I have 93 percent in 10th,95 percent in 12th and 8.23 cgpa in Engineering and belong to obc-ncl category. How much percentile is required for getting calls from IIM ABCLK ,with importance of sectional cutoffs in shortlisting?

Hello Aspirant,

With the academic record which you have mentioned in the question you should have at least 92-95 or more percentile in CAT.

Now let us discuss about admission criteria of all the IIMs which you have mentioned :-

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 :-

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 :-

Rating on the basis of class 12th score :-

Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-

Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-

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 :-

For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-

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 :-

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 :-

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

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!!

Aryan, this answer should be checked in Browser because our app is not table friendly yet. We have a 6000 character limit and so the answer might not cover everything. First we will begin with IIM K. The estimated cut offs are:

IIM K has a 3 phase selection process. Once you have been shortlisted based on your CAT, SSC and HSC percentages, you will be called for Personal Interview and Writing Ability Test. A shortlist of candidates in each Category will be created on a computer based index score based on the performance in CAT, HSC and academic diversity criterion.

The Aggregate Index Score Computation looks like:

CAT Index Score:  75%

HSC: 20%

Academic Diversity Factor: 5%

IIM K will conduct the PI and WAT in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Mumbai and New Delhi. In this process, the candidates will write an essay and a professional resume which is followed by a PI. The essay topic will be just announced at the venue before the WAT. During the PI, the panel will evaluate the academic efforts and disposition, general awareness and social disposition, attitude and personality and articulation and communication of each Candidate.

The Final score will be computed as follows:

CAT score: 40%

PI: 30%

Essay: 20%

Resume:10%

So here you will need atleast 90 percentile and more to be shortlisted. Now coming to IIM Lucknow, here are its cut offs:

the weightage is as follows:

Scaled SAT scores: 60

12th marks: 10

Graduation marks: 10

Work experience: 0

Diversity factor: Academic disciplines: 20

Academic Factor: Gender: 5

CAT scores are scaled using the formula:

cs=Candidates CAT score/highest CAT score *X where x=60.

12th marks are calculated using the following scale:

<=80               0

80.01- 82.00       1

82.01- 84.00        2

84.01- 86.00         3

And so on till 98.01-100.00     10You can check the admission criteria for IIM Lucknow: http://www.iiml.ac.in/sites/default/files/upload/news/IIML-Admission-Policy-2020-22_CAT2019-310719.pdf

Now about IIM B:

IIM B has a 2 phase selection process and the selection criteria are applied in 2 phases. For admission to IIM B, your CAT score alone is considered for finalizing  the first short list. Consistent good academic record starting from secondary school, higher secondary, Graduation etc are considered. Also CAT section wise scores are also considered along with relevant work experience. But CAT score is considered as the minimum level of proficiency that IIM -B expects from Candidates to be shortlisted. CAT 2019 cut offs for admission to batch of 2020-22 for IIM B were as follows:

During phase 1, all those Candidates shortlisted based on the cut offs will be called in for Personal Round of Interview. Here the panel will evaluate each Candidate based on Academic Background, quality of work experience, etc. Those who clear this round will have to take a Writing Ability Test. The topic will be given by IIM B. The topics might range from issues and developments related to socio-political, economic and business affairs, sports, etc which require your creative thinking. This round is approximately for 30 minutes. The Pre- PI, Interview and WAT scores will be used for second phase.

In phase 1, the Candidate's percentage scores in their 10th and 12th exams are adjusted by dividing each score by 90th percentile score obtained in that board. For this purpose, data base of CAT applicants of the past 2 years is considered. After this, an adjusted score is calculated based on the final score obtained in the Bachelor's degree. The final shortlisting weightage is as follows:

CAT = 40
10th board = 20
12th board = 10
Bachelors = 20
Gender Diversity = 2
Work Experience = 8

The 40 points for CAT are derived from the performance in each of the three sections as follows:
Verbal & Reading Comprehension - 14 points
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning - 16 points

Quantitative Aptitude - 10 points.

The WAT score with a weightage of 10 and the personal interview score with a weightage of  30, after standardization across interview panels and sessions, will be added for a final aggregate score. And that looks like this:

CAT (weight = 25)

10th board (weight = 10

12th board (weight = 5)

Bachelors (weight = 10)

Weighted Work Experience (weight = 10).

This answer covers pretty much everything regarding IIM B admission process. For any more information, please read the official article: https://www.iimb.ac.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/PGP-admission-process-2020-22.pdf

IIM Calcutta:

IIM Calcutta:

And the final selection is based on:
CAT 2020 Score 30
Personal Interview 48
Written Ability Test 10
Academic Diversity 04
Work Experience 08
Total 100

IIM A: