I got 65% in 10th, 62% in 12th, and 58% in btech (completed in 5 years). Am I eligible for any IIMs or any top rated B-schools?

Dear Saif, we shall not sugarcoat things for you. But unless you score 99 percentile in CAT, IIMs can be little difficult for you. Though you have completed your B.Tech in 5 years, it will not have an adverse affect on your scoring. We shall explain this with the help of data and selection criteria of couple of IIMs.



IIM AHMEDABAD:



10th Rating:



Percent score          Rating Score



<= 55                                  1



> 55 and <= 60                 2



> 60 and <= 70                3



> 70 and <= 80               5



> 80 and <= 90              8



> 90                               10



The same rating score is used for 12th Science /Commerce Streams. For Arts/Humanities:



Percent score                  Rating Score



<= 45                                          1

> 45 and <= 50                         2

> 50 and <= 60                         3

> 60 and <= 70                         5

> 70 and <= 85                         8

> 85                                           10





Work Exp.  in Months as on July  2019          Rating Score



< 12 months                                                                 0



> 36 months                                                                5





Minimum cut offs for Average percent of marks scores:





Stream in 12th     UR    NC- OBC/Trans  SC  ST PWD PWD -ST



Science                  80      75                         70         65       70    65



Commerce            77      72                         67         62        67     62



Arts & Humanities 75   70                         64         59        64     59



From each Academic sectors top 5% from each stream and each Category will be short listed. After shortlisting the Candidates, the selected Candidates will have to go through WAT and PI rounds. Selection at this stage will strictly be based on the shortlisting of the candidates done separately for each Category on the basis of their Final Composite Score. The numbers selected in different reservation categories will be in proportions mandated by the law. After the AWT & PI round, admission offers are made by IIMA to successful candidates. The final selection is based on a diverse set of attributes which includes performance in CAT, performance in AWT & PI, academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements, work experience, etc.





IIM BANGALORE:



For all the Candidates shortlisted, the 10th and 12th board results are initially adjusted by dividing each such score by 90th percentile score of that board. And then an adjusted score is calculated for the Bachelor's degree for each of the candidates based on the final scores obtained by the candidate are used for the Bachelor's degree and professional degrees. For example,

CAT = 40

10th board = 20

12th board = 10

Bachelors = 20

Gender Diversity = 2

Work Experience = 8

The 40 points for CAT are derived from the performance in each of the three sections as follows:

Verbal & Reading Comprehension - 14 points

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning - 16 points Quantitative Aptitude - 10 points.





IIM CALCUTTA:

The final selection is based on:



CAT 2019 Score 30

Personal Interview 48

Written Ability Test 10

Academic Diversity 04

Work Experience 08

Total 100





FMS DELHI:



QA: 30%

DILR: 30%

VARC: 40%



An additional 3 marks are added to the Composite score in case of women for shortlisting. This score is used only for shortlisting Candidates for Personal Interview. The weightage for Final selection is as follows:



Personal Interview: 15%

CAT score: 60%

Group Discussion: 10%

Extempore: 5%

10th marks: 5%

12th marks: 5%





An additional 3 marks of the maximum aggregate will be added to the women candidates who have attended the Interview. Now with all this process, the cut offs is an important issue to be discussed. Previously FMS used to consider overall CAT score for shortlisting. However since the past 2 years, FMS has been giving sectional preference and weightage. VARC occupies the top position with 40% weightage. A Candidate with at least 97 sectional weightage will be shortlisted at FMS.



So how should your score board look like???

• FMS, Delhi needs 97 percentile.

• IIM Shillong: 92 percentile

• NITIE Mumbai: 91 percentile

• IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Tiruchirapalli, MDI Gurgaon, IIM Udaipur, IIM Rohtak, IIM Ranchi, IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, XIM Bhubaneshwar and New IIMS need 90 percentile

Now few IIMS have sectional weightage in CAT score and this is how it should like for you for a call from any IIM:



QA           DLR           VARC         Overall

General                80              80                 80              90

NC-OBC               70              70                  70              80

SC                         55              55                  55             60

ST                         45              45                  45              50

PwD                    45              45                   45              50

Hello,

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Firstly,you need minimum of 50% in graduation for being eligible for CAT.

If you are SC/ST then You have 5% relaxation i.e., 45% you need to score.

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Now you will be having CAT has entrance test for admission.In this you need to score 98% minimum to get a call From top IIM

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After you get qualified for this exam with 98% then you will be in need to pass written ability test conducted by college and then you will be facing personal interview.

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If you are not looking top business schools.then.you just need 80 marks to secure for admission.

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Hope this was helpful.

Best of luck

Hey,



First of all, the basic eligibility for CAT is 50%in your graduation and you are in the safe harbor. Getting into an IIM is a different story though. Each IIMs have their own admission criteria and vary accordingly, and the weight given to CAT percentile is also different. Some colleges like IIM Bangalore dependheavily on your academics, which in your case could be of low chance ( IIM Bangalore expects 90-90-85 generally), but other IIMs like IIM-Calcutta go easy on the academics and weigh heavily on the CAT and this becomes your hunting ground. Thus, it becomes important for you to jot down the IIMs you are eligible for and aim for the particular CAT score accordingly.



Your degree would give you an advantage though. Your arts degree fetches you additional marks while getting calls and also while converting the call during final admission. Again, the amount of weightgiven varies accordingly. But if you're an engineering grad, you might have a back foot.





Since nothing can be done about the academic score right now, it becomes rather important for you to score as high as possible in your CAT exam. Assuming you get somewhere around 98-99 percentile, there is a very high chance of you securing a seat given that you do your PI-WAT very well. With a score like 99+ percentile, you will certainly get calls from all the old IIMs, baby and new IIMs but please be assured that there is cutthroat competition by now. At around 96-97 percentile most of the new IIMs start giving calls and you stand a chance there because they go light on the academics. Getting a call from IIM B and IIM Indore is almost impossible with this academic record as they weigh heavily on it.





That being said, once you get a call from the IIMs, another obstacle to cross is the PI-WAT. Again, it depends upon different IIMs. Some IIMs like IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore give very less weight for your CAT percentile ( a mere 25%) and others like IIM Udaipur give 55% to your CAT score while calculating your composite score for the final admission. Thus scoring high only in CAT doesn't guarantee a seat and the real game begins only after that. Please prepare well and focus on current affairs and work experience related stuff if you get calls.





Find out about IIM admission criteria here -https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria





Hope this helps.