What is the detailed process to get admission into IIM Ahmedabad?

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Sonal Mishra Posted On - Apr 14, 2023

studied at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

The entire admission process at IIM Ahmedabad for the PGP comprises 3 stages.

Stage 1:Preliminary Screening

The candidates that have cleared the CAT cutoff are shortlisted on the basis of a Composite Score or CS. The composite score is made up of academic rating score (AR) (includes 10th marks, 12th marks, and work experience) and normalized overall CAT score.

Or we can say,

Composite Score = Application Rating Score + Normalized CAT score

Application Rating score is based on class 10th, 12th, and bachelor exams, and work experience scores.

Shortlisting for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI):

The candidates with the best academic profiles and CAT scores will be further shortlisted for the next round. The shortlisted candidates will be called for AWT and a personal interview round.

Final Selection:

At this stage, candidates will be shortlisted across each category (General/ SC/ ST/ NC-OBC/ PwD) separately, based on their Final Composite Score (FCS).

The CAT cut-off is mentioned in the table below

Category	Cutoff
General, EWS	80
NC-OBC, Transgender	75
SC	70
ST	60
PwD (General, EWS NC-OBC, Transgender, SC)	70
PwD ST	60

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Aritra Chowdhury Posted On - Mar 9, 2022

MBA from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (2020)

You need to appear for the CAT to get a seat in IIM Ahmedabad. If you have secured a score above the required cutoff, you will be shortlisted for GD and PI. Finally, admission will be granted based on your performance in GD and PI, CAT score, and academic profile.

IIM Ahmedabad Admission Criteria:

Consistent academic performance throughout 10+2 and graduation.
CAT percentile - The cutoff usually stays around 99%.
Good performance in the GD and PI round.
Relevant work experience (if any)

Decent academic profile, 99+ CAT percentile, and good performance in the interview round should get you an admission offer from IIM Ahmedabad.

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Raman Singhal Posted On - Mar 31, 2021

MBA from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (2020)

You need to have a good academic record along with your graduation. You should start preparing for CAT and try to score more than 99.5 percentile. If you are in a general category try to score high and if you are in a reserved category then you might get some relaxation. After qualifying CAT you might get a call from IIM based on your overall profile. Then you need to do your best in the interview to get into IIM.

If you are a medicine or humanities graduate with more than 90% in 10th and 12th then IIM A may call you with 85 percentile.
If you are a B.com graduate then 96% of your overall academics will be good.
For the engineering graduates then you have to be 90+ in your overall academics and you will also have to score 99 percentile in CAT as most of the students who qualify CAT are engineers.
If your academics are not good then it would be difficult to get admission into IIM.

So, study hard, start focusing on your key strength and weaknesses and work on them. Take coaching institutions like TIME, IMS, and CL, etc. Also, prepare for interviews because once you qualify for admission through CAT in IIM you need to prepare for interviews. The interviews are one of the major criteria for selection. The questions asked are more related to your logical thinking and your sense of humor as well beyond your technical and academic knowledge.