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    IIM Call cutoff Vs Shortlist cutoff - Know the huge difference

    IIM Call cutoff Vs Shortlist cutoff - Know the huge difference

    Updated on 21 Oct 2022, 05:32 PM IST

    Do you really get shortlisted for IIM Ahmedabad with 90 percentile in CAT? Does IIM Udaipur or IIM Kashipur give interview calls to those securing close to 90 percentile in CAT? Does the short-listing cutoff announced by individual IIMs match their actual cutoff?

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    IIM Call cutoff Vs Shortlist cutoff - Know the huge difference
    IIM Call cutoff Vs Shortlist cutoff - Know the huge difference

    A big ‘No’ is the answer for such queries. The IIM cutoff data that Careers360 has accessed from different IIMs on actual CAT cutoff for interview calls paint an entirely different picture.

    Careers360 accesses actual cutoff for interview calls to IIMs

    After announcement of Common Admission Test or CAT each IIM releases their detailed admission process stating the shortlist cutoff and selection procedure. The IIM admission criteria also mention the CAT cutoff percentile. While this gives a clear indication to CAT aspirants on whether to expect a call from one of the 20 IIMs or not, the actual picture is quite different from what it appears to be.

    The actual cutoff data of IIMs accessed through RTI queries, suggests that for most of the IIMs, the actual CAT cutoff for next stage of admission process which includes Interview, WAT, and GD and PI, remain much higher than what is announced as shortlisting CAT cutoff by the institutes. Except one or two, the actual interview cutoff of majority of IIMs falls in the range of 96 to 100 percentile in CAT though the announced cutoff largely remains in the range of 80 to 90 percentile.

    As we compare the cutoffs given by IIMs in the admission criteria, it reveals that apart from few IIMs, the actual cutoff and the cutoffs released by the IIMs in their respective admission criteria differ by a huge margin.

    This article of Careers360 brings to you the comparative analysis of both the cutoffs and you can check the difference for yourself. We have separated the data for different categories - General, Other Backward Classes (OBC-NC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).

    A few IIMs, did only reveal their actual interview cutoff in terms of ‘scores’.

    We also bring you the actual cutoff in ‘Scores’ as shared by a few IIMs separately. The IIMs which shared their actual cutoff in scores include IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Rohtak and IIM Visakhapatnam. (The table of cutoff for these IIMs at bottom of this article).

    The following table brings to you the actual interview call cutoff for General category candidates by IIMs for the academic year which has commenced from 2016 and the CAT shortlisting cutoff mentioned in the IIM admission criteria 2016-18 batches.

    IIM Interview Call Cutoff and Shortlist Cutoff – General category

    IIM

    Cutoff Type

    Maximum Score

    Interview Call Cutoff

    Cutoff Stated in Admission Criteria

    IIM Ahmedabad

    Percentile

    100

    98.75

    90

    IIM Ranchi

    Percentile

    100

    96.5

    90

    IIM Raipur

    Percentile

    100

    96

    90

    IIM Trichy

    Percentile

    100

    96

    90

    IIM Udaipur

    Percentile

    100

    96.82

    90

    To know the actual interview call cutoff for other IIMs, use the Careers360 Pathfinder Tool which is based on the actual cutoff shared by IIMs through RTI queries.

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    IIM Interview Call Cutoff and Shortlist Cutoff – OBC-NCL

    IIM

    Cutoff Type

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    Cutoff Stated in Admission Criteria

    IIM Ahmedabad

    Percentile

    100

    90.98

    85

    IIM Ranchi

    Percentile

    100

    81.35

    81

    IIM Raipur

    Percentile

    100

    77.5

    81

    IIM Trichy

    Percentile

    100

    77.5

    81

    IIM Udaipur

    Percentile

    100

    81.35

    81

    IIM Interview Call Cutoff and Shortlist Cutoff – SC

    IIM

    Cutoff Type

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    Cutoff Stated in Admission Criteria

    IIM Ahmedabad

    Percentile

    100

    85.13

    80

    IIM Ranchi

    Percentile

    100

    67.53

    75

    IIM Raipur

    Percentile

    100

    59

    75

    IIM Trichy

    Percentile

    100

    59

    75

    IIM Udaipur

    Percentile

    100

    67.53

    75

    IIM Interview Call Cutoff and Shortlist Cutoff – ST

    IIM

    Cutoff Type

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    Cutoff Stated in Admission Criteria

    IIM Ahmedabad

    Percentile

    100

    78.72

    70

    IIM Ranchi

    Percentile

    100

    51.34

    65

    IIM Raipur

    Percentile

    100

    40

    65

    IIM Trichy

    Percentile

    100

    40

    65

    IIM Udaipur

    Percentile

    100

    54.26

    65

    Now we bring to you the category wise interview cutoffs for the select IIMs who have declared their cutoffs in scores and not in percentile.

    IIM Cutoff 2016 in Scores (for select IIMs) - General Category

    IIM

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    IIM Bangalore

    65

    41

    IIM Calcutta

    100

    69.9

    IIM Lucknow

    50

    28.83

    To know the actual interview call cutoff for other IIMs, use the Careers360 Pathfinder Tool which is based on the actual cutoff shared by IIMs through RTI queries.

    IIM Cutoff 2016 in Scores (for select IIMs) - OBC-NCL Category

    IIM

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    IIM Bangalore

    65

    36.5

    IIM Calcutta

    100

    61.8

    IIM Lucknow

    50

    20.97

    IIM Cutoff 2016 in Scores (for select IIMs) - SC Category

    IIM

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    IIM Bangalore

    65

    32

    IIM Calcutta

    100

    57.3

    IIM Lucknow

    50

    15.91

    IIM Cutoff 2016 in Scores (for select IIMs) - ST Category

    IIM

    Maximum Score

    Call Cutoff

    IIM Bangalore

    65

    24

    IIM Calcutta

    100

    47.7

    IIM Lucknow

    50

    11.77

    To know the actual interview call cutoff for other IIMs, use the Careers360 Pathfinder Tool which is based on the actual cutoff shared by IIMs through RTI queries.

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