Finally converted a B-School with a shitty profile!!!!
TL;DR: With a profile having academics 8/9/6, multiple gap years, no workex and 40 percentile in DILR. Ended up converting IITD.
I'm a maths grad from a top IISER with 62 in graduation. Decided to go to IISER leaving tier 1 engineering colleges because of interest in sciences but due to many factors, I lost the interest midway. initially I was enrolled in an integrated degree but had to left midway with bachelor's degree, because of getting a year back.
After that I had a totally unexplainable drop year where I did absolutely nothing. One year was gone because the provision of exitting the integrated program midway was being framed by college admin. I was stuck in bureaucracy.
After gettig the degree I decided to get myself a job but failed to get one, in the meanwhile I started upskilling myself and started preparing for CAT along with hunting for job. Ended up scoring a decent percentile but in DILR I ended up making an error in the set and score a percentile in 40s, didn't even get the CAP call.
OMETs also went horrible. Got SIBM call but failed to convert. In XAT got 99+ overall with 40 in DM. I accepted that my plan of doing an MBA is not gonna happen this year. But I was so desperate to not waste time anymore so applied to every college where sectional percentile was not an issue
Ended up getting calls from FMS, IIT-D,K,R,M, IRMA, DSE and IIM Rohtak. Weirdest combination of calls one can imagine. Always felt super stressed about interviews because of so many red flags in profile which might make interviewer ask for uncomfortable questions. By the time interviews ended, I had lost all the hope and thought about joining DSE and starting to prepare for Bank exams.
But eventually, I ended up converting DMS, IITD. I know it ain't a BLACKI, people are suggesting me to give CAT again. But at this point I'm more than happy. Now the thing that matters to me is moving forward. I've got an opportunity and will make the best out of it.
Also thank you to everyone on this sub to help me keep my nerves calm during the journey.