sir i have 68% in 10th and 53% in 12th and during my graduation i have 72% should i prepare for CAT or any other MBA exam or not
Hi Aspirant,
Hope you are doing great.
Yes, if you are passionate about doing MBA then you must prepare for CAT or OMETs. Your academics can become a hindrance in getting a call from a top B-school even if you clear the CAT cut-off because most of the IIMs like IIM Indore, IIM Ahemdabad, IIM Bangalore even gave around 45% importance to academics. So, yes it is difficult for you to get a call from these colleges but apart from that, there are lots of B-Schools that do even not consider your academics, they will give you admission only on an entrance exam basis. So, you must try for it. If you wouldn't be able to clear the CAT cut-off, you must try for OMETs like Cmat, CET, XAT, Tiss, Nmat, Snap. If you do your preparation sincerely and with discipline, you will be able to get admission to one of the top B-School.
If you want the name of the colleges and their fee structure, admission criteria, facilities, placement, you can click on the link given below.
Hope this helps.
Hello,
The eligibility criteria for CAT is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university securing 50% aggregate, there is relaxation of 5% for reserved categories, so you can appear for CAT as you fulfill the criteria, CAT is conducted at national level, and its scores are accepted by IIMs, and many other reputed B-Schools, so if you qualify CAT there are various options among B-School, the admission process for MBA is based on myriad factors such as your entrance test scores, academic records, work experience or written(if any), group discussion/ personal interview, now depending upon the institute the emphasis on specific parameter may vary, with your academic records the chances to get admission into B-schools which put high weightage on academic performance or specific aggregate is required in such cases is tough, however as I said the norms of admission is different in each college, you may look out for colleges which put high weightage on entrance test scores as there is scope of improvement in this areas, you have to for very high percentile, other than CAT there are various entrance tests such as XAT/MAT/CMAT and there are also state level management entrance tests which you can consider such as MAH CET, TANCET, TSICET, APICET etc.
Check out the list of the management exams at https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-mba-entrance-exams-you-must-take
Hello Aspirant,
It depends upon your work experience like if you have some work experience of around 1 year or more then you can get weightage of that as well and even if you don't have that then also if you out perform in CAT like if you secure your CAT percentile around 99.8+ then there would be great chances to get call from good IIMs so if you are confident on yourself and your preparation then you can appear for CAT but if not then CAT would not help you because for decent IIMs you need at least 99+ percentile and for top IIMs you should have at least 99.8+ percentile with such low academic performance and General category.
Let me make you more clear about the admission criteria of some top IIMs like IIM A,B&C :-
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 |
70 |
70 |
80 |
NC-OBC cum Transgender |
65 |
65 |
65 |
75 |
SC |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
ST |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
PwD (EWS, General, SC, NC-OBC) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
PwD (ST) |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
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 |
<=55 |
1 |
>55 and <=60 |
2 |
>60 and <=70 |
3 |
>70 and <=80 |
5 |
>80 and <=90 |
8 |
>90 |
10 |
Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-
Per cent score in Professional courses |
Rating Score C |
<= 50 |
1 |
> 50 and <= 55 |
2 |
> 55 and <= 60 |
3 |
> 60 and <= 65 |
5 |
> 65 and <= 75 |
8 |
> 75 |
10 |
Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-
Work Experience in Month (July 31, 2021) |
Rating Score D |
< 12 months |
0 |
>= 12 and <= 36 months |
MF * (number of months of work experience – 11) |
> 36 months |
5 |
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 :-
Category |
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile |
Overall Percentile |
General |
75 |
75 |
80 |
85 |
EWS |
65 |
65 |
70 |
75 |
NC-OBC |
65 |
65 |
70 |
75 |
SC |
60 |
60 |
65 |
70 |
ST |
55 |
55 |
55 |
65 |
PWD |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-
S.No. |
Components |
Weightage |
1 |
Gender Diversity |
2 |
2 |
CAT 2021 |
40 |
3 |
10 Standard |
20 |
4 |
12 Standard |
10 |
5 |
Bachelors |
20 |
6 |
Weighted Work Experience |
8 |
Total |
100 |
Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows :-
- Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 14 points
- Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - 16 points
- Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - 10 points
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 :-
Category |
VA |
DILR |
QA |
Overall Percentile |
General |
≥ 75 |
≥ 80 |
≥ 80 |
≥ 85 |
NC-OBC |
≥ 65 |
≥ 65 |
≥ 70 |
≥ 75 |
EWS |
≥ 65 |
≥ 65 |
≥ 70 |
≥ 75 |
SC |
≥ 60 |
≥ 60 |
≥ 65 |
≥ 70 |
ST |
≥ 55 |
≥ 55 |
≥ 55 |
≥ 65 |
PwD |
≥ 45 |
≥ 45 |
≥ 45 |
≥ 55 |
Class X Marks (in per cent) |
Points |
Class XII Marks (in per cent) |
Points |
≥80 |
10 |
≥80 |
15 |
≥75 and < 80 |
8 |
≥ 75 and < 80 |
12 |
≥70 and < 75 |
6 |
≥70 and < 75 |
9 |
≥65 and < 70 |
4 |
≥65 and < 70 |
6 |
≥60 and < 65 |
2 |
≥60 and < 65 |
3 |
< 60 |
0 |
< 60 |
0 |
Bachelor’s Degree Marks (in per cent) |
Points |
≥ 60 |
15 |
≥ 55 and < 60 |
10 |
≥ 50 and < 55 |
5 |
< 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 :-
Components |
Weights |
CAT 2021 Score |
30 |
Personal Interview (PI) |
48 |
Point granted for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s level for Non-Engineering degree |
4 |
Work Experience |
8 |
Total |
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
You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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