IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

By now you would have understood if your interest lies in engineering. In case you have any interest and you want to pursue engineering as a career then GATE is for you. In case you like management then CAT is for you. But just to let you know, at any stage of life management is necessary, hence having an MBA degree and learning from it would always benefit you irrespective of your career path.

People with higher work experience usually opt for PGPX which is an executive MBA equivalent course offered by IIM-A. Usually, people doing PGPX have work experience of 5-7 years or more because of the minimum age criteria of 27 years in case of PGPX. People with 2-3 years of work ex usually do not meet this criteria and hence choose to join PGP IIM-A.

I would not be the right person to decide that. PGP admission office decides that. But just by my experience I would say that your 12th marks are not up to the mark for call. Still I would suggest you not to get demotivated and give your best in CAT and try for colleges like FMS.

Good acads is a very subjective categorization of your academics. Your acads might be good enough for other colleges, but not be good enough for IIM A/B/C. I know people who got shortlisted for B/L at 93 percentile/97 percentile also. Because, either they have exceptional acads or have relevant work experience or both. Hence don't get disheartened by not getting shortlist this year. Work your level best and try to get even a higher percentile next year and go for A/B/C/L.