Hello Bhavya,

There are few important things one you should take care while preparing for IIMs or FMS. 

• Class 10th and 12th percentage(above 90%)
• Graduation CGPA at least above 8
• Job experiences
• CAT score

So, the gap year will not at all affect your selection in any of the top b-schools. Just take care of things mentioned above. Thought the most important part is CAT score. Also, I suggest you to get a job experience in the year you are dropping. You can also apply to diploma courses other wise it is fine to drop now.

To know the full eligibility criteria you can visit https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria/amp

Thanks 

Hii sai,

Indian institute of Management,Bangalore has been the top most college in India for Management.The college has got much reputation and it is the good college for management after IIM A.The college offers admission to MBA only through CAT exam.

The fee  to pursue MBA for 2018-2020 batch  is 21 lakhs per two years inclusive of GST.The fee for the 2019-2021 batch will be more than the previous years fee.

The college also offers good scholarships.IIM-B offers financial aid to students.one of the main reason for the financial aid is because no student should be deprived at IIM-B for financial reasons.Every student whose family annual income below 6 lakhs is Eligible to apply for financial aid.

The financial aid committee undergoes the following process to select the candidates.First they will see their family status,assets,annual income and other factors.Based on that some students are called for the next procedure and some of the  faculty directly interact with the family and check the genuineness.According to that the college offers scholarship of 20 % to 100 % of tution fee.

Apart from these there are so many scholarships based on the merit.If you can study well and score good marks you will get scholarships for sure.No need to worry about that.

Thank you.

Hi Paritosh!

You have a pretty decent score in both your school and graduation Since you have not mentioned the category you belong to, I'll assume that you fall in the general category and provide you the data accordingly.

First of all, the basic eligibility for CAT is 50% in your graduation and you are in the safe harbor. Getting into an IIM is a different story though. Each IIMs have their own admission criteria and vary accordingly, and the weight given to CAT percentile is also different. Some colleges like IIM Bangalore depend heavily on your academics, which in your case could be of low chance, but other IIMs like IIM-Calcutta go easy on the academics and weigh heavily on the CAT and this becomes your hunting ground. Thus, it becomes important for you to jot down the IIMs you are eligible for and aim for the particular CAT score accordingly. 

Your degree would give you an advantage though. Your arts degree fetches you additional marks while getting calls and also while converting the call during final admission. Again, the amount of weight given varies accordingly.

Since nothing can be done about the academic score right now, it becomes rather important for you to score as high as possible in your CAT exam. Assuming you get somewhere around 95-98 percentile, there is a very high chance of you securing a seat given that you do your PI-WAT very well. With a score like 97-98 percentile, you will certainly get calls from all the old IIMs, baby and new IIMs but please be assured that there is cutthroat competition by now.

That being said, once you get a call from the IIMs, another obstacle to cross is the PI-WAT. Again, it depends upon different IIMs. Some IIMs like IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore give very less weight for your CAT percentile ( a mere 25%) and others like IIM Udaipur give 55% to your CAT score while calculating your composite score for the final admission. Thus scoring high only in CAT doesn't guarantee a seat and the real game begins only after that. 

Good luck belling the CAT! Feel free to drop in your queries.

Find out about IIM admission criteria here - https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria

Dear Mehak, IIMB offers Post Graduate Programmes like:

• Executive Post Graduate Programme: For Round 1, the GMAT score should be between September 1st, 2012 to August 30th, 2018. For Round 2, it should be between December 4th, 2013 to December 3rd, 2018. 
• Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management: Your GMAT test date should fall in between January 17th, 2014 to January 16th, 2019.
• Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management: 
• Post Graduate Programme: CAT/WAT scores are considered

So to answer your question GMAT May 2019 score doesnt help you for IIMB admissions. 

Hello Khushi,

Many schools in India such as ISB, IIMs, Great Lakes, etc. accepts GMAT for admission to MBA Program. However, IIMs accept GMAT for only One Year MBA Program, which is popularly known as PGPEx (Post Graduate Program for Executives). PGPEX requires minimum 4–5 years of work experience. There is no sense of comparing admission through GMAT and CAT because both are for different courses.

You can check the following link to see the names of all the colleges globally that accept GMAT scores -

https://www.mba.com/mbas-and-business-masters/articles/gmat-exam/gmat-accepting-programs-around-world

Good luck!

Hi Khushi!

Since you're aiming at IIM-Bangalore, I'll assume that you have stellar academics and that you have already planned on scoring high in the CAT examination. Since you have not mentioned the category you belong to, I'll assume that you fall in the general category and provide you the data accordingly.

Each IIMs have their own admission criteria and vary accordingly, and the weight given to CAT percentile and work experience is also different. Some colleges like IIM Bangalore depend heavily on your academics and slightly on work experience ( I'm assuming you have work ex), but other IIMs like IIM-Calcutta go easy on the academics and weigh heavily on the CAT and this becomes your hunting ground. Thus, it becomes important for you to jot down the IIMs you are eligible for and aim for the particular CAT score accordingly. We'll just stick to IIm-Bangalore for now.

Your degree also matters a lot here. Your arts degree fetches you additional marks while getting calls and also while converting the call during final admission. Again, the amount of weight given varies accordingly. But if you're an engineering grad, you may have a backfoot.

Since nothing can be done about the academic score right now, it becomes rather important for you to score as high as possible in your CAT exam. Assuming you get somewhere around 95-98 percentile and you have a great academic background ( Read 90-90-85) with at least 2-3 years work experience ( which is not mandatory), there is a very high chance of you securing a seat given that you do your PI-WAT very well. 

Here's how the work experience is calculated. X is your work experience in months.

=(8*X)/36 if 0<X<36

= 8 if X>=36
 So, it's pretty clear that while shortlisting or getting a call you get more points if you have more work experience. 

The weight for work experience becomes 10 while considering it for admission in the final level after WAT/PI.

Good luck belling the CAT! Feel free to drop in your queries.

Find out about IIM admission criteria here - https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria

Hi Vivek!

You have a pretty decent score in both your school and BE and that itself has played a major role in making you get calls from all the IIMs. Since you have not mentioned the category you belong to, it gives a boost considering the fact that the admission would be based only on the pool of candidates in the same category as yours.

First of all, the basic eligibility for CAT is 50% in your graduation and you are in the safe harbor. Getting into an IIM is a different story though. Each IIMs have their own admission criteria and vary accordingly, and the weight given to CAT percentile is also different. Some colleges like IIM Bangalore depend heavily on your academics, which in your case is pretty high, but other IIMs like IIM-Calcutta go easy on the academics and weigh heavily on the CAT.

Since you've got all the calls right now and going by the previous year trends, it is pretty evident that you'd easily convert most of the calls, especially the older IIMs given that you do your WAT/PI very well. All that said, I assume you know the cutthroat competition by now and thus it is not advisable to sit back and relax while waiting for the admission. The game has just begun because irrespective of the category, the students who apply are highly deserving and they will make sure they stand tall while performing in the interviews.

That being said, once you get a call from the IIMs, another obstacle to cross is the PI-WAT. Again, it depends upon different IIMs. Some IIMs like IIM Bangalore and IIM Indore give very less weight for your CAT percentile ( a mere 25%) and others like IIM Udaipur give 55% to your CAT score while calculating your composite score for the final admission. Thus scoring high only in CAT doesn't guarantee a seat and the real game begins only after that. Please spend an ample amount of time reading current affairs, your degree syllabus, your aspirations in life and also about how you will contribute to your peers if you get admission.

Good luck belling the CAT! Feel free to drop in your queries.

Hello Kunal,

This year cutoffs are too high .There are numerous number of canidate getting 100 percentile and many are in 99.8 percentile .You are get very good percentile and your track record of various levels is also good.You have good chance of getting call from IIM-B as you have 21 months working experience which is your biggest advantage.

To know the cutoffs of previous year follow this link:https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-cutoff

If any queries remain than comment below.

GOOD LUCK...