I got 8.5 cgpa in 10th, 91.20% in 12th and 8.0 cpi in graduation. How much score I must score in CAT to get a call from old IIMs.

Hi Adeeb



IIM Admission Criteria 2019-21: Around two lakh students appear every year for the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM). However, only a few thousand candidates manage to qualify for the exam and make it to IIMs. Candidates are short-listed for the admission process in different IIMs on the basis of their CAT  scores. There are 20 IIMs in the country and each one of them has different admission criteria. Till date, only IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow have released their admission criteria for 2019-21 batch. Rest of the IIMs are likely to release their admission criteria soon. In this article, Careers360 presents the IIM Admission Criteria 2019-21 for different IIMs. The IIM admission criteria 2019-21 will help the aspirants to know how much they need to score to get shortlisted for the admission process.



CAT 2018  Basic Eligibility Criteria

According to the IIM admission criteria 2019-21, candidates appearing for CAT 2018  must have a Bachelors Degree with at least 50 per cent marks (for General category) and 45 Percent (for SC, ST and PWD category) or equivalent CGPA from any recognised university.



Candidates appearing for their final year Bachelors degree examination may also apply.



It is important to know that the admission criteria of each IIM is independent to mandate their own eligibility criteria including CAT score, academic cut-offs, past academic performance, relevant work experience etc.



IIM Admission Criteria 2019-21

All the IIMs usually follow a two-step selection process. First, short-listing on the basis of CAT score and then WAT and PI rounds for the short-listed students.



Common Admission Test (CAT)



Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI)



Candidates who fulfil the first stage of the admission criteria (CAT) are called for WAT and PI rounds. Different IIMs as per their admission criteria offer admissions to the selected students. Lets have a look at the admission criteria of different IIMs for the batch 2019-21.



Most of the IIMs give maximum weightage to Personal Interview and CAT score for admissions. However, factors like academic cut-offs, past academic performance, relevant work experience, gender diversity etc. also play a major role in the final selection.



Each IIM has its own admission criteria. The old IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow and IIM Calcutta have released their admission criteria for 2019-21. As compared to the previous year, there has not been much change in terms of CAT cutoff  or selection procedure and criteria.



IIMs do not conduct any common counselling process. The six new IIMs conduct Common Admission Process (CAP) which includes common WAT and PI rounds. However, the participating institutes declare separate merit lists. The recent IIMs, IIM Sirmaur  and IIM Jammu  , both mentored by IIM Lucknow do not conduct WAT-PI rounds and declare merit list based on CAT score, past academic records, work experience and diversity factors.



This article of Careers360 brings to you the snapshots of IIM admission criteria 2019-21. You can also check the Institute wise detailed IIM Admission Criteria 2019-21 as well.