IIM Ahmedabad Cut off

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, shortened and famous as IIM Ahmedabad, is renowned as one of the top-most management institutes in Asia. This public institute for B-School was initiated in the year 1961. Every annual academic year, there are around 1200+ students who enroll themselves in the management studies program. IIM Ahmedabad ranked as number 1 by NIRF under the ‘Management studies performance category for 2020. They are considered the best institution for Management education in India.

IIM Ahmedabad functions as autonomous management in nature. It is listed as one of the few institutes in India that have secured accreditation from EQUIS- the European Quality Improvement System by EFMD. This institute is situated in Gujarat, the top fortunate corporate hub. IIM Ahmedabad holds the record of one of the available placement opportunities offered for its students during the course duration. 

• IIM Ahmedabad offers management courses like MBA, PGDM, Executive MBA, PGDM, FPM, MMS, and other certification programs.  
• PGDM and MBA degrees are the flagship programs in IIM Ahmedabad, among all other management programs. 
• More than 20+ courses under management studies are offered at IIM Ahmedabad. 
• IIM Ahmedabad conducts the entrance exam CAT for aspiring students. 
• This institute holds a CAT exam, and the admission criteria of IIMA to get into this institute is to have secured the eligible marks in this competitive exam. 
• The basic requirement for admission to get seats in any IIMs is to have qualified educational criteria and pass the CAT entrance exam with a good percentage as a cut-off. 
• The CAT Cut-off rank for IIM Ahmedabad admissions for the MBA degree is out for 2020 in two types: qualifying and final cut-off marks.
• The CAT good cut-off marks or percentile keeps varying for IIMs admissions among all the institutions across the nation. 

CAT cut-off scores for IIMs

• For the general candidates, the cut-off scores in the CAT exam will range from 99-100 as the usual scores. 
• The CAT cut-off marks will be slightly low for the reserved candidates, ranging from 95 to 98.  
• The cut-off marks for management institutions other than IIMs will range between 95 to 99 percent.  
• The scores of good cut-off for the CAT exam will not be openly disclosed. It can be accessed only by those who have registered and participated in the exam.  
• The CAT cut-off marks in IIMA are calculated in two types qualifying and final cut-off marks.  
• Like qualifying marks in the CAT exam, the basic cut-off will be announced before the release of the CAT exam. At the same time, the final cut-off for CAT will be out after the CAT results are released.  

Below are the factors determining the cut-off marks for the CAT entrance exam for IIMs.

The CAT cut-off scores to get into IIMs will depend on various factors, and here are some of the basic factors listed below: 

• The CAT exam is difficult for candidates who have completed graduate degrees.
• The number of eligible candidates registered to take the CAT exam.  
• The number of candidates who have cleared the exam with basic eligibility scores. 
• What is the rate of seat allocation for the eligible candidates looking for IIMs admissions? 
• All India Ranking of the listed institutes.

The good AR score for IIM Ahmedabad is that candidates must have passed in 10th and 12th board exams with 70% and have at least 60% in their graduation degree for GM candidates. This will fetch them an AR score of 15.5.

IIM Ahmedabad CAT 2020 cut-off scores

CAT 2020 exam sections	Cut-off scores
VARC	70
DILR	70
QA	70
Overall scores	80

The Management studies interested candidates looking to get admission to IIM Ahmedabad will have to analyze and know that the qualifying marks will be lesser than the final cut-off scores released before the results. Knowing the qualifying percentage as CAT cut-off will consider overall and each section-wise mark to get appropriate CAT results. To qualify for PGDM program admissions in IIM with CAT results, the general category students must have secured 80% as the cut-off scores. However,  admission to IIM Ahmedabad for the MBA program must have secured up to 99-100 percentile in 2020.   

Cut-offs expected for IIMs in CAT 2021 

The 2021 CAT exam will be conducted on 28 November 2021. The cut-offs expected to get merit admission in IIMs will be based on the level of difficulty CAT exam question paper in every attempt. Therefore, the eligible approximate expected percentage to get admissions in any IIMA is between 90-100 percent and not less than 90%. For IIM Ahmedabad, the CAT cut-off percentile is 99-100 to qualify for this management institute admission.

The expected 2021 CAT cut-off marks for all category candidates

Category/ Exam sections	VRC	QA	DILR	Aggregate
General	70	70	70	80
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD	60	60	60	70
NC-OBC	65	65	650	75
PwD- ST	50	50	50	60

In the below table, you’ll find the range between the CAT Cut-off score and CAT cut-off percentile.

CAT Cut-off percentile/ section wise Cut-off	DILR	VARC	QA	Overall
80%	17	25	19	57
90%	23	30	27	69
95%	27	35	33	83
98%	33	39	40	101
99%	36	42	44	106
99.5%	41	47	48	122

How to calculate the CAT percentage from the obtained rankings

The CAT scores will be given out in both sectional marks and overall scores. In the below steps, you can learn how to calculate the given scores into percentiles.

Step 1: Known the total count of candidates who appeared for the exam. 

The candidate must initially make a note of how many eligible students appeared for the CAT exam in both morning and evening sessions (this number is considered as N)  

Step 2: Knowing the rank based on the secured scores. 

The scales score is obtained for the candidate after the normalization process for each section and the overall scaled score. The candidate will be allotted or assigned a rank (say air) based on this score. If more than two candidates have secured the same marks in the same section or any section, they will be given the same rank.

Step 3: Calculation of CAT percentage score

P= gives the formula for computing the percentile (N-R/N) *100

Where

P =Percentagee of a candidate

N = Sum of number of candidates

R = Assigned rank to a candidate

Step 4: Lastly, round off

Candidates can round off the calculated percentages if there in two decimal points. All the sections of the CAT exam are calculated with a similar strategy. The given sections are VARC, DILR, and QA.  

The CAT cut-offs of the previous years for IIM Ahmedabad

CAT Cut-off percentile section-wise	CAT 2018 cut-off in percentage	CAT 2019 cut-off in percentage	CAT 2020 cut-off in percentage
VRC	80	80	70
QA	80	80	70
DILR	80	80	80
In total	81.53%	99%	80%

Note: The above-listed percentages depend on the estimation, and the actual value of the scores may vary. 

Once the CAT exam results are out, the eligible candidates are now asked to apply for further rounds like GD, PI, and WAT to analyze the performance of the shortlisted candidates. If the candidates meet the minimum cut-off criteria, they are selected to apply for IIM admissions.

The selection process of IIM Ahmedabad or any IIMs includes screening the students depending on their CAT score and WAT/GD-PI rounds for the final selection. After these rounds, the candidates will be admitted into IIM.