Hello Sonica,

Hope you are doing great.

Well, if you see the admission criteria of IIM Shillong, it gives on 25% weightage to CAT Score and 40% weightage to Personal Appearance.

So, the shortlisting procedure is based on your previous performances which includes Work Experience, Good Academic profile, activities and interests in co curricular activities. So, you may expect calls from IIM Shillong with low percentile also as you reflect good backgrounds.

So, Hope for the best !

All the best for admissjons !

Thank you !

Hello Aspirant,

In order to get a call from IIMs CAT score is not the only parameter involved in the selection procedure. After CAT exam every IIM prepares a merit list to call students for next round of interview based on your aggregate score which comprises of many parameters such as CAT marks, 10th, 12th and graduation percentage, work experience etc.

To get a call from IIM Shillong you should have around Overall 95 CAT Percentile with 75 sectional cutoff as General Category so you should meet the cutoff to get into there.

You can also prefer the below given link to get more information about IIM Shillong admission.

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-shillong-admission-criteria

Good Luck!

Dear Aspirant,

IIM Shillong Eligibility criteria require that the candidate must hold a bachelor's degree of minimum 3 years duration after class 12, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (in case of the candidate belonging to SC/ST/PwD category, the eligibility criterion is relaxed to 45%

IIM Shillong has set a low minimum CAT 2019 percentile cut off at 7 5%ile sectional. There is no prescribed minimum overall CAT 2019 percentile required by IIM Shillong in its shortlisting criteria.

The actual CAT cut offs at IIM Shillong remain in the range of 94-95 percentile in the shortlisting process.

Hope this helps. Thank you.

Hi Manjeet,

The admissions for most of the colleges have finished and I would not recommend you to go for the ones left as their standard are very low.

Also, the marks obtained by you are not that good to get into some good college. As an MBA will most probably your last degree, I would highly recommend you to complete it with some good college.

Hope it was useful to you and your query was resolved.

Feel free to contact us for any queries.

All the best :)

Hii,Integrated Programme in Management [IPM], is a five year post graduate programme offered by IIM-Indore. There are around 120 seats available and a three-step selection process:

A completed application form has to be filled by the student detailing his / her academic and co-curricular achievements.

An entrance exam to test the aptitude, Logical Reasoning and English and Mathematics skills must be taken by all applicants who meet the eligibility criteria based on their application forms.

On being shortlisted, the applicants are further assessed via a Personal Interview.

Since you have specifically asked about IPMAT and Personal Interview, I will leave the rest of the details aside.

IPM Aptitude Test [IPMAT]

The pattern of the Aptitude test is as follows:

There are two sections:

100 questions to be answered in 120 minutes.

Right answers get 4 marks.

Wrong answers are penalized at 1 mark per incorrect answer.

Personal Interview [PI]

Let me quote a phrase shared with me by my mentor when I was preparing for the IIM Ahmedabad Interview stage:

‘They won’t want to see your knowledge.

They would want to see how you use your knowledge at the right time’

That was my mantra behind cracking the IIMA interview. The IIM Indore’s website clearly specifies the attributes that they desire from IPM students:

1. Communication skills

2. General awareness

3. Persuasion skills

4. Confidence levels

This makes your task relatively easy. However, you shouldn’t bank on these points alone. Usually, candidates who get through the PI round are ones who are aware of themselves, their surroundings [city, state, country and world], assertive but not aggressive and self-confident. These attributes should be prominent in all your replies.

A handy tip: If you don’t know the answer to the question posed by an interviewer, admit it. Don’t try to bluff your way through it.

Although, the number of students applying for the IPM programme are lesser as compared to CAT, it doesn’t make it any easier. Preparing for the IPMAT by studying at home, without any guidance can be counterproductive. Assess your strengths and weaknesses by appearing for some mock tests and drawing out a study plan.

I help run ExamVictor, an online coaching institute which helps students in their preparation for competitive exams. We have an online course for IIM IPM which would be able to help you. With a team of dedicated IIT-IIM grads, we ensure that you are well-prepared to submit your applicant for a seat in these prestigious business schools and confident enough to make it through all the rounds.

Drop me a line if you have any further questions.

Good Luck!

Hey,

Following are the Short Term Executive Development Courses from IIM Ahmedabad & IIM Calcutta

Executive Programme in Advanced Business Analytics from IIM Ahmedabad

The programme aim is to develop an ideal platform to covers the field of Business Analytics. The programme is basically design to improve managerial and leadership capabilities of participants. And the teaching approach is going to be highly interactive and blend of lectures, case studies, online lectures, projects, peer to peer learning and simulations.

Executive Programme in Business Finance from IIM Ahmedabad

In collaboration with IIMA, Executive Course in Business and Finance will cover the field of financial accounting, managerial accounting, management control systems and corporate finance.  And also will provide the best faculty in India and industry experts.


Executive Programme in Leadership and Management from IIM Calcutta

This Leadership and Management Course from IIMC have been designed to spread effective quality management education among participating mangers, at all levels. This programme equipped with experienced professionals of powerful knowledge, tools and resources to tackle the business challenges of today. Earlier Executive Programme in Leadership and Management (EPLM) was named as PLAM. And with the 6th batch, it has been renamed as EPLM.

Hope this helps. 

Both courses are equally good. Moreover you can choose any of them suiting your interests. But in MBA if you are planning to take marketing then you should go for Bcom hons marketing because then you'll already have some ideas about the subject. Apart from that MBA colleges will teach you everything from the scratch.