On the basis of your CAT score, gender, academic, and work profile the institutes shortlist you and give out calls to attend their interview process. On the basis of your combined performance score in the interview and your overall profile, you’ll be granted admission.

IIM Lucknow:

IIM Lucknow has more weightage to the CAT scores in the shortlisting criteria for the interview process. After the interview, the following weightage is followed for the admission process of the institute. IIM Lucknow gives more weightage to the previous academics in the final selection thus is much important to a fresher.

IIM Indore:

IIM Indore gives the least importance to CAT score and considers academic scores heavily for shortlisting the students for interview calls. Students shortlisted for the interview process need to undertake an aptitude test, Written ability Test, and interview based on which the total composite score is calculated for the final selection.

There are no specific academic requirements as such to get into IIM Indore and IIM Lucknow. You need to have a minimum percentage of marks mentioned by institutes in your graduation program and can give CAT to apply for the colleges.

After doing some research on the internet, I would say that NITIE, SJMSOM, and IIM-I have their own pros and cons. 

• Students with good academic records prefer to join IIM Indore rather than NITIE and SJMSOM. 
• But there will be more opportunities available during the summer placement in NITIE and SJMSOM. 
• In order to get a good placement in the final year, you must convert the opportunity into PPO/PPI.
• If you are more inclined towards marketing and finance then IIM Indore will be good for you, as it will provide better opportunities than NITIE and SJMSOM.
• If you are passionate about Supply chain and Operations then NITIE is the place to be.
• NITIE being in the financial capital of India offers a location advantage as compared to IIM Indore.

The below table can provide you with the basic information about them.

Therefore, choosing NITIE, SJMSOM or IIM Indore depends on you and in which field you want to make your career. It will be completely your decision, so play along your strengths.

Yes, you can. But you will have fewer chances to go out even if you want to. Not at least in the first term. First of all the campus is situated around 20 km away from the main city of Indore at Rau. You can either use the free shuttle service offered by IIM Indore which leaves approximately every 1 hour and stops at all major stops in the city. You can also opt for the government bus service. Otherwise, you may use the Ola/Uber cab service which will pick you from inside the campus. But this will be pretty expensive.

But the important part is that you will be immersed in your summer internship processes, classes, projects along with the selection processes of various clubs and committees. So you will hardly get any time. It will progressively become more relaxing, but still, it will be difficult.

If you will get the time you can visit places such as C21 and Treasure Island malls, Chappan Dukan which is a street food paradise. If you do any live projects with some local clients, you will have to always visit the market. 

Being a Science stream student does not make a very bigger difference when it comes to IPMAT by IIM Indore. The exam has Quantitative Aptitude (QA) and Verbal Ability (VA).

The students from Commerce or Humanities background who have Maths and English as their subjects in Standard 12th have actually same chances as a student from Science background.

The Science stream student who is also preparing for other competitive exams such as JEE may have some advantages in the QA section.

This is a tough question but let me provide you with some suggestions which you may find useful. Having to know a lot of people from IIM Indore, I can share the information I acquired from them.

• Prepare thoroughly for your CBSE boards. You need to do well in these exams. 
• Both IIT-JEE and IPM-IIM Indore can be given another time also if required.
• You need to decide what you want to do.
• If you choose JEE, you are then going ahead with a technical career.
• If you opt for IPM, it will be completely different as it will focus on management.
• The IPM course is a 5 year integrated course. It used to be a diploma degree but has now transitioned to a degree course.

So, the first thing you need to do is decide which path you want to go. If your mind is scattered all over the place, you might make a mistake.

A lot of people choose Engineering+MBA. It is very much popular among students. But if you intend to do an MBA, then do not go for IPM. You can complete your 4 years of B.Tech or BE graduation. This will save 1 year. Then you can prepare for the CAT and opt for a normal MBA.