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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). Now the academic record which you have mentioned is average and you have not mentioned 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 :-
MBA/PGDM Admissions OPEN
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 :-
Science Stream
Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam
Rating Score B
Arts/Humanities Stream
Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-
AC-1
Per cent score in Bachelor's Degree
Rating Score C
<= 55
> 55 and <= 60
> 60 and <= 62
> 62 and <= 65
> 65 and <= 70
> 70
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
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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