The Common Admission Test (CAT) is one of the most important component to get admission in any IIMs. In order to get admission in IIMs, you must obtain a good percentile in the CAT. There is no specific percentile stated by the IIMs which will give you a 100% WATPI shortlist.

However, every IIM has specified a minimum overall and sectional percentile which you must obtain in order to get eligible to get a WATPI shortlist. Even scoring that minimum percentile in the CAT will not give you a guarantee to get an interview call as it depends upon various factors.

IIMs give consideration to a number of factors while giving an interview call. These factors include CAT score, Class 10, Class 12, and Bachelor's degree marks, work experience, academic, and gender diversity, etc. Your first priority should be to clear both the overall and sectional percentile in the CAT as stated by the individual IIM for the SC category candidates.

The CAT score is not the only criteria but is one of the major criteria for admission. The cutoffs might be lower for SC category candidates. As you belong to the reserved category, there is a good chance that you might get a WATPI shortlist if you perform well in the CAT. Your priority should be to maximize your CAT score and percentile.

The marks obtained by you in Class 10, Class 12, and Graduation, work experience, and academic diversity will play a major role to get a shortlist for the WATPI process along with the CAT score, and your performance in the WATPI round will play a major role during your final selection.

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Yes, you can appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year in the month of November. According to the official website of the CAT, candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification examination, and those who have completed degree requirements, and are waiting for the result can apply and appear for the CAT .

However, if selected, then you will be allowed to join the MBA programme provisionally, only if you submit a certificate latest by the stipulated time from the Principal/ Registrar of your College/ Institute stating that you have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree on the date of the issue of the certificate. Almost every business school also permit the final year students to apply for the MBA programme, and appear for the selection process subject to the condition that admission will be provisional, and they must present the final semester marksheet by the end of the stipulated period.

Candidates seeking admission to the postgraduate management programmes offered in various institutes across the country do not necessarily require any work experience to crack any MBA entrance examination such as CAT , MAT, SNAP , etc. Every year, a number of candidates who do not have any work experience appear for various management aptitude tests, score a great percentile, and even get admission to a number of elite MBA colleges in the country. The work experience can help candidates getting an Interview call, and might help them during Interviews as well. But, having a work experience is not a necessary condition to appear for the entrance examination. Some colleges consider work experience while calculating the composite score while preparing the final merit list of selected candidates.

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Yes, you can appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) if you are pursuing the BCom from the SOL. According to the official website of the CAT, the minimum eligibility criteria to appear for the entrance exam is that candidates must hold a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% marks for SC, ST, and PwD category candidates) awarded by any of the university incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as the university under the section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.