Hello Aspirant,
See one thing you should understand that you are not late at all because if you get into top IIMs then it is going to worth you much more, so if you have time then you start preparing for CAT 2022.
Let me brief you about CAT, Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by any of the IIM in rotation every year , it is a computer-based entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions at 20 IIMs and 1000+ B-Schools in India. Candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021.
For complete exam pattern(latest) of CAT kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern
You can get complete information about CAT 2021 from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat
Also to make you clear with the admission process of IIMs let me give you the example of two top known IIMs, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore :-
With the academic record you have mentioned you should aim for at least 99.5+ percentile in CAT 2022 if you belongs to General category and if you belongs to any other reserved category then you should aim for at least 97+ percentile depending upon the reservation category.
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
80
NC-OBC cum Transgender
65
75
SC
60
ST
50
PwD (EWS, General, SC, NC-OBC)
PwD (ST)
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
Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-
Per cent score in Professional courses
Rating Score C
<= 50
> 50 and <= 55
> 55 and <= 60
> 60 and <= 65
> 65 and <= 75
> 75
Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-
Work Experience in Month (July 31, 2020)
Rating Score D
< 12 months
0
>= 12 and <= 36 months
MF * (number of months of work experience – 11)
> 36 months
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 :-
Quantitative
Aptitude
Percentile
Data Interpretation &
Logical Reasoning
Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile
Overall
General
85
EWS
NC-OBC
55
PWD
For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-
S.No.
Components
Weightage
Gender Diversity
CAT 2020
40
10 Standard
20
4
12 Standard
Bachelors
6
Weighted Work Experience
Total
100
Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows :-
You can check out complete admission process for IIM B from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-bangalore-admission-criteria
For preparation of different sections of CAT you can check out the links given below :-
For Quantitative Ability :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-quantitative-ability
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-varc
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-di-lr
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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