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Hello Aspirant,
See admission to MBA\PGP programmes of IIMs are made through the CAT score and also your academic record and work experience (if any) are taken into consideration for shortlisting of candidates for WAT/GD/PI round and since you have not mentioned your academic records so it's quite difficult to guide you with an accurate information. However. with the CAT percentile which you have mentioned in the question and also if you have decent academic record then you can expect a call from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow and so on.
As different IIMs have different admission criterias so let us discuss the criteria of some top IIMs such as IIM A,B and C :-
IIM Ahmedabad
Admission process for IIM A is a two step process. First step is for preliminary screening on the basis of Sectional cut-offs and overall cut-offs along with different rating points for IIM A which are described in the tables below and you need to clear sectional cut-off as well as Overall cut-off :-
|
Category |
VRC percentile |
DILR percentile |
QA Percentile |
Overall Percentile |
|
General, EWS |
70 |
70 |
70 |
80 |
|
NC-OBC cum Transgender |
65 |
65 |
65 |
75 |
|
SC |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
|
ST |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
|
PwD (EWS, General, SC, NC-OBC) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
|
PwD (ST) |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
Ratings on the basis of class 10th score :-
|
Per cent Score in Xth Std. Exam |
Rating Score A |
|
<=55 |
1 |
|
>55 and <=60 |
2 |
|
>60 and <=70 |
3 |
|
>70 and <=80 |
5 |
|
>80 and <=90 |
8 |
|
>90 |
10 |
Rating on the basis of class 12th score :-
|
Science Stream |
|
|
Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam |
Rating Score B |
|
<=55 |
1 |
|
>55 and <=60 |
2 |
|
>60 and <=70 |
3 |
|
>70 and <=80 |
5 |
|
>80 and <=90 |
8 |
|
>90 |
10 |
|
Commerce Stream
|
|
|
Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam |
Rating Score B |
|
<=55 |
1 |
|
>55 and <=60 |
2 |
|
>60 and <=70 |
3 |
|
>70 and <=80 |
5 |
|
>80 and <=90 |
8 |
|
>90 |
10 |
|
Arts/Humanities Stream |
|
|
Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam |
Rating Score B |
|
<=55 |
1 |
|
>55 and <=60 |
2 |
|
>60 and <=70 |
3 |
|
>70 and <=80 |
5 |
|
>80 and <=90 |
8 |
|
>90 |
10 |
Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-
|
Per cent score in Bachelor's Degree |
Rating Score C |
|
<= 55 |
1 |
|
> 55 and <= 60 |
2 |
|
> 60 and <= 62 |
3 |
|
> 62 and <= 65 |
5 |
|
> 65 and <= 70 |
8 |
|
> 70 |
10 |
Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-
|
Work Experience in Month (July 31, 2020) |
Rating Score D |
|
< 12 months |
0 |
|
>= 12 and <= 36 months |
MF * (number of months of work experience – 11) |
|
> 36 months |
5 |
|
Work-experience Multiplication Factor (MF) = 0.20 |
|
After considering all the ratings on the basis of above discussed factors candidates are shortlisted for Step 2 which is Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview round.
You can check out complete admission process for IIM A from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-ahmedabad-admission-criteria
IIM Bangalore
In IIM B also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-
|
Category |
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile |
Overall Percentile |
|
General |
75 |
75 |
80 |
85 |
|
EWS |
65 |
65 |
70 |
75 |
|
NC-OBC |
65 |
65 |
70 |
75 |
|
SC |
60 |
60 |
65 |
70 |
|
ST |
55 |
55 |
55 |
65 |
|
PWD |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-
|
S.No. |
Components |
Weightage |
|
1 |
Gender Diversity |
2 |
|
2 |
CAT 2020 |
40 |
|
3 |
10 Standard |
20 |
|
4 |
12 Standard |
10 |
|
5 |
Bachelors |
20 |
|
6 |
Weighted Work Experience |
8 |
|
Total |
100 |
|
Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows :-
- Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 14 points
- Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - 16 points
- Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - 10 points
You can check out complete admission process for IIM B from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-bangalore-admission-criteria
IIM Calcutta
In IIM C also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-
|
Category |
VA |
DILR |
QA |
Overall Percentile |
|
General |
≥ 75 |
≥ 80 |
≥ 80 |
≥ 85 |
|
NC-OBC |
≥ 65 |
≥ 65 |
≥ 70 |
≥ 75 |
|
EWS |
≥ 65 |
≥ 65 |
≥ 70 |
≥ 75 |
|
SC |
≥ 60 |
≥ 60 |
≥ 65 |
≥ 70 |
|
ST |
≥ 55 |
≥ 55 |
≥ 55 |
≥ 65 |
|
PwD |
≥ 45 |
≥ 45 |
≥ 45 |
≥ 55 |
For IIM C also you need to clear the above cut-offs and your points as mentioned in the above table should be decent enough to get shortlisted for Stage 2 which is of AWT and PI.
Final selection will be made on the basis of following weightage :-
|
Components |
Weights |
|
CAT 2020 Score |
30 |
|
Personal Interview (PI) |
48 |
|
Point granted for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s level for Non-Engineering degree |
4 |
|
Work Experience* |
8 |
|
Total |
90 |
You can check out the link given below for complete admission Process of IIM C :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-calcutta-admission-criteria
Similarly for admission process and complete details of cut-offs for different IIMs are mentioned in the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria
You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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