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Hi, Below are my scores: 10th-76% 12th-64% Grad:89% Work Exp: 45 months Can I get a call from IIM-A or IIM-B after scoring above 99 percetile in CAT?


Ankur Verma 1st Dec, 2020
Answer (1)
Anurag Khanna 10th Jan, 2021

Hello Aspirant,

As we know that IIM A and B are known as the top IIMs of the country and to get into this a good academic record as well as CAT percentile is needed. So according to the data you have mentioned in the question your academic performance in class 10th and 12th is quite average but on the other hand your graduation performance and work experience will balance it because these records are good enough and after considering you work experience and academic performance also your CAT percentile, you have decent chances to get call from either of the mentioned IIMs.

For your better understanding let us understand the admission criteria of both the IIMs which you have mentioned in the question so that you can have clarity in your mind regarding shortlisting chances :-

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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


Per cent score in Professional courses

Rating Score C

<= 50

1

> 50 and <= 55

2

> 55 and <= 60

3

> 60 and <= 65

5

> 65 and <= 75

8

> 75

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

Similarly if you want to check admission criteria of other IIMs then you can check out 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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10th Jan, 2021
Thank you so much. That was really kind of you.
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