This document discusses flowcharts for analyzing the college admission process. It includes a macro flowchart showing the overall process and then three micro flowcharts analyzing specific problem areas in more depth. The micro flowcharts identify issues with interview scheduling, the interview process, and result declaration. For each problem area, potential solutions are proposed, such as conducting common interviews to avoid schedule clashes, having decentralized interview venues, and implementing a centralized system to track admissions offers. The key learnings highlighted are the benefits of decentralization and the importance of coordination between colleges for efficient scheduling and results.

1. FLOWCHARTS
(Challenge 2: College Admission Process)

2. AGENDA
• Introduction
• Macro flow chart
• Micro flow chart I
• Micro flow chart II
• Micro flow chart III
• Solutions
• Lesson learnt

3. INTRODUCTION
• We are analyzing the admission process of B-schools
in general
• Showing the admission process through a flow
chart
• We will then identify the troubled areas in the
process
• We have suggested the probable solution for
the identified troubling areas
• We will than provide the key learnings

4. MACRO FLOWCHART
Mirco 1
NO
WAITLIST
START
CANDIDATE
SHORTLISTING
YES
If
CONFIRMED
ADMISSION
FORMALITIES
WAITING FOR
CONFIRMATION
APPLICANT
REGISTRATION
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
INTERVIEW PROCESS
RESULTS
END
Mirco 2
Mirco 2

5. Micro I
Solution: The problem faced in
the interview schedule
• Separate windows for
each colleges to conduct
interview and it should
not collide with other
windows
• Pre planning and
announcement of
respective interview dates
-- > Colleges like 6 IITs may
conduct common
interview like New IIMs
• Colleges could be clubbed
into different groups and
common interview can
happen for each group
YES
YES NO
Interview schedule
declared
Problem 1:Clashes
with other B. School
interview schedule
of the canddate
NO
YES
START
Interview Process
successful
End
Interview
reschedule
request
entertained
Candidate misses
the interview

6. Micro II
Solution: Interview Process
• Decentralized interviews 
Interview center at more
number of cities less
travel time for the
candidates  economically
viable for students who has
to spend on flight tickets
due to short notice
• MBA applicants are mostly
working professionals,
specially from IT industry.
Hence, taking leaves for
interviews is a major
challenge.
• Ex: IITs has centralized
interview process, which has
demerits of its own.(Except:
IIT Kharagpur and IIT
Madras.)
NO
INTERVIEW PROCESS
Yes
YES
Smooth Interview Process
for all the b schools
End
Candidate may
Miss interview
START
Decentralized
Interview
Venues
More travel Time
for candidates to
the venue
Distribution of
candidates to various
cities

7. Micro III
Solution: Result Declaration
1. a) Ask preference of college
while filling Cat forms -->
centralized system to track the
confirmation of admission -->
removal of name from other
colleges once desired preference
is achieved.
b) Centralized one day process
after result declaration. ---> Let
interested students come under
common roof --> take the token
amount --> new waitlist of
interested candidates
2. Colleges should be in sync with
government policies --> OBC
certificates are valid for 1 year -->
If any special requirement, then
the same should be asked couple
of months in prior.
Waitlisted
START
Confirmed
YES
Withdraw
ing
YES NO
NO
Result Declared
(Confirmed/Waitlisted)
Documentation Formalities
End
Confirmati
on

8. Key Learnings
• Decentralized venues will help candidates to save
their valuable time and resources. We learn how
we can save our resources.
• Time management in between various interviews
• Scheduling of interview process
• Coordination between all the B schools while
scheduling their process is very important and
best if they can under one umbrella.
• Now, Since CAT is just a two day window, the
result declaration should be faster. Hence, the
colleges may now collaborate in a better way.