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Hello Aspirant,
With the academic record which you have mentioned in the question you should have at least 99 or more percentile in CAT along with more than 8.5 CGPA in your graduation for top IIMs like IIM A/B/C/L/K and so on.
Now let us discuss about admission criteria of some of the top IIMs which I have mentioned above :-
IIM Ahmedabad
Admission process for IIM A 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 A which are described in the tables below and you need to clear sectional cut-off as well as Overall cut-off :-
Category
VRC percentile
DILR percentile
QA Percentile
Overall Percentile
General, EWS
70
80
NC-OBC cum Transgender
65
75
SC
60
ST
50
PwD (EWS, General, SC, NC-OBC)
PwD (ST)
Ratings on the basis of class 10th score :-
Per cent Score in Xth Std. Exam
Rating Score A
<=55
1
>55 and <=60
2
>60 and <=70
3
>70 and <=80
5
>80 and <=90
8
>90
10
Rating on the basis of class 12th score :-
Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam
Rating Score B
Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-
Per cent score in Professional courses
Rating Score C
<= 50
> 50 and <= 55
> 55 and <= 60
> 60 and <= 65
> 65 and <= 75
> 75
Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-
Work Experience in Month (July 31, 2020)
Rating Score D
< 12 months
0
>= 12 and <= 36 months
MF * (number of months of work experience – 11)
> 36 months
Work-experience Multiplication Factor (MF) = 0.20
After considering all the ratings on the basis of above discussed factors candidates are shortlisted for Step 2 which is Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview round.
You can check out complete admission process for IIM A from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-ahmedabad-admission-criteria
IIM Bangalore
In IIM B also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-
Quantitative
Aptitude
Percentile
Data Interpretation &
Logical Reasoning
Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile
Overall
General
85
EWS
NC-OBC
55
PWD
For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-
S.No.
Components
Weightage
Gender Diversity
CAT 2020
40
10 Standard
20
4
12 Standard
Bachelors
6
Weighted Work Experience
Total
100
Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows :-
You can check out complete admission process for IIM B from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-bangalore-admission-criteria
IIM Calcutta
In IIM C also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-
VA
DILR
QA
≥ 75
≥ 80
≥ 85
≥ 65
≥ 70
≥ 60
≥ 55
PwD
≥ 45
Class X Marks (in per cent)
Points
Class XII Marks (in per cent)
≥80
15
≥75 and < 80
≥ 75 and < 80
12
≥70 and < 75
9
≥65 and < 70
≥60 and < 65
< 60
Bachelor’s Degree Marks (in per cent)
≥ 55 and < 60
≥ 50 and < 55
< 50
2.5
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 selection will be made on the basis of following weightage :-
Weights
CAT 2020 Score
30
Personal Interview (PI)
48
Point granted for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s level for Non-Engineering degree
Work Experience
90
You can check out the link given below for complete admission Process of IIM C :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-calcutta-admission-criteria
Similarly for IIM Lucknow and IIM Kozhikode admission process and complete details of cut-offs for them are mentioned in the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-lucknow-admission-criteria
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-kozhikode-admission-criteria
For admission criteria of all IIMs kindly check out :-
IIM Admission Criteria 2021-2023 (Released) - Know IIM Selection Procedure Here!
You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs or non-IIMs:-
https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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