IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management

WAT is designed to substitute Group discussions. Many times because of some unwanted elements in the groups, a lot of people can not speak their mind freely. Hence to evaluate everyone on a similar scale WAT was introduced. And this has worked really well for everyone as there is no artificial pressure and everyone is judged on clarity of thought and not on just presentation alone. No, there is no need for reading novels for just this purpose as most often, the topic is so general that anyone can write about that. More than reading novels, i would recommend that you should focus on general awareness, news and current affairs.

There is no direct answer to this question. However, assuming that you want to join established IIMs, there are around 2400-2500 seats for all the IIMs combined. Also assuming that around 2.5 lakh students appear for CAT. You would stand a chance to figure in top 2500 students only if you score more than 99 percentile. This has also been empirically observed. Typical cutoff for IIMA, IIMB and IIMC goes as high as 99.25 percentile to 99.5 percentile. For IIML, IIMI and IIMK, cutoff usually is 98.5 percentile to 99 percentile. Hence I would suggest that you prepare well and give your best shot at CAT.

Dear devanshu varia. its really happy to see your achievement with IPM. any way at class 12th you are aiming the best institution in india and asia. I suggest you complete graduation. while doing graduation prepare CAT to get top score. choose IIMA then. that will help you out in good way. all the best.

They are different streams and placements are in different organizations. The scope is there in both.

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There is no fixed answer for this as there are a lot of factors that determine your chances of getting into IIMA. IIMA usually prepares composite score which assigns different weights to your 10th, 12th and UG marks and also CAT Percentile. With 65% and 71% you are seriously disadvantaged in 10th and 12th, hence you will have to make sure that you get really good CAT percentile. If I have to guess, I would tell you to score more than 99.8 percentile. SO prepare really well and give your best shot at CAT.

Hi Akash,
Unless you are from ST category, you don't have any chances of getting a call (as per last year's eligibility). Even for ST category, the chances are very small.

You will have to apply for CAT and prepare well for it. After you do good in CAT, you are called for an Personal interview and Group Discussion/Written ability test. If you clear that as well, you will get an admission offer.

There is no fixed cutoff as they assign score based on your percentage and overall percentage in that particular year. Also it is a composite score, hence one bad score can be offset by another really good score. For example if you have 80% in 10th and 95% in 12th, you might have a average composite score. Also highest weight is for CAT percentile. Hence prepare well for CAT.

The cutoff for class 12th marks is 50%, but there is a continuous scale and you will be almost at the bottom of the list. Hence to make up for that, you will need to score more than 99.7 percentile in CAT.