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Hi Swapnil,
Write CAT examination in your 5th year. Usually, the CAT cutoff for General category for most of the IIMS is 90+ percentile. To get shortlisted for the selection rounds, candidates need to meet the CAT cutoff criterion. The shortlisted candidates are called for the selection rounds which usually include a Writing Ability Test (What), Personal Interview (PI) and Group Discussion (GD). Apart from this, some other parameters are also considered such as Work Experience, Past Academic Records, Diversity, etc. To prepare the final merit list for admissions. However, IIM Ahmedabad is the topmost B-School in India. The IIM Ahmedabad cutoff should be really high but the institute has reduced its CAT cutoff for the admission process in the last few years. The cutoff for CAT was over 90 percentile during the academic year 2016-17. Later, it was reduced to 80 percentile for General candidates from the academic year 2017-19. The institute has released the CAT cutoff for the academic year 2019-21 and there has been no change in the same as compared to that of the previous year.

If you have interest in any particular thing, then you must achieve it. And, Hotel and hospitality industry also has a lot of scope. But, one must not join hotel management if he/she thinks that studies are less or there is just practical work and no theory, then he /she is absolutely incorrect. A lot of hard work is required in this stream. And, the theoretical work is as equally as practical work. You must remember that you should never keep your interests or choices aside, do whatever you want, you will always achieve success, but whatever you do put your heart in it. But the upper age limit is General and OBC 25 years. SC /ST 28 years.You can still opt for Diploma courses, which have equally value as well.