What is the required CAT score to get admission call from any of the IIMs?
I scored 90 percent marks in class 10th and 95.5 percent marks in class 12th and 80 percent marks in graduation. I belong to OBC-NC category.
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The cutoff of IIMs depends on year to year basis but usually the cutoff for general category students is around 90 percentile. -
To get admission in IIM A, B, C, L or K you need to score around 98 percentile in CAT. To get admission in new IIMs, you need to score above 85 percentile in CAT exam. You need to qualify GD-PI round too. -
As you belong to OBC category, you can get a call from IIMs, if you score above 85 percentile. For the new IIMs, 80 percentile is enough to get a call.
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You need to score above 95 percentile to get any calls from IIms. To get admission in IIM A,B or C might be a little tricky because of 80 percent in graduation.
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You need to score above 98 percentile in CAT to get admission in any of the IIMs. -
Since you belong to the reserved category, at least 75 (sectional) and 80 (overall) percentile would be sufficient to get you an interview call from almost all the IIMs. -
IIM's never announce their cutoffs. However generally students who score around 99 percentiles or more than that have the highest chances for getting a call from IIM's. For reserve category students, I guess around 90-95 percentile score is required.
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