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. The CAT Sectional weightage for each IIM for ST Category is as follows:

IIM                          QA    DLR    VARC    OVERALL

Ahmedabd            50      50         50          60

Bangalore             60      60         60           70

Calcutta                55      55          55          65

Indore                   45     45           45          50

Lucknow               55     55           55          65

FMS, Delhi needs 95 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 if your target is top B-School, your percentile should be between 85-90, so forth and so on.

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.

Dear aspirant ,

For an ST category student , you need to score above 70 percentile in CAT exam to get into IIM'S . The seat distribution for ST category is around 7 % , so it is better to score above minimum percentile . Some IIM'S have more ST seats and some have less seats. So for a safer side , it is better to score above 70 percentile so that your seat will be secured in IIM.