Did you make it to the IIMs?

In the CAT 2011 results declared on Wednesday, nine candidates have scored a perfect 100 percentile, heating up the competition further. From about 1.85 lakh students who had appeared for the test, about 1,800 students have scored 99 percentile or more which in itself is a testimony to the level of the competition this year.

Some of the IIMs have already declared the list of their shortlisted candidates. Click on their names to check the list:

• IIM Ahmedabad
• IIM Bangalore
• IIM Lucknow
• IIM Kozhikode
• IIM Calcutta
• IIM Shillong *New
• All the new IIMs (IIM Ranchi, Rohtak, Raipur, Kashipur, Tiruchirapalli and Udaipur) *New
• IIM Indore results will be declared on 20th January.

Successful students who have cracked CAT will start get calls from IIMs as well as other management institutes subscribing to CAT scores. New IIMs have decided to replace Group Discussion round with the Written Ability Test (WAT) this year. Check out tips on how to crack WAT here.

From this academic year, FMS and IITs too will accept CAT scores. Some of the leading management institutes that accept successful CAT students are:

• MDI, Gurgaon
• NITIE, Mumbai
• IMT, Ghaziabad
• SP Jain, Mumbai 
• KJ Somaiya, Mumbai 
• LBSIM, Delhi 
• Fore, Delhi 
• TAPMI, Manipal 
• NIRMA, Ahmedabad 
• IIFM, Bhopal 
• XIME, Bangalore

See the names of all the 13 IIMs and 162 other colleges that accept CAT scores here.

Even though IIMs have reformed their admission procedure to break the domination of male engineers in their campuses, over 88% candidates who appeared for CAT came from engineering background.

Even if you have not made it to IIMs, there are still a number of management entrance exams you can opt for such as IGNOU OPENMAT XXXI, CMAT and MAT.

Other interesting reads:

- Next steps after CAT results
- Colleges one can target with CAT percentile 75 to 85