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IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta have the highest CAT cut off. Every year, the cut off percentiles of these three top IIMs hover around 99-100 percentile. even though the qualifying CAT cut off is lower at 80 or 85 percentile, the final cut offs are the highest among all MBA institutes in India. For, reserved category students the final CAT cut offs of these IIMs are a few percentiles lower. 

IIM shortlist of top IIMs is released in the first week of January soon after CAT result declaration. All IIMs release their shortlist one by one after that in the same month. By the end of January, all 21 IIMs release their MBA/PGP shortlist. The WAT-PI shortlists for admission is released individually by the institutes but for the CAP participating IIMs. For them, the CAP conducting IIM releases the PI shortlist form and guidelines on behalf of rest of them. 

IIM shortlist is the list of CAT test takers who make it to the second phase of IIM admission process, which is Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI). The IIM shortlist is the list of candidates who are eligible to participate in the WAT-PI rounds of IIMs for MBA admission.

A few factors that may be responsible in deciding where to study at IIM or London Business School include particular course availability, academic reputation, quality of faculty, location, etc. A comparison between these two are given below:

Yes, you can still get into an IIM, but it depends on which IIM you're aiming for. Some IIMs look at your Class 10 and 12 marks, and some don't give them much importance. Your 65% in Class 10 and 79% in Class 12 might make it a little harder at top IIMs, but if you get a really good score in the CAT exam, you still have a chance to get in. So focus on doing well in CAT.

IPMAT is conducted by IIM Indore for admission to its IPM programme. The IPMAT Indore scores are also accepted by various other top Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The colleges which accept IPMAT Indore scores include IIM Indore, IIM Ranchi, IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Shillong, etc. Each college releases its own IPMAT cutoff for admissions. Hence, there is not common admission test for the IPMAT admissions. 

IIM Rohtak also conducts the IPMAT exam for admission to IIM Rohtak's IPM programme. 

Both Yonsei University and IIM are globally recognised universities. According to QS World University Rankings, Yonsei University is ranked #56 whereas IIM (Ahmedabad) is ranked #60. Although both the universities have their own strengths and weaknesses, Yonsei university stands better than the IIM Ahmedabad. The table below mentions the comparison between the two universities.

The CAP round is the abbreviated term used for the Common Admission Process that is conducted by new and baby IIM's for the ease of candiates. Candidates are shortlisted for the CAP round based on their CAT scores and candidates are required to appear for the GDPI round which is conducted once for the bunch of CAP colleges. IIM Kashipur does participate in the CAP round and has participated in the CAP 2025 as well. 

Here are some names of colleges that accept CMAT - 

Jaipuria Institute of Management

K J Somaiya Institute of Management

Amity University Noida

Christ University

Birla Institute Of Management Technology

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

Management Development Institute

N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

Great Lakes Institute of Management

Institute of Management Studies

These are some IIMs which take admission without CAT score- 

IIM Ahmedabad

IIM Bangalore 

IIM Indore 

IIM Lucknow 

IIM Calcutta.