IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

In MBA one gets exposure to general management techniques & tools required to run a business effectively .Thus one who intents to pursue a job & grow up the organisational hierarchy pursue MBA post the UG course. having said this an MBA is not a substitute to work Experience & there are a lot of professional & successful managers who have not done MBA but still run & manage their business & teams in an excellent manner.

Yes you can. You will have to score really good in CAT. Your previous academic performance puts you in second half of all the applicants and hence you are disadvantaged in terms of that. To compensate for the same you will have to score more than 99.5 - 99.7 percentile in CAT to get a call from IIM. My advice is that you prepare really well.

WAT/PI process is pretty straightforward. As soon as you arrive, you will be given a topic or a case to write two pages on. The topics are usually common and you will not find it difficult. However interview could be a little tricky. Professors usually cover your entire application and questions. You should also expect questions from your graduation and work experience. Number of students that get through is different for different years and institutes. It is purely a function of total number of seats in individual IIMs. Typically the number is between 350 to 450.

It depends. There are a lot of factors considered. However looking at your academic record, it seems that you might be severely disadvantaged because of low GPA. To compensate for that you will need to score a little more in CAT. Typically 99.5 percentile is enough to get anyone a call from IIM (with similar academic background). However to be safe I would suggest that you target 99.7 percentile.

Yes, you most certainly are eligible to appear for CAT. However to merit an interview call from IIM's, you will have to do really well in your CAT. IIMs usually give a lot of weightage to past academic performance and you would not be in the top half. Hence to compensate for the same, you will need to be among top 0.5% in CAT. I would suggest you prepare well for CAT.

You need to have scored at least 60% in class 10th, 12th and graduation and should have completed your graduation from any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational
institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act,
1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
Fees for IIMs vary from college to college, but it ranges from 18-20 lakhs for two years course.

Yes, Mathematics is a necessary subject as CAT has one section dedicated to Mathematics. Also half the courses that are being taught in IIMs are maths based. However being a commerce graduate you are not at all in a disadvantaged position. There are a lot of commerce graduates studying in IIMA. They don't actually cover advanced mathematics like calculus.