I've score 90 and 79.2 in 10th and 12th. What should be the minimum cat percentile for me to get a call from any IIM. General Category.
Every IIM has different set of eligibility criteria for the selection of the candidates. The major role is played by the score of CAT. Your academic profile is also taken into consideration. Your academic profile includes your marks of 10th,12th and also graduation.
If you score a percentile of 95 or so you are likely to get a call from any top Business school in India.
Hope this helps.
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IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Bangalore conduct their admission process separately.
The newly established IIMs follow a Common Admission Process which is also called CAP. The shortlisted candidates will have to appear for a Common Written Ability Test and Personal Interview Rounds. A separate Institute wise merit list will be prepared and this merit list will be declared based on individual admission and selection criteria.
IIM Sirmaur, IIM Jammu, IIM Nagpur will release their own merit list according to the CAT score or percentile and profile of the Candidate. There are no further rounds for these Institutions.
The B schools which do not fall under IIMs will conduct their own selection process. The process of selection such as Group Discussion, Written Ability Test and Personal Interview are conducted at the Institution's discretion.
IMT Ghaziabad, MICA conduct group activity or group exercise instead of group discussion. Some Institutioms also conduct Written Ability Test and Personal Interviews after Group Discussion.
Required percentiles:
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.
For example, IIM Khozikhode Admission Criteria for 2019- 21; Shortlisting criteria:
CAT Overall Index Score carried 75% weightage
Class 12 percentage carried 7.5% weightage
Graduation score carried 7.5% weightage
Work Experience carried 5% weightage
Academic diversity factor carried 5% weightage
So you need to score nothing less than 95% in CAT to get into an IIM.
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