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Cat 54.57%ile, 10th- 61%, 12th- 50%. Category SC. Any chance of IIM? Or any A tier colleges


Aryan 6th Dec, 2017
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Monika Shruti Gupta 15th Jan, 2018
Well, it's not possible to get calls from IIMs or other A-tier colleges at this percentile and academic background. But never feel disheartened because with every downfall, appears a new step of achievement. You have CMAT down the line. Prepare well for that. If you score good in that then a number of good options like
*NIBM,
*NIA,
*K. J Somaiya Institute of Management (Mumbai) , *Goa Institute of Management (Goa), 
*Great Lakes Institute of Management (Chennai),  *JBIMS(Mumbai), etc.

It is better not to take admission this year because it would simply be a waste of resources and time. If you really aspire to pursue MBA as your career then give CMAT with full zest or else work hard, prepare well and re-appear for CAT'18.
A percentile of around 80 in CAT will strengthen your prospects of getting an IIM in fact an old IIM.

All the best!!

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15th Jan, 2018
Thank you so much for your reply.Actually this time I attended cat without preparation. So I'll go for cat 2018 with proper preparation.Can you tell me with this academic marks can I get any IIM,FMS,MDI,IIFT,XAT or SPJain any of these ? 
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15th Jan, 2018
*attempted And in my graduation I have 66%
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15th Jan, 2018
Dear your academics are slightly on a lower side, however if you manage to score 90+ percentile then your chances will really be strong. I am telling you this because with 80 percentile some new IIMs or even a few old IIMs may send you call but conversion into admission would be difficult because they consider academics too. However, with 90+ percentile, your final conversion chances would strengthen too. So try to score 90+ and upon getting calls, try to give your best in interviews and GD.
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