IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

In my opinion, most people who wants to do an MBA know their reasons for it. Hence, if you are convinced that you should do an MBA, you should. Having said that, here is what probably you wanted to know. What if you go for an MBA at this stage of your, will it add any value?
The short answer is YES. However you should look for executive MBA as you might not get good placement post regular MBA. All IIMs offer executive MBA and general placement is also really good. Alternatively you can apply to ISB or other institute that require GMAT score.

If you have received a call from IIMs, you usually have an equal chance of getting in to IIMs and you are not severely disadvantaged. Except few candidates on top, almost everyone who has a call lie in very close range of scores. Hence I would recommend that you don't worry too much about your chances and focus on your preparation for WAT/GD/PI and give your best shot at it.

I believe 20 mock tests are sufficient for preparation of CAT. But at the same time you should cover entire course and practice problems topic wise as well. Any coaching institute you join will provide you with enough material. Hence you should not worry about this. Just start preparation.

Yes, it is necessary to speak fluent English for Personal interview. The medium of instruction in all IIMs is English and all the classes are designed to interactive. Also there are a lot of foreign faculty who expect you to communicate effectively in English. To account for these factors, there was a dedicated section in CAT to test your verbal skills. However you should not worry about it too much, as you have already qualified CAT and hence possess certain level of knowledge of English language.

I would recommend that you focus on grammar first. There are a lot of books available in the market. Also there is no substitute for practice. Practice as much as possible. There are books available to target specific areas within verbal section, i would recommend that you go through those as well. Usually reading comprehension is the easiest to target, start with that.

IIM Ahmedabad does not have a CAT percentile cutoff score. They have started a system of composite score where all the inputs like 10th marks, 12th marks, UG percentage, etc are used. Then an overall score cutoff is calculated. This method has certain advantages like, if you have not done really well in 10th or 12th, you can compensate that by doing really good in CAT. Here are two links that will give you detailed information about cutoffs and selection criteria. http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/programmes/admission-details/admission-procedure-for-pgp-2016-18-batch.html http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/users/admission/files/Shortlisting Criteria for PGP 2016-18 batch_110116.pdf Let me know if you have further questions.