IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

Hi Tony,
I am assuming, you are asking for PGP programme. At IIM Bangalore, it is mandatory to stay in the hostel in the first year. However, in the second year, you are given a choice to stay off campus. Given the high weightage to various group components, frequent meetings and lot of activities, it is highly advisable to stay on campus and I personally know no person who might have chosen to stay off campus.

Hi Paurvi,
To get admission in IIM A, B, C, it is mandatory to take CAT and achieve a good score. Simply, looking at the percentages, it is very difficult to guess, if you can get a call. In case, you secure a good CAT score, your application rating should be good considering these scores.

A part-time MBA would give a better platform to you for your future prospects. But class room teachings still can't be compared to online classes. Also, the faculty is great as they would give a good practical exposure and you would learn a lot from them.

Go with your interest, rather than only going toward IT. If you like IT, then go for Systems or IT Management, as your major specialization. And, for minor, it depends on your interest it may be finance or marketing, as many colleges have rule that out of 2 major and minor, one should be marketing or finance.

Minimum CAT percentile required changes every year. CAT percentile is not the only criteria that will let you into IIM-A. They also considers so many extra curricular activities done by you then too minimum percentile for your category will be around 60-70 percentile.

To get into IIMs, you need to get around 99% in CAT and to get into reputed B-schools you need more than 80%. Your competitors matter and how the exam is going to be evaluated also matters. Every year evaluation criteria changes. Keep a close eye on the exam patterns and be in touch regularly with your coaching institute, they will help you get better.

Hello,
MBA is a management degree and PGDM is a Diploma in management. Both the courses contain the same value. PGDM is more focused on practical knowledge whereas MBA is theoretical. If you are planning to study Ph.D in future then you should go for MBA. Both the degree will give you a good job in the corporate field.

There is no specific eligibility criteria for class 10th and 12th percentage, there are just ratings associated to these scores. So, it is recommended that you aim for a high percentile to make it to a good IIM so that your ranking based on a weighted average score is good.
I cannot pinpoint to a specific score because it is all relative, but you should aim for a percentile >99.