IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

In MBA one gets exposure to general management techniques & tools required to run a business effectively .Thus one who intents to pursue a job & grow up the organisational hierarchy pursue MBA post the UG course. having said this an MBA is not a substitute to work Experience & there are a lot of professional & successful managers who have not done MBA but still run & manage their business & teams in an excellent manner.

Different B-Schools have different percentile cutoffs. To get into an IIM, you will need to score at least 99 percentile. Also you will need to clear the individual subject cutoff which typically is around 95 percentile. For others like FMS you will need 98.5 percentile. For new IIMs these could be 95-96 percentile. I would suggest you contact alums/students of the school you are targeting to get an accurate answer.

WAT/PI process is pretty straightforward. As soon as you arrive, you will be given a topic or a case to write two pages on. The topics are usually common and you will not find it difficult. However interview could be a little tricky. Professors usually cover your entire application and questions. You should also expect questions from your graduation and work experience. Number of students that get through is different for different years and institutes. It is purely a function of total number of seats in individual IIMs. Typically the number is between 350 to 450.

Yes you can. You will have to score really good in CAT. Your previous academic performance puts you in second half of all the applicants and hence you are disadvantaged in terms of that. To compensate for the same you will have to score more than 99.5 - 99.7 percentile in CAT to get a call from IIM. My advice is that you prepare really well.

Yes, Mathematics is a necessary subject as CAT has one section dedicated to Mathematics. Also half the courses that are being taught in IIMs are maths based. However being a commerce graduate you are not at all in a disadvantaged position. There are a lot of commerce graduates studying in IIMA. They don't actually cover advanced mathematics like calculus.

Yes, you most certainly are eligible to appear for CAT. However to merit an interview call from IIM's, you will have to do really well in your CAT. IIMs usually give a lot of weightage to past academic performance and you would not be in the top half. Hence to compensate for the same, you will need to be among top 0.5% in CAT. I would suggest you prepare well for CAT.