Can I expect a call from IFMR with 75.22 percentile in CAT 2017? What are the other colleges I should be looking for?
Asked about IFMR Graduate school of Business, KREA University (IFMR GSB), Sricity - Master of Business Administration (MBA)
My profile:10th-95 %, 12th-80%, B.Sc-61%, and zero work experience.
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The CAT cutoff for IFMR is 80 percentile. However, IFMR follows profile based selection. The overall profile of the candidate including academic record, work experience and other achievements (represented country, state or district/ university in Sports, Debate, Drama, Moot Court, NCC (but not NSS) volunteering, activism) are taken into account. Relaxation in cutoff will be given to students with exceptional profile. -
Cutoffs is around 80 percentile so you may not be able to get a call from IFMR. But still if you have exceptional profile then you may be able to get a call. They give decent weightage to profile of a candidate. If you have won any national level competition, participated in international level competition and are actively engaged in volunteering then it would be possible to get a call from IFMR. Rest depends on how well you perform in GD-PI.
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