detailed and patient response. Honestly, this is the first time I’ve received such a thorough reply from anyone, and I really appreciate the effort you put into addressing everything so clearly.
I’ve also sent you a connection request on LinkedIn, would love to stay in touch. Just wanted to ask quickly about the new campus near the metro and when the major-minor structure usually begins, whenever you get the time.
Thanks again, this was genuinely very helpful!
Haha that's so sweet. I am glad I could be of some help :)
New campus, they keep delaying. We have no idea when it's gonna be set up. They say next sem will be held there.
Major-minor I believe 3rd year but a friend is in talks with the management to start it in the 2nd year itself.
Linkedin req accepted ✅
Share the thread with your peers. We need smart juniors hehe.
ayy this is very well explained! i enjoyed reading this :D
you seem like a chill guy to hangout with haha
keep updating us quaterly!
Ahahahahahahahaha.
Bhavesh Bhaiya texted me to give an update here so I wrote everything down. Good news, you won't be needing updates from me since we are about to get active on socials. We all are gonna be vocal about the cool stuff happening here and will take PR more seriously.
All the best! Text me with anything.
ay that's great! im not on social media however, so just a suggestion to also post on linkedin!
and thankyou :D all the best!
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Thank you so much to give such a detailed and wonderful explanation! Helped me tremendously!
No worries 😄
This was very insightful out of every posts i've read on IIMK BMS so far :)
I have an additional question:
Are there any students in the batch who got a 1470 or below in the SAT and still got in, would you recommend applying this year with this score.
Thoda mushkil hai conclusively batana cause the ones who got below that anyways gave the BMSAT to increase their chances. Apply kardo but do give the BMSAT. Considering that you are on this forum, you are also preparing for IPMAT. Hence, give the exam.
I was considering applying through SAT because I am an IB student and our boards happen during April to May which means it overlaps with IPMAT and it might overlap with BMSAT as well and therefore I can't take the exam. I was considering retaking the SAT in march so what score do you think is a safe score?
Hey! Even I'm an IB student. If you can find enough time to study for SAT and do your coursework and study for Mocks then I would say do it. But IIM K also gives weightage to your 10th and 12th, so if you did good in those, then I think 1470 is safe enough, at least that what I have found out on reddit, linkedin etc.
thank you for the guidance!
are you going to be applying to IIMK as well? if yes, can I know your scores as well.
thank you so much for such a meticulous response :)