IIM Visakhapatnam has released its 2020 cut offs:

Now you haven't mentioned your Category. Neverthless, if you have received a call, you will be asked to submit a detailed online application, including a statement of purpose, semester/year wise marks in Bachelor's, copies of all transcripts and certificates, work experience certificates if applicable, Category and PWD certificates if applicable. Only those Candidates shortlisted in this phase will be called in for Personal Interview which happens in Phase 2.During Phase 2 all confirmed candidates will receive an email with a link  to the webpage where in they are required to confirm their interest in pursuing their Candidature at IIM-V. Those Candidates who have confirmed their interest, will be considered for Phase 2 and the shortlist will be prepared. In this phase, the Candidate's percentage scores in the 10th and 12th board exams are adjusted by dividing each score by the 90th percentile score obtained in that board. The database of 10th and 12th scores of all CAT applicants of past 2 years is used for identifying the 90th percentile. The final scores obtained are used for the Bachelor's degree and professional degree if any.

The Work experience is calculated using the below formula:

Score for Work Experience = 8x/36 (if 0 < x < 36)

= 8 (if x >= 36)

Where x is the months of work experience upto July.

You haven't mentioned if you have any work experience. So. for those candidates who do not have work experience, the weightage will be as follows:

CAT=40

10th board=12

12th board=10

Bachelors=20 Diversity=10 {Gender (Female & transgender)/Non-engineer}

Work Experience=8

In CAT 40 points, 10 points are for QA, DILR takes 16 points and VRC takes 14 points. CAT scores, 10th board, 12th board, Bachelor's, Diversity, Work experience or Professional course details are used to prepare a pre PI rank list based on which a second shortlist of Candidates will be prepared. This list is used for assessment through PI and WAT. And the final score is calculated on the basis of:

PI Score (weight=25)

WAT Score (weight=5)

CAT (weight=25)

10th board (weight=5)

12th board (weight=5)

Bachelors (weight=10)

Diversity {Gender (Female & transgender)/Non-engineer} (weight=20)

Weighted Work Experience (weight=5)

The final offer of admission is strictly made on the basis of ranks in each Category on the final aggregate score. IIM-V follows a comprehensive multi criteria process to be able to identify many Candidates who have an excellent academic record and work experience. If there is anyone who had to be in the first shortlist but missed the high score of CAT, such Candidates effectively replace Candidates who have only high CAT score but poor academic records and work experience. IIM-V prioritizes consistent and high performance in past academics. In your favour are your academic marks which have been consistent and so, you might have a strong chance at IIM Visakhapatnam.

Coming to IIM K, their cut offs are as follows:

The shortlisting is based on Aggregate Index Score Computation. And it looks like this:

CAT 2019 score: 45% weightage

Class 10th % score: 30% weightage

Class 12% score: 15% weightage

Gender/Academic Diversity score: 10% weightage

The details of each component can be checked at their official page: https://www.iimk.ac.in/academics/pgp/IIMKPGPAdmissionsPolicy2020.pdf Only female candidates are considered for Gender Diversity. So that is one place where you have an advantage on points.

IIM K has a 3 staged selection process. The CAT 2019 scores and minimum academic scores need to be like this:

Going by your credentials, it is more likely that you will get shortlisted for IIM K. If you have selected IIM K as one of your options and filled in the online registration form, you will get shortlisted for further rounds like WAT and PI. With scores far better than the required minimum aggregate, you should be shortlisted for IIM K. The shortlisting is based on Aggregate Index Score Computation. And it looks like this:

CAT 2019 score: 45% weightage

Class 10th % score: 30% weightage

Class 12% score: 15% weightage

Gender/Academic Diversity score: 10% weightage

The details of each component can be checked at their official page: https://www.iimk.ac.in/academics/pgp/IIMKPGPAdmissionsPolicy2020.pdf Only female candidates are considered for Gender Diversity. So that is one place where you might lose out on points. But the rest, with your academic marks, you should be shortlisted. IIM K will release the list of the shortlisted candidates tentaively by the last week of January 2020. So please keep an eye on the official website for more information.

You haven't mentioned your Category. But your marks are terrific. According to IIM K official admission procedure uploaded on their official page at: https://www.iimk.ac.in/academics/pgp/IIMKPGPAdmissionsPolicy2020.pdf, the minimum scores required for being shortlisted for IIM K are as follows:

Now at 88 percentile in CAT, you have better chances if you belong to Reserved Categories. Having said that your CAT percentile shortage can be compensated with your Academic scores. While calculating the Aggregate Index Score Computation, the following parameters get the following weightage:

CAT 2019 Index score: 45%

10th percentage score: 30%

12th percentage score: 15%

Gender/Academic Diversity factor: 10%.

The Gender Diversity factor points are applicable for female candidates alone. Now while calculating CAT Index score, the scaled scores from the 3 sectional cut offs are considered.  The shortlisted Candidates list will be released tentatively during the last week of January 2020 and you should have selected IIM K as one of your preferences and should register for IIM K. You might be able to pull it off with your Academic marks according to the scores mentioned in the above table against your Category, your Academic marks should help you secure to be shortlisted for IIM K.. Please watch out for the official website for the shortlisted candidates's list. Apart from IIM K, you can expect calls from new IIMs. IIM Nagpur and IIM Rohtak are the 2 IIMs you have good chance at Godforbid if you miss out on IIM K.

Hi there,

Yes you have chance of getting a call from IIM Kozhikode.

• CAT percentage is taken along with 10th and 12th percentage
• 55% of CAT along with 10th and 12th is taken for final CAT percentage.
• So with good 10th and 12th score along with 73.79% CAT,in SC category, you have a chance for getting a call by the IIM.
• Last year cutoff mark was 65% for SC category.

Hope this will help you.

Thank you

hi,

see there is no specific quota for female in iims for mba or pgdm admission. however your academic score is really  good, as per your cat score you have chances to get call from iim khozikhake, as overall percentile for sc category in previous year was 65 percentile, however cutoff score is liable to change in every year depends on various factors like question difficulty level, number of participants etc.

IIM K needs the minimum scores in various phases for various Categories and for CAT 2019 selection, they look like this:

Now with 73.79% you stand a decent chance for a call from IIM K. Now to be shortlisted for WAT and PI, the following criteria are looked into:

CAT Index score: 45%

Class 10th: 30%

Class 12th: 15%

Gender/Diversity factor: 10%

Now near the Gender Factor is where you can score a little extra points. You can check the complete selection process at their official page: https://www.iimk.ac.in/academics/pgp/IIMKPGPAdmissionsPolicy2020.pdf

Hii,

Academic marks are Important and will play a crucial role in getting the Admission to pursue MBA/PGDM in IIM. But the main prerequisite is you should get more than 95 percentile in CAT exam to get Interview call from IIM's. After getting the Interview call from IIM, one should perform well in GD and Personal Interview inorder to get the admission. Your Academics are good, Try to get a good CAT Score.

Hello,

Sorry but you won't get an admission as you have to get 70-80% in your 10th and 12th  to get an admission at any IIM campus.  You can try for other private institutes or government colleges which offer MBA degree. They can consider it. But there will be a screening test for it else you have to appear exam like CAT,XAT,MAT, or universities have their own exam to intake students also.

No need to be feel  bad for it. You  can do best in future for sure. Keep on trying. We can't change rules but have to follow them but we can change our performance with our hardwork.

Hope it helps!

Paras, the expected cut off for IIM K for EWS is as follows:

QA: 80

VARC:80

DILR:80

Overall: 90

The minimum sectional percentile needs to be 80, your SSC and HSC  percentages need to be 60. With your Academic profile, it is likely that you will be shortlisted for IIM K. We hope you opted for IIM K.

According to the official page, IIM K atleast needs an overall percentile of 90. IIM K has a 3 phase selection process. Once you have been shortlisted based on your CAT, SSC and HSC percentages, you will be called for Personal Interview and Writing Ability Test. A shortlist of candidates in each Category will be created on a computer based index score based on the performance in CAT, HSC asnd academic diversity criterion.

The Aggregate Index Score Computation looks like:

CAT Index Score:  75%

HSC: 20%

Academic Diversity Factor: 5%

IIM K will conduct the PI and WAT in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Mumbai and New Delhi. In this process, the candidates will write an essay and a professional resume which is followed by a PI. The essay topic will be just announced at the venue before the WAT. During the PI, the panel will evaluate the academic efforts and disposition, general awareness and social disposition, attitude and personality and articulation and communication of each Candidate.

The Final score will be computed as follows:

CAT score: 40%

PI: 30%

Essay: 20%

Resume:10%

For reservation policy and other information, please visit their official page at:  https://iimk.ac.in/academics/pgp/AdmissionsPolicyPGP20192021Batchfinal.pdf