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The MBA 2026 admission season is in its last phase now. There have been many celebrations and heartbreaks over the past 5-6 months. Some candidates converted to IIMs in the first selection list, while others remained waitlisted till the very end. One such MBA aspirant recently posted on Reddit, after almost losing all hope and remaining in the waitlist, he received an offer from IIM Kozhikode. The Reddit post highlights a 300+ waitlisted GEM candidate getting a provisional offer letter from IIM Kozhikode, one of the BLACKI IIMs.
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For a CAT 2025 aspirant, converting to premium IIM institutions highlights months of preparation, scheduled interviews, and endless website visits. With the institutions releasing IIM results for MBA admission 2026, many aspirants who received the offer letter or were waitlisted have started to see the results of their constant efforts and hard work.
Many Reddit users joined the discussion and celebrated the unimaginable convert, as the original poster puts it. He even joined the new job, paid the IMS fees, and then a provisional letter in the inbox blew his mind. While other commenters asked queries related to the fee structure, admission documents, and expected waitlist movement.
Many Reddit communities become discussion hubs with a lot of important information circulating online and discussions taking place around the admission process, preparation strategy, interview questions, and waitlist movement. Several aspirants share their experience holding offer letters from multiple B-schools, while other aspirants urge them to vacate seats to facilitate a faster movement in the IIM waitlists.
In a true sense, these communities helped many candidates resolve their doubts ahead of the CAT 2025 exam or the start of the MBA admission season, and cleared their way for the premier IIM institution through sheer discussion and guidance.
While many celebrated the IIM Kozhikode convert from 300+ waitlist, others are waiting for their chance of getting picked by the top IIM colleges in India. As per the trends, IIM waitlists move through June and July, sparking a sense of motivation and optimism for the MBA aspirants waiting for their turn.
The post on Reddit, “Got the Kozhikode Provisional letter today,” is the much-needed beacon for the MBA aspirants to not lose hope until the very end. Students spend months of preparation and appear in several personal interviews for the MBA admission opportunity, for which thousands are still waiting.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Getting into IIM Kozhikode can be highly competitive given the number of applicants, availability of seats, and difficulty level of the selection process.
MBA aspirants can check the IIM waitlist movement by logging into the concerned IIM website with details like application number and password.
As per a Reddit post, a GEM candidate with 99.5 percentile received a provisional offer letter despite he was 300+ on the waitlist.
On Question asked by student community
If by B-category you mean management/private quota MBBS seats, the cutoff is very different from government-quota MBBS.
In Tamil Nadu, management-quota MBBS seats are available in self-financing/private medical colleges through the state counselling process. The closing rank varies significantly between colleges and counselling rounds. The 2025 counselling data shows that
Hello Student,
With a CAT 2025 percentile of 98.25, you have a good chance of receiving calls from several IIMs, particularly newer IIMs. However, IIM Ahmedabad , Bangalore , Calcutta , and Lucknow generally require higher percentiles for General-category candidates. Calls also depend on sectional percentiles, academics, work experience, and
Hello Aspirant,
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Hello CAT Aspirant!
If you mean the CAT ( Common Admission Test) EWS certificate, the important point is whether the certificate is valid and issued in the prescribed format, rather than simply the language used on it.
Yes, a Hindi EWS certificate can generally be accepted for CAT, provided it
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