Shiksha RTI reveals minimum CAT cut-offs at IIM Trichy

In the past few months, Shiksha filed several RTI queries to know the minimum cut-off percentages in top B-Schools and MBA colleges across the country.

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In the RTI queries, Shiksha requested for the following information:

1. Minimum percentile 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).

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

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).

Among the 181 RTIs filed so far, we have received responses from the following institutes:

IIM Ahmedabad

FMS Delhi

IIM Bangalore

IIM Kozhikode & IIM Indore

 

In this article, let’s take a look at the response from Indian Institute of Management – Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy):

 

 

IIM Trichy’s RTI response

Below, we have presented the information for the last three years -2015-17 batch, 2014-16 batch and 2013-15 batch.

 

Cut-off Marks %

Cut-off criteria in X, XII and UG reported marks in respective categories:

Category	X	XII	UG
General	60	55	50
NC-OBC	55	50	45
SC	60	55	50
ST	63	59	54
DAP	70	65	60

  

Minimum Percentile for shortlisting (first stage) in 2015-17 batch

Category	QA & DI	VA & LR	Overall
General	80.00	80.00	96.30
NC-OBC	61.43	61.43	78.98
SC	50.40	50.40	63.00
ST	41.42	40.80	50.71
DAP	41.42	42.21	50.71

  

Minimum Percentile for shortlisting (first stage) in 2014-16 batch

Category	QA & DI	VA & LR	Overall
General	70.77	71.09	96.82
NC-OBC	63.95	63.81	81.35
SC	50.52	50.51	67.53
ST	41.42	40.80	50.71
DAP	41.42	42.21	50.71

  

Minimum Percentile for shortlisting (first stage) in 2013-15 batch

Category	QA & DI	VA & LR	Overall
General	70.1	70.03	97.16
NC-OBC	63.86	63.08	81.02
SC	51.3	50.18	67.48
ST	40.78	40.62	55.05
DAP	42.31	40.62	55.05

 

In the second stage of selections, the institute followed the weightage mentioned below:

Weightage	2015-17	2014-16	2013-15
CAT	50	50	50
PI	17	17	17
GD/WAT	15	15	15
Experience	5	5	5
UG	10	10	10
PG	2	2	2
Gender	1	1	1

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