Minimum CAT cut-offs at IIM Kozhikode & IIM Indore

RTI filed by Shiksha requesting IIMs to share CAT cut offs for selection to WAT-GD-PI rounds and final selection, revealed a gap between qualifying cut offs and final cut offs.

In 2016, Shiksha had filed about 182 The Right to Information Act (RTI) queries, requesting for information related to CAT cut-off percentiles used for admission to MBA/PGDM courses.

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi was the first top B-School to respond, followed by IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode and IIM Indore.

Read other Shiksha RTI responses:

• FMS Delhi
• IIM Bangalore
• IIM Ahmedabad

First let us take a look at the RTI queries posed:

RTI Queries

In the RTI, we had requested for information in three parts:

1. Minimum cut off for CAT exam for students called for Written Ability Test, Group Discussion and Personal interview for full-time MBA across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

2. Minimum CAT percentile for students who are selected for full-time MBA across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

3. Weightage given to work experience, written test, interview, GD, etc. for final selection across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

RTI Response from IIM Kozhikode

1. Response for first query (Minimum CAT percentile for students called for second round of admission process): 

Year	General	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
2015-17	90	80	65	55	55
2014-16	90	80	65	55	55
2013-15	85	75	65	55	55
2012-14	85	75	65	55	55
2011-13	75	65	55	45	45

 

2. Response for second query (minimum CAT percentile of selected students):

Year	General	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
2015-17	95.44	80.15	66.06	55.06	62.42
2014-16	94.03	82.87	67.53	55.46	56.22
2013-15	85.41	75.38	65.59	56.49	55.05
2012-14	85.03	76.23	66.83	55.29	59.52
2011-13	85.92	70.19	65.36	53.13	55.75

  

3. Response for third query (Weightage given to work experience, written test, interview, GD, etc):

Year	Work Experience points	GD/WAT points	PI points
2015-17	5	15	45
2014-16	5	15	45
2013-15	-	20	40
2012-14	-	20	35
2011-13	-	20	35

 
RTI Response from IIM Indore

1. Response for first query (Minimum CAT percentile for students called for second round of tests):

Year	General	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
2015-17	90.05	80.04	55.22	55.62	55.87
2014-16	90.32	80.28	59.92	55.46	55.46
2013-15	90.13	80.05	55.05	55.05	55.77
2012-14	90.42	80.29	74.59	63.59	58.11
2011-13	88.95	76.76	63.64	45.63	40.68

 

2. Response for second query (minimum CAT percentile of students selected):

Year	General	NC-OBC	SC	ST	PwD
2015-17	90.05	80.04	55.87	55.62	58.29
2014-16	95.10	82.94	77.32	64.92	58.11
2013-15	90.13	80.05	55.05	55.05	55.40
2012-14	95.10	82.94	77.32	64.92	58.11
2011-13	91.00	80.17	69.67	48.40	51.80

3. Response for third query (Weightage given to work experience, written test, interview, GD, etc): No response received.

RTI Response from IIM Indore (Mumbai Campus)

Category	2012-14		2013-15		2014-16		2015-17
	Called for WAT/PI	Selected	Called for WAT/PI	Selected	Called for WAT/PI	Selected	Called for WAT/PI	Selected
General	90.95	90.95	90.13	90.13	90.32	90.32	90.95	90.95
NC-OBC	80.29	82.94	80.05	83.72	81.35	85.18	80.04	80.04
SC	72.29	72.29	55.77	61.50	55.46	55.46	55.06	55.62
ST	62.25	-	58.70	-	56.99	59.34	55.62	55.62
DA	58.80	58.80	59.40	-	-	-	55.22	55.22

 

RTI Response from IIM Indore (UAE Campus)

Category	2011-13			2012-14		2013-15		2014-16
	Called for WAT/PI	Selected		Called for WAT/PI	Selected	Called for WAT/PI	Selected	Called for WAT/PI	Selected
Reservation Policy Not Applicable	82.47		82.47	85.03	85.42	85.01	85.01	Batch ceased

 

IIM Kozhikode's response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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