I Went from 2 Gap Years to Top B-School and Here's How | How to justify gap years in MBA

Many MBA aspirants wonder how to justify gap years in their MBA profile for admission and how to get into IIMs

If you’re also confused about what to do in gap years before MBA, MBA after gap, how to fill gap year, gap year in MBA is relevant or not, points to cover in gap year IIM/ MBA drop year, or if you're looking for tips on profile building for CAT or profile building for MBA, this video is a must-watch for you.

In this video, I’ve shared MBA profile ideas to help you create the best profile for MBA colleges. When explaining a gap year in an interview, it's essential to highlight the relevant skills and experiences gained during that time.

Make sure to watch this video to understand how to build the best profile for MBA in IIMs or profile for interviews if you’re taking a drop year for MBA.

I hope this video is useful to you. If you’ve any doubts regarding the interview profile for MBA/IIMs, let me know in the comments, and I’ll be happy to address them.

I, from my experience, tried my best to put forward the perspective that could help you and give your preparation a bit of direction and relief.

Chapters-

0:00 Introduction
0:22 About my 2 years gap
0:34 Colleges I converted and waitlisted
1:07 My Profile
1:34 Introduction to gap years
2:27 Interviewers noticing GAP YEARS
4:30 What interviewers want from you?
7:14 How I justified my GAP YEARS?
8:10 What kind of questions I was asked
9:25 Others experience of interviews having GAP
10:35 How can you justify your GAP YEARS?
13:15 Final words

People have converted #iim interviews with gaps of 3 years as well, we just need a good story. I will, during the interview season, make a video that will help you form a story towards the gap year as well. Please concentrate on your preparation now.

About myself- I am Hemant Tulsan, a B.Com graduate from St. Xavier's College Kolkata, and will be joining IIM Kozhikode PGP program for the batch 2023-2025.

This channel is an attempt to bridge the gap in preparation for CAT aspirants and give insights that I have learnt throughout my journey.

Please do share the video if you feel it helped you and will help other aspirants too.

All the images used in editing, and background music, none are my creation. All credits to Google for the same.
Background image credit---- mage by wayhomestudio on Freepik

[HemantTulsan]

Thank you so much for listening to the video guys,


I forgot to include the personal note that I feel the gap did affect a bit of my chances in L, MDI, and FMS. I had a good Lucknow and MDI interview 😊



You can talk to me and ask any doubts in the group. Also do subscribe and leave your comments regarding what can be made next?

[Biplab-Pal]

Brother i am also from WB itself. 9/6/8 is my profile. Non Engineer. 2 yr gap same 21 passout 23 joining IIM Lucknow. Gap year doesn't matter if you can justify the reason.

[suryakantamall]

Honestly, One of the kind and generous guys I ever seen in my life

[YoshitaChoudhary-sr]

Honestly speaking thankyou, thankyou so much Hemant . This video helped me so much .

[kunalmasurkar]

Thanks man means a lot
The amount of info that you have shared and the extra efforts that you took is just so gr8
your talk like a big brother

[harsh_xlri]

Hey ur content deserves more viewers ❤

[_vaibhavitiwari]

I came across this video today abd i must say its a very much needed one. Thanks a lot 😊

[vanshtiwari]

Thank you soo much brother!!!! You gave me a ray of hope <3

[simplsania]

Hello bhaiyya..Thnk you for informatv video..Bhaiyya I've Health reason(Type 1 diabetic i'm takn insulins to survive)
During my clg days I travelld overal 170 km evryday as I couldnt stay in any hstel bcz of hralth reason..If I say this reason in intrviews.Can I justify my gap years bhaiyya?
As I was enrvated bcz of travellng 4 years and most imply regardng health.

[rohitvariya]

Thanks a lot brother
Needed insightful💯

[gajendrasharma]

Great content buddy.... Will help a lot of people.

[AnrichPosting]

Sir mai 2022 passout hu bsc maths aur SSC cgl ki prep kar raha hu lekin clear nhi aur ab agle saal CAT ka soch raha hu lekin 2025 tak 3 ka gap ho jaega agar MBA shuru ki to. To kya mai CAT 2024 ke lie jau profile-9/7/7 & ews category aur kitni percentile target karu kisi ache clg(2gen IIMs etc) ke lie aur ye gap years ka placements pe kitna farak padta hai? Dusra option hai ki reference ke through IT company me data analyst role pe 20-25k ki job aur phir work ex leke Germany jaisi budget friendly country me migration, kya option choose karu? Please explain 🙏

[sreetamachakraborty]

Hii I'm also a student from wb board.. Preparing for CAT 2025 .. Graduated this year.. This video is really motivating

[aryanchaurasia]

Apne to tb bhi CAT diya tha last year aur apne father ke business mein bhi support diya lekin mera to kuch bhi nhi hai 2 years ka gap mein na koi exam aur na ho father ka business hai bas german sikh rha hu aur astrology ka you tube channel hai

[devkaransingh]

Thanks a lot sir for this video. I was afraid regarding my gap year, but now I am feeling much more confident ✌

[sanjanasinha]

2022 passout b.a. english honours female
Gap of 2 yrs. Till now 69%ile in cat 2023 thinking of taking 2024 cat now i will have a gap of 3 yrs. By 2025 if i am abke to get 99%ile will i be able to make it to top iims

[littlefingerrr]

Very informative. But hey, what do you mean by the conversion% from ews? Won't I be able to convert an interview like a general candidate bc im from ews? Or is it because of the high competition in ews category students themselves? Can you pls explain that? It will be helpful

[alainahassan]

7/9/7 is my academic profile and this year I will completed my graduation.If this year i will not able to get good marks, then can I take mcom course for IGNOU? For justifying gap year

[AkhilShukla-urrb]

Hey sir. My name is prakhar, I'm 2nd years dropper currently preparing for jee mains. But mujhe nhi lagra ki mera hoga.If mai next year private college me admission leke cat ka preparation start kr du to thik hai?
And agar usme 1 -2 year ka gap ajaye to koi problem to nhi hoga?
Please reply. Thanks

[tanmayrawat]

Sir I too will have a 2 yr drop and will be giving cat in 2024, actually I invested these 2 years in growing my trading skills, also I have an internship of a hedge fund, can I say that in an interview? Is it justifiable?