IIM Shillong: Fees, Courses, Admissions 2026, Placements, Cutoff, Ranking

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.

IIM Shillong has secured 26th position in the NIRF Ranking List 2023 under the Management category. The institute was on the same position in the year 2022 as well. Candidates can refer to the placement information showcased below to make a decision whether to go for IIM Shillong PGP or not:

Students can also check out below inforgaphic for IIM Shillong students reviews on Shiksha:

The average package offered at IIM Shillong for PGP EX 2022-23 batch was INR 25.58 LPA, the median package was INR 26 LPA and the highest CTC offered was INR 43.92 LPA. Top recruiters during the placement drive are mentioned below:

IIM Shillong provides good placements to its students of PGP and PGPEx. The highest package for PGP stood at INR 71.50 LPA and for PGPEx it was INR 35 LPA. The table below provides the IIM Shillong placement statistics recorded during the recent yaers: