I got 94.74 percentile in cat 2020. VARC: 83.61 DILR: 90.23 QA: 96.11 and 10th: 95% 12th: 93.8% Grad: 78.1%. No work ex. NC-OBC category. Could i expect calls from BLACKI iims, FMS, NITIE?
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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 but neither in the IIMs which you have mentioned nor in FMS, Delhi but there are some chances in NITIE, Mumbai.
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 :-
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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