Hello Aspirant,
See if your friend got a call from IIM Ahmedabad which is the topmost IIM of India then he/she might be belonging to SC/ST/PwD category and cut-offs for these categories are quite low around 60-70 percentile in CAT and also note that these ar the top Management institutions of India they do not involve themselves in such kind of biasing or an unfair means because it will directly affect their reputation.
For more clarity let us understand the complete admission and shortlisting process of IIM Ahmedabad:-
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 :-
Science Stream
Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam
Rating Score B
Arts/Humanities Stream
Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-
Per cent score in Bachelor's Degree
Rating Score C
<= 55
> 55 and <= 60
> 60 and <= 62
> 62 and <= 65
> 65 and <= 70
> 70
Per cent score in Professional courses
<= 50
> 50 and <= 53
> 53 and <= 55
> 55 and <= 57
> 57 and <= 63
> 63
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
You can check out the link given below for complete admission Process of other IIMs as well :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria
You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs and non IIMs :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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