IIM B cutoff says 90 percentile but experts say u need 99+ score in CAT,im not understanding it !

I am assuming you are from general category. Based on your overall academic profile, you will need to score atleast 99.9 percentile to get a call for the next round. The thing is that 90 percentile is one of the eligibility criteria but not the only eligibility criteria.

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In order to get a call from IIMs you need to have a high percentile. 90 is just the minimum that you need to satisfy. There are a lot of variables at play when it comes to getting an interview call from an IIM. Every IIM has a different criteria for shortlisting people. Generally the variables are cat percentile, work ex, academic diversity, gender diversity, your 10th, 12th and undergrad marks. The weightage given to each of these is also different. You can take a look at the criteria on the respective websites.



If you are a fresher then you would require a high percentile. For top the old IIMs you need to have a percentile above 99 or else your chances are less. New IIMs may still consider 96-97. But then cracking the interview will be difficult. I know a friend of mine who got a call from new IIMs at 97 percentile. But if you have work ex then it's different. Work ex has a weightage and you may get calls at 97 percentile or so.



For now I can say prepare well and aim for a high percentile. The more the better.

Not only IIM B but all IIM demands from you to have min 90 percentile in order to make you eligible for evaluation. After you become eligible with their min requirements like 90 percentile and min 50% in 10th, 12th, graduation then you are being evaluated on your profile.



Every college has different weightage for 10th, 12th, graduation, work experience, engineer or non engineer, gender diversity and CAT marks. On the basis of all these parameters aggregate score of all eligible students is made and then accordingly top students are called for interview round.



After your interview round again with different weightages on parameters as I mentioned earlier including weightage for interview and essay writing a new and final list is made. On which according to number of seats available the top students are selected rest are given their waiting number. If any of the selected student does not enroll himself in the college within the time mentioned then he/she is removed and your waiting list moves up. This way college keep on doing different rounds until all seats are occupied in their college.



This is the whole procedure of selection and according to this from past history you need to have atleast 99+ percentile to get a call for interview. Final Selection will depends a lot on your interview and essay writing performance because they have more weightage in final list.



In case of IIM B it becomes a little more complicated because they give a way more weightage to work experience and also to the students who have done excellent in their academics earlier like scoring above 97 percentage in 10th, 12th.



In case of IIM A and C you need to have above 99.7 percentile along with a very good academic profile. One of my friend didn't got a call from IIM A and B even after scoring 99.83 percentile.



So it's not easy my friend aim for a very high percentile in order to get a call for interview and convert it.



All the best!