I got 72% in 10th, 66% in 12th and 70% in graduation so am i eligible for xlri and iim if i get good cat score?

Dear Aryan, XLRI conducts admission to its Post Graduate programmes through XAT score.



There are 20 IIMs in India.And all the 20 IIMs have their own Selection Criteria based on your CAT score.Now your 10th, 12th and Graduation marks carry a weightage of 5-7.5% depending on the IIM you are interested in. Few IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow, etc conduct Written Ability Test, Personal Interview and then the Final Selection Process follows. The basic eligibility criteria remains the same but off late IIMs have been giving Sectional weightage to CAT composite score. For example;



IIM Ahmedabad:

QA        DLR       VARC       Overall

General:                   70          70           70             80

NC-OBC/Trans:      65          65           65             75

SC:                             60         60           60             70

ST:                            50           50          50             60

PwD-UR,OBC,SC:   60          60          60             70

PwD: ST:                  50          50          50             60





IIM Bangalore:

QA           DLR         VARC     Overall

General:                 80                80            85           90

NC-OBC:                70               70            75            80

SC:                          65               65             70           75

ST:                         60                60             60           70

PwD:                      50               50              50            50





IIM Calcutta:

QA            DLR         VRC    Over All

OPEN :                      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:                        55               55             55          65





IIM Indore:

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





IIM Lucknow:





QA         DLR         VARC       Overall

General                           85           85              85             90

NC-OBC                          77           77              77             82

SC                                    55           55              55             70

ST                                     50           50              50             65

PwD                                 50           50              50             65





Method of scoring can be found on the official website of the IIMs you are interested in. Those candidates who are eligible after these 2 rounds are called for Written Ability and Personal Interview Test. The final score is calculated based on this scale for IIM Lucknow:





Common Admission Test: 30

Academic Performance (12th + Graduation): 5+5

Diversity Factor (DF academics +DF gender): 5

Work Experience: 5

Writing Ability Test: 10

Personal Interview: 40

Final Score: 100



Because CAT exam will be held at different slots, CAT scores will be normalised to ensure equivalence in the difficulty levels of the exams for both slots. IIM Kozikhode will normalise the CAT scores using percentile equivalence. Adjustment of location and scale differences of score distributions across different norms and then scores will be normalised. These scores will be then converted into percentiles for shortlisting and selection purposes. So to be honest wih you, if you can manage a 99 percentile score in CAT, you will be able to pull off a feat and manage to get a call from any of the IIMs. Having said that, I alsp want to bring to your attention, the selection process of the IIMs so that your preparation can be target based:

IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Bangalore conduct their admission process separately having their own weightage for Academic section, Work experience, Diversity factor, etc.

You can check their selection criteria in detail at:

www.careers360.com/question-i-got-98-in-10th-8983-in-12th-87-cgpa-in-graduation-if-i-get-above-99-percentile-in-cat-can-i-get-a-call-from-iim-abc



The newly established IIMs follow a Common Admission Process which is also called CAP. The shortlisted candidates will have to appear for a Common Written Ability Test and Personal Interview Rounds. A separate Institute wise merit list will be prepared and this merit list will be declared based on individual admission and selection criteria.



IIM Sirmaur, IIM Jammu, IIM Nagpur will release their own merit list according to the CAT score or percentile and profile of the Candidate. There are no further rounds for these Institutions



But other Top B Schools and Other Participating Institutions release their cut offs post the declaration of CAT scores.

Hi aryan

Eligibilty for iims does not depend upon your 10th 12th or graduation score.  yes ofcourse 10th 12th and graduation percentile will help you to get the verdict convert by giving you high marks but its not under eligibilty criteria.



Hope it helps!!!