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I am obc engg. male with overall CAT percentile 90.21 and Sectionals 64/90/95. 10/12/Grad is 8.8/83/8. Please suggest to me from which IIMs can I expect calls and what are other good institutes where I can apply?


Curiosity Stream 12th Jan, 2021
Answer (1)
Anurag Khanna 12th Jan, 2021

Hello Aspirant,

With the academic record and CAT percentile you have mentioned in the question you have some decent chances in IIMs like IIM Udaipur, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Jammu and in some other B-Schools.

As there is different admission criteria for different IIMs so let us have a look at admission criteria of different IIMs mentioned above :-

IIM Udaipur

Admission process for IIM Udaipur 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 Udaipur which are described in the tables below and you need to clear sectional cut-off as well as Overall cut-off :-

Category

Percentile Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (PPDILR)

Percentile Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (PVARC)

Percentile Quantitative Ability (PQA)

Overall Percentile (PT)

General

80

80

80

90

EWS

80

80

80

85

NC-OBC

60

60

60

78

SC

50

50

50

60

ST

30

30

30

40

DAP

30

30

30

40


Ratings on the basis of academic performance :-

Range of marks

For class 10th

For class 12th

For Under Graduation

<=60

0.2

0.2

0.4

60.01 to 64

0.4

0.4

0.8

64.01 to 68

0.6

0.6

1.2

68.01 to 72

0.8

0.8

1.6

72.01 to 76

1.0

1.0

2.0

76.01 to 80

1.2

1.2

2.4

80.01 to 84

1.4

1.4

2.8

84.01 to 88

1.6

1.6

3.2

88.01 to 92

1.8

1.8

3.6

92.01>=

2.0

2.0

4.0


Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-

Months

6 or Less

7-12

13-24

25-36

37-59

60 or more

Score

0

2

4

6

3

0


Now the merit list is prepared by IIM Udaipur on the basis of following weightage :-

Particulars

Weightage

CAT Score

55%

Personal Appearance (WAT & PI)

21%

Profile

24%


The weightage of Personal Appearance is further divided into two categories :-

  • Written Ability Test (WAT)- 6%
  • Personal Interview (PI)- 15%

You can check out complete admission process for IIM Udaipur from the link given below :-

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

IIM Ranchi

In IIM Ranchi also there is a two-three 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

80

80

80

94

EWS

60

60

60

75

NC-OBC

60

60

60

75

SC

45

45

45

55

ST

30

30

30

40

PWD

30

30

30

40


For shortlisting of candidates for final merit list preparation for PGP program following weightage is considered by IIM Ranchi :-

S.No.

Components

Weightage

1

CAT Score

40%

2

PI Score

30%

3

Profile

30%


The weightage of Profile which is 30% is also divided in some classifications like :-

S. No.

Profile

Out of 30 Marks

a

Academic Profile

13

b

Work Experience

7

c

Academic Diversity

5

d

Gender Diversity

5


You can check out complete admission process for IIM Ranchi from the link given below :-

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

IIM Jammu

In IIM Jammu, there is a Three stage selection process and for it's first stage which is of PA round the candidate needs to clear the sectional as well as overall cut-offs which are given below :-

Category

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension Percentile

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile

Quantitative Ability Percentile

Overall Percentile

(VARCP)

(DILRP)

(QAP)

(OP)

General*

80

80

80

90

EWS

80

80

80

85

NC-OBC

60

60

60

78

SC

50

50

50

60

ST

30

30

30

40

DAP

30

30

30

40


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 shortlisting will be made after considering all your academic profiles and academic profiles will be given some specific rating which are given below :-

Range of Marks

10th Class

12th Class

<= 60

0

0

60.01 to 70

1.0

1.0

70.01 to 80

1.5

1.5

80.01 to 90

2.0

2.0

90.01 to 95

2.5

2.5

95.01>=

3.0

3.0


Range of Marks

Graduation

<= 60

0

60.01 to 70

0.5

70.01 to 80

1

80.01 to 85

1.5

85.01 to 90

2.0

90.01 to 95

2.5

95.01 >=

3.0


Work Experience :-

Months

< 12

12-18

18-24

24-36

36-48

48-60

>60

Score

0

3

5

8

5

3

0


You can check out the link given below for complete admission Process of IIM Jammu :-

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

Similarly for IIM Sirmaur's admission process and complete details of cut-offs for them are mentioned in the link given below :-

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

You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat

Apart from the above mentioned IIMs you can also have a shot in some other B-Schools such as :-

  • Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
  • BIM Trichy
  • IISWBM Kolkata
  • DoMS, IIT Roorkee
  • IIM Amritsar
  • IIM Sambalpur

For complete list check out the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/which-b-schools-can-i-get-if-my-cat-percentile-between-90-and-100

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

2 Comments
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15th Jan, 2021
Thanks a lot for such a detailed and thorough explanation. I am delighted, thanks a lot again!
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15th Jan, 2021
Curiosity Stream Anytime:)
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