IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

Yes, you can absolutely study for CAT while doing a BBA. IIMs don't discriminate between graduation major, on the contrary they promote diversity in the background. Also it is not compulsory to have work experience to join IIMs. However IIMA has recently started to encourage freshers to take a deferred admission to have work experience of two years. Also people with work experience, at times, have slight advantage in placements (it's not much though).

I don't think you stand a chance of getting into top six IIMs with 85 percentile. For general category students the cutoff goes as high as 98 percentile. However if you from non-engineering background, the cutoff are slightly lower. I would suggest that you give your best shot at CAT and not worry about cutoff now. Higher you score, better chances you have of qualifying.

Anything at IIM Ahmadabad is recognized, Recommended and accepted without any glitch with the kind of brand imagery and competition it has. Students are lucky who get an admission here and involves sincere efforts. PGPM course is accepted at International universities as well.

Yes, of course. Many IT companies come to business schools to hire students for marketing and operations role. I am not sure they would hire you directly for technology roles, I guess once you get there you will get a clear picture. Hope that answers your question.