IIMA: from Aspiration to Achievement

I had applied to all business colleges in India including IIM Ahmedabad.The others include Bengaluru Kolkata Indore and Lucknow etc These colleges admit the students on the basis of the CAT entrance exam and by a personal interview.The cut off may vari depending on the number of candidates in that year.The single day written essay and personal interview that candidates are called in groups to write an essay on the basis of some keywords,past experience etc . I did not get admitted or shortlisted to IIM Bangalore due to various reason such as lake of work experience. I choose to do MBA from IIM Ahmedabad is it was my dream....Read More

I had applied to all major business schools in India including IIM Ahmedabad. The others included IIMs including but not limited to Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow, etc. These colleges admit students basis the CAT entrance exam followed by a personal interview round. The cut-off for students to be able to receive a call from IIMA stands at 99.75 and above. This percentile is especially for those students with an engineering background and having minimal work experience. For a candidate like myself (general category; male; fresher; engineer), the cut-off can go even further depending on the diversity of the candidate pool in that year. Following the CAT result, the IIMA has a single day written essay as well as personal interview round. The candidates are called in groups to write an essay basis some key words or from a starting point. Following this, the candidates are interviewed on various topics including the need to pursue MBA, past experience, thought process basis the previously written essays. Apart from CAT, leading exams include XAT (for XLRI college, a leading name in business strategy and HR strategy courses), IIFT (for IIFT college in Delhi). All these exams follow the similar rule as applied by IIMs via CAT as explained above. IIFT does have a group interview to assess skills of discussion and deliberation. I had secured admission to IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, FMS, IIFT, and XLRI. I however did not get admitted or shortlisted to IIM Bangalore due to various reasons such as lack of work experience (prior to MBA). I chose to pursue MBA from IIM Ahmedabad as it was my dream institute. The reasons were aplenty including but not limited to the curriculum, the position in world and India rankings, the placement records, and the perceived stature of the institution....Read More

In my best of years this college i choosed for infrastructure is best in the national. I have rejetion of one college of Sri Chaitanya Degree and PG college. I have admitted experience is the best cutoffs in my total year marks....Read More

the admission process was easy as compared to IIM'S. there was a sscreening process on thee basis of which my admission was done. but rest depends on the rank and marks of the student on which the admission is done basically....Read More

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree with atleaset 50% marks or equivalent CGPA(45% for SC/ST/PwD candidates) from a recognized university The application from for IIMs can be found on the respective IIM's official website during the application period The CAT is the primary entrance exam for IIM admissions conducted annually...Read More

The admission process consists of 3 stages. The first one is writing the CAT exam and qualifying for the minimum cut-off. In the second stage, IIMA considers past academic records, work ex, and background along with CAT score for shortlisting to the interview round. Then the 3rd stage is the interview and WAT (Written Ability Test) round, after which they offer admission. Application forms can be found on the CAT website (released in the first week of August)....Read More