CAT 2015: Understand the shortlisting criteria of all IIMs

CAT 2015 results have been declared! Candidates can check their results here!

Cracking CAT 2015 is just the first step towards securing an MBA. Candidates have to go through a rigorous selection process, aimed to select the crème de la crème from a diverse background.

The selection process this year could probably be a bit different from the previous years. Reason being, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are quite intent (as it seems) on selecting a diverse batch – both in terms of academic diversity and gender diversity.

CAT 2015, as we all know, has also introduced a series of changes, keeping in mind the issues of diversity in an MBA classroom.

The various weightage criterion for this year’s (2016-18) admission has quite a few interesting elements that can either make or break your chances. Below, Shiksha.com has a compiled the entire shortlisting criteria of all the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for the academic session 2016-16.

(Please Note: The B-Schools have been listed in no particular order or preference. Also, the list will be updated as and when institutes announce their admission criteria)

 

IIM Ahmedabad

Quite a few changes have been incorporated in this year’s admission procedure, owning to the institute’s endeavour to select a diverse batch.

Shortlisting will be conducted at two stages:

Stage I

Preliminary Screening: Candidates need to fulfil the minimum cut-offs CAT-2015 to be eligible for subsequent stages.

Thereafter, candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of AR scores.

Application Rating Score (AR): A+B+C 

Where A stands for rating Scores for 10th Standard exam, B is the rating Scores for 12th standard and C is Rating Scores for Bachelor’s degree.

Normalized AR score of an applicant is equal to his/her AR scores divided by average of the top 50 AR scores from the applicants’ pool.

What is Rating Score? Based on the marks scored (in Class 10, 12 and bachelor’s degree) and the stream /field of studies, a certain Rating score is given.

Stage 2

In the next stage, candidates will be shortlisting for Academic Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI). This will be conducted in further two steps:

First, the Top 100 candidates or top 1% of the number of applicants to IIM Ahmedabad, whichever is less, will be shortlisted for AWT & PI, on the basis of the Composite Score (CS), subject to fulfilling of certain criterion.

CS (Composite Score) = 0.3 (Normalized AR score) + 0.7 (Normalized overall score in CAT-2015)

Second: From the remaining pool of candidates, an additional number of applicants will be shortlisted for AWT & PI. Similar shortlisting process (CS score) be used, subject to fulfilling of certain criterion.

The final composite score will be derived:

FCS = 0.40 (Normalized PI Score) + 0.10 (Normalized AWT Score) + 0.5 (CS)

To know the complete details, click here.

Know the minimum CAT cut-offs at IIM Ahmedabad

 

IIM Bangalore

IIM Bangalore has adopted a two-phase selection process for selecting PGP candidates. In the first stage, candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of CAT scores, marks in class 10, 12 and bachelor’s and work experience / professional course.

Component	Weightage
CAT scores	20 [QA - 5 points DI & LR - 8 points VA RC - 7 points]
10th board	15
12th board	10
Bachelors	15
Gender diversity	1
Work experience	5

Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for WAT and PI.

The final shortlist will be based on scores of written test and PI, along with pre-PI selection parameters (academic performance, work experience).

 

IIM Calcutta

There have been some changes in the selection/shortlisting process of IIM Calcutta for Personal Interview (PI) and Written Ability Test (WAT). In the first stage, candidates need to fulfil the minimum cut-off percentile. Then the Composite Score (CS) will be calculated

This year, the institute will give:

Components	Weights	Method of Calculation
CAT 2015 Overall Score	67	(A / B) x 67
Class X marks	15	(C / 10) X 15
Class XII marks	15	(D / 10) X 15
Gender Diversity Factor	3	3 points will be awarded to promote gender diversity.
Total	100

Where
A = Candidate’s Total CAT 2015 score 

B = Maximum CAT 2015 Score
C = Points awarded for Class X marks
D = Points awarded for Class XII marks

 

The final shortlist for PGP courses will be derived from the following:

Criterion	Weights
CAT 2015 Score	35
Personal Interview (PI)	44
Writing Ability Test (WAT)	10
Academic Diversity	3
Work Experience	08
Total	100

 

For complete details, click here.

 

IIM Lucknow

To receive a shortlist call from for PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM programmes IIM Lucknow, candidates need to fulfil the criteria in the following stages of selection process:

In the first stage, candidates fulfilling minimum cut-offs for WAT-PI rounds will be shortlisted. 

Next, the merit list for WAT-PI will be used with the following weights:

Shortlist A

Component	Weightage (PGP)	Weightage (PGP - ABM)	Weightage (PGP - SM)
CAT Score	38	30	38
Class 12 marks	2	2	2
Graduation marks	3	3	3
Work-Experience	2	0	2
Academic Diversity	3	13	3
Gender Diversity	2	2	2
Total	50	50	50

The final evaluation of WAT-PI for PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM programmes will be calculated by the following weights:

Components	Weights
Written Ability Test (WAT)	10
Personal Interview (PI)	40
WAT-PI Total (B)	50

The minimum requirement for getting a pass in Personal Interviews is 12 out of 40 marks.

 

Stage 3:

The generation of final admission offer list to PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-SM programme will be based on the following:

Grand Total (C) = Shortlist Total (A) + WAT-PI Total (B)

 

To read the detailed shortlisting criteria, click here.

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IIM Indore

For the first round of shortlisting – WAT & PI – the following criteria will be used for shortlisting: 

For the final shortlisting, these criterions will be considered:

Read detailed admission criteria here.

IIM Kozhikode

The admission will be conducted in two stages:

First, candidates need to fulfil the minimum CAT 2015 percentiles and Class 10^th and 12^th marks. They’ll be further shortlisted for WAT and PI, using the following parameters.

 

In the next stage, final scores will be computed based on the performance in CAT 2015, PI, GD/WAT, and quality of professional experience.

Final Score Computation 

Read the detailed admission criteria here.

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IIM Kashipur

Candidates fulfilling the minimum cut-offs will be eligible for WAT and PI. Next, a merit list for WAT and PI will created on the basis of the following:

Components	Weights
Written Ability Test (WAT)	10
Personal Interview (PI)	30
WAT & PI Total	40

Next, the following weights will be assigned to various components for generating merit list:  

Components	Weights
CAT score	42
Class X marks	1
Class XII marks	1
Graduation marks	3
Post-graduation marks	1
Work experience	3
Academic Diversity	4
Gender Diversity	5
Shortlist (2b) total	100

In the final stage, the institute will select candidates based on the following:

Grand Total (C) = WAT &PI Total (2a) + Shortlist Total (2b)

The Grand Total (C) will be used to rank students according to their merit.

Read the complete admission shortlisting here.

The admission criteria of the following institutes are yet to be announced.

 

IIM Amritsar

IIM Bangalore

IIM Bodh

IIM Gaya

IIM Nagpur

IIM Raipur

IIM Ranchi

IIM Rohtak

IIM Sambalpur

IIM Shillong

IIM Sirmaur

IIM Tiruchirappalli

IIM Udaipur

IIM Visakhapatnam