How can I prepare for admission at IIM Ahmedabad?

<p>Candidates (General category) seeking admission to IIM-A for MBA must have a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 50% aggregate. For final selection, a student is required to have a valid score in the CAT exam (both sectional and overall) and is required to go through the AWT and PI rounds conducted by the institute.</p><p>The application process of IIM Ahmedabad for PGP takes place via CAT. Therefore, candidates need to visit the official website of CAT to get admission to IIM Ahmedabad. The institute will further shortlist the candidates based on CAT score and send emails to shortlisted candidates. However, for executive courses, the application process can be done via the official website. Details are as follows:</p><ul><li><strong>MBA-PGPX:</strong>&nbsp;Candidates can submit their application through an online portal.</li><li><strong>ePGD:</strong> Applicants can submit their applications online. Application to the ePGD-ABA programme is a two-step process - registration &amp; application form submission.</li></ul><div><div><div><p>IIM Ahmedabad considered two kinds of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam">CAT scores</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/college/iim-ahmedabad-indian-institute-of-management-vastrapur-307/courses/mba-pgdm-bc">MBA</a>&nbsp;admission - Qualifying and Final score. Qualifying CAT score is the minimum sectional and overall CAT score used to shortlist students for the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. Candidates above minimum cutoffs in the sectional percentile ranks, the overall percentile rank and having a positive (greater than zero) raw score in all sections of CAT are considered for the next stage. Final CAT score is cutoffs are the basis of which the candidates are called for final selection after the AWT and PI rounds are over. The overall CAT qualifying cutoff for 2022 admission at IIM-A stood at 80 for General category candidates while the final cutoff is considered to stand between 99 and 100 percentile. For other category candidates, this requirement is comparatively low.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/college/iim-ahmedabad-indian-institute-of-management-vastrapur-307/cutoff">Check out more details on IIM-Ahmedabad Cutoff here</a>. for CAT preparations&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogId-121821">Choose the right reference book</a></li><li><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogId-121821">Solve as many CAT Mock Tests as possible.</a><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogid-121821">!</a></li><li><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogid-121821">Solve previous year's&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam-question-papers">CAT question papers</a>&nbsp;for thorough revision to reduce the scope of mistakes</li></ul><ul><li>Read books, editorials, newspapers, and journals to improve your voca</li></ul></div></div></div><div><div>&nbsp;</div></div>

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<p>Qualifying CAT is a must-have criteria for admission to IIMs and other top Management colleges in India. A well-planned strategy along with a correct approach of preparation is essential for admission to MBA, especially in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/ranking/top-mba-colleges-in-india/2-2-0-0-0">top MBA colleges in India</a>. A prep strategy that will help you ace the CAT exam for admission to&nbsp;<strong>IIM Ahmedabad</strong>&nbsp;is as follows:</p><ul><li>Check the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/quantitative-aptitude-questions-and-answers-for-cat-blogid-123279" syllabus</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogId-121821" pattern</a></li><li>Choose the right reference book</li><li>Solve as many CAT Mock Tests as possible.<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogid-121821" FREE practice questions and answers</a>!</li><li>Solve previous year's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam-question-papers">CAT question papers</a>&nbsp;for thorough revision to reduce the scope of mistakes</li></ul><ul><li>Read books, editorials, newspapers, and journals to improve your vocabulary and reading skills. Check below section-wise questions and answers:</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><a title="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogid-121821" href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogId-121821" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Link VARC questions with answers">VARC questions with answers</a></td><td><a title="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/verbal-ability-reading-comprehension-varc-questions-with-answers-for-cat-blogid-121821" href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/data-interpretation-logical-reasoning-questions-for-cat-blogId-124153" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Link DI & LR questions with answers">DI &amp; LR questions with answers</a></td><td><a title="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/quantitative-aptitude-questions-and-answers-for-cat-blogid-123279" href="https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/quantitative-aptitude-questions-and-answers-for-cat-blogId-123279" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Link Quantitative Aptitude questions with answers">Quantitative Aptitude questions with answers</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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