Tentative Schedule of Main Rounds of offers
Round No |
Time window for viewing of offers and decision making by the candidates |
Available Options |
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Accept & Freeze |
Retain & Wait |
Reject & Wait |
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Round 1 |
May 28 - 30, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Round 2 |
June 04 - 06, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Round 3 |
June 11 – 13, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
Round 4 |
June 18 – 20, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
Round 5 |
June 25 – 27, 2021 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Round 1-4 of main rounds, Candidates have all the three options to select. The working flow chart of options can be seen in the following link . However, candidates will not be able to choose Retain & Wait more than twice on a specific offer.
* No, if you have already used Retain & Wait on the same offer twice. Same offer refers to the program "XYZ" of a particular Institute "ABC".
Round 5 is a Decisive Round, therefore the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options to select.
The working flowchart of the options can be seen in the following link
Tentative Schedule of additional rounds
Round No |
Time window for viewing of offers and decision making by the candidates |
Available Options |
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Accept & Freeze |
Retain & Wait |
Reject |
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Round – A |
July 06-07 (Tue-Wed) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Round – B |
July 12-13 (Mon-Tue) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Round – C |
July 18-19 (Sun-Mon) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Round - D |
July 24-25 (Sat-Sun) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
*Round - E |
July 30-July 31 (Fri-Sat) |
Yes |
No |
Yes* |
*Only for those IITs who would like to continue beyond Round D.
Additional Rounds A,B,C,D and E are independent rounds and each one is treated like a Decisive Round. That is, the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options in these rounds.
A few more Additional Rounds may be announced in due course if any of the IITs would like to fill their vacant seats, if there is any.
The working flowchart of the options can be seen in the following link.