IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management

Yes, your academic performance in class 10th, 12th, and graduation has a very high weightage in the overall evaluation.

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.

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.

Minimum score required to get admission in IIM-A is nearly between 90.00 to 100.0 percentile.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It is really difficult for engineers to enter IIM-A with a low percentile. You should ideally take the CAT exam next year and aim for a percentile greater than 99.5.
Also, there is no work experience criteria for getting admission into IIM-A, however, you may get benefits from your experience to enter into other IIMs.