Hello Aspirant,

See if you have good CAT percentile but have average academic performance then there are less chances of getting shortlisted for IIM A because IIM A shortlist the candidates on the basis of academic performance as well as CAT percentile and also it considers work experience (if any), So if you don't have any work experience then also you are eligible for admission to IIM A. Now the academic record which you have mentioned is average till class 12th but your graduation performance but in accordance with the given data if you score around 99 percentile in CAT then you might have shot at IIM A.

Now let us discuss about admission criteria of IIM A which you have mentioned so that you can have more clarity :-

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 :-

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) since you don't have any work experience then also you are eligible  :-

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

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello aspirant, hope you are doing good.

So, firstly i want to congratulate you for your good CAT score, although you didn't mention how much did you score. Now with your academic profile,I'll be really honest with you but you don't have much chances of getting into the IIMs because to get into IIMs , you need to have a minimum of 70-80% in your boards, without that you don't possibly have much chances for IIMs even though you might have really nice CAT score.

for more information about IIMs, go through this :

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria

Hope this helps you. Good Luck !!

hello,

Congratulations first of all forgetting such an amazing score in GMAT!!

Now, as for your Admission in MBA degree, your work experience will help you alot with your application by strengthening it. But I'm not quite sure of your percentage because the colleges you mentioned have a very low acceptance rate and their eligibility criteria demands atleast an 80% above overall standing in exams.

As for your GMAT scores, average GMAT score for LBS is 708, for Yale is 721 with an acceptance rate of 25% and average score for cambridge is between 687 - 700.

All in all, you really should put in your application, if it works out you might even he eligible for scholarships !

Good luck!!

Hello,

Candidates with zero work experience can join MBA programs in reputed colleges by taking the GMAT exam. There are lots of colleges accepting GMAT scores to admit freshers for MBA programs.

Some of the Top MBA colleges in India accepting GMAT scores to admit without work experience are

• S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
• XIM, Bhubaneswar
• IMI, Gurgaon
• K J Somaiya, Mumbai
• BITS, Pilani
• IMT, Ghaziabad
• Goa Institute of Management, Goa

Hope it helps!

Good luck!

Hello Aspirant,

With the academic performance which you have mentioned in the question and also considering the work experience if you score at least 95 percentile or more in CAT then you might get seat in NITIE Mumbai - National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.

Note that above prediction is on the basis of previous year's shortlisting results and the cut-offs also play the major role in shortlisting the candidates which is bound to change every year depending upon various factors such as the number of candidates appearing in an examination, the number of candidates qualifying an examination, difficulty level of the paper, and so on.

To check the cut-off of all IIMs and other B-schools, kindly check out the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-cutoff

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!!

Dear Aspirant, apart from college placements, it depends on your stream and area of interest. Choose your area of interest and develop the skillset required. Suppose you want to go in the developing field, for that brush up your coding skills. Meanwhile there are opportunities like marketing and content writing if you have interest in same. Also to get into IIMs, cat score is the key, based on the score and your previous history of marks you will be called for the interview. Having co- curricular certificates will be cherry on the cake. For gap years, you can choose an easy work from home sort of paid internship or do certified courses available on online platform like Coursera, udemy. All the best.

Dear Aspirants ,

Yes ,might be it is good choice but some of Colleges or university such as IIM ,XIMB ,XLRI,ISB etc.. these colleges are required professional experience and they are need from top companies so that places it will not needful ,so you should try to do permeant job .

Hope it will helpful

thanks

hello aspirant ...

The overall lowest cut-off for top IIMs:

You will get a call from IIM if you touch 90 percentile or above (except for IIM A which has a lower cut-off) The overall cutoffs are as follows:

Most of the new IIMs have their cut-off requirement set at 85 with IIM Shillong having cut-off set at 70 in CAT.

What really matters is the sectional cut-offs for all three sections. You need to have the minimum cut-off requirement for each section, which differs from IIM to IIM. If you get less than that for anyone of the sections, you will lose that call. For IIM A, this sectional cut-off is the lowest,  you need a sectional cut-off of just 70 percentile or above to get a call from them.

If you have a good profile, you have a higher chance of getting a call at a lower percentile, too. Profile in this sense would mean a high percentage / CGPA in your Graduation 10th, 12th and Under. Usually those who have 90 percent and above for all three will be considered for IIM ‘s call (IIM A for sure!) Apart from that if you are an exceptional performer in any extra-curricular activity with awards and recognition, you have a chance of getting a call from IIM.

One surprising fact is the actual cut-off date of IIMs goes on to show that for many IIMs, the actual CAT cut-off is much higher than what institutes announce prior to shortlisting for the further process of the institutes. Except a few of them, the actual interview cut-off of the majority of IIMs falls in the range of 96 to 100 percentile in CAT while the announced cut-off being in the range of 80 to 90 percentile.

hope it helps !