CAT Scores

Your 12th percentage is very less and that will affect your entry to IIMs. You have to score between 99 to 99.5 for a safe bet and yes, graduation percentage matters.

Yes, all B-Schools including Iims give weightage to CAT scores for first shortlist. After first shortlist, students go through What/PI and than final shortlisting is done. A good score in CAT do helps one to get into top-tier B-Schools of India. What-PI performance is also considered after CAT scores.

Usually, 90 above to the top 6 and the new campuses are lower.

For IIMS, the competition is very stiff. The CAT score should be more than 95 percentile.

Hi Ananya,
VIT is governed by DTE (Directorate of Technical Education), Maharashtra. As per their guidelines, VIT accepts CAT score for MS (Master of Management Studies). Other exams accepted are CET and CMAT. We can discuss the details.

It's very difficult to get admission in both the colleges as their CAT cut-off is more than 99%ile and your academic score is also not good. You should try for colleges like KJ Somaiya, Narsee Monjee and Goa Insititute of Management.

CAT score of 95+ percentile is required for admission in IIMs. GDPI plays an important role and also your graduation marks are important.

Yes, you are eligible. But, ISM has already finished up MBA admissions for the year 2018.

Hello! There is no fixed cutoff when it comes to making it to the finest B-schools via CAT. And apart from the CAT score, various factors are also considered by those B-schools (past academic scores, gender diversity, extracurriculars, work experience, etc. ). Before shortlisting the candidates for their respective interview rounds. Though a score of 99.7 percentile and above should be good enough to get you a call from some or even all of the old Iims and the other top non-Iims.