IIM Shillong Courses & Fees 2026: PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.

Imagine waking up to clouds forming just outside your window. IIM shillong lies between the most beautiful places of india around the campus have a green and calm environment inside the campus all students are to friendly with each other totally raging free environment there are different cultural fest done in the college and totally IIM shillong have the great college life for the students. 

IIM Shillong has secured 38 position in the NIRF Ranking List 2025 under the Management category. Candidates can refer to the placement information showcased below to make a decision whether to go for IIM Shillong PGP or not:

Below we have discussed about CAT cutoff for IIM Shillong:

IIM Shillong CAT cutoff does not release on public platform but it is available for students using their registered email ID and password. As per past year trends the overall IIM Shillong sectional CAT cutoff was 90 for students belonging to the General AI category.