IIMs shortlist candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test, Group Discussion, and Personal Interviews. Performance in the CAT examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs.

CAT SECTIONAL WEIGHTAGE:

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                60

For IIM-A:

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

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. It might look like:

Category                                Upper Limit

General                                           100

NC-OBC-cum-transgender            57

SC                                                      32

ST                                                      16

PwD                                                    6

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 law.

Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50

AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10

CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25

Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15

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.

For IIM-B:

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.

Hi,

Admissions to IIM is based on the CAT percentile. The cut-off percentile for IIMs differ every year based on mainly 5 factors i.e. the difficulty level of the exam, number of test takers, candidates qualified, number of seats and the institute's ranking and reputation.

As you want to know specifically about IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore, as per the previous years i e. 2018's cutoff, you will need to score 80 percentile in CAT if you are from general, 75 percentile if you are from NC-OBC cum transgender category, 70 percentile if you belong to SC and PwD category and 65 for ST.

In case of IIM Bangalore, you will need to score an overall percentile of 90, 80, 75, 70 and 60 if you are from general, NC-OBC, SC, ST and DA categories respectively.