IIM Ahmedabad: Declares Short list for PGP 2016-18 according to CAT 2015 Score; many 99 percentilers out of the race

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
January 12, 2016
After declaration of CAT 2015 result, IIM Ahmedabad has announced the shortlist of candidates for the PI round with many high percentilers not getting shortlisted
Despite scoring 99+ percentile and high scores in 2 of the 3 sections in CAT 2015, these candidates have gone below minimum qualifying score in one section which kept them away from getting shortlisted by IIM Ahmedabad

IIM Ahmedabad has announced the shortlist of candidates for the PI round post CAT 2015 result declaration. Hundreds of 99 and above percentilers have not found their names in the shortlist of candidates.

CAT 2015 result declared on Friday January 8, 2016 had 17 candidates with 100 percentile including 1 female candidate who have been shortlisted by IIM Ahmedabad. The 99 percentilers have not been so lucky as many of them have not been found eligible to be shortlisted by IIM Ahmedabad due to major sectional dips in their scoring pattern.

99 percentilers: Not shortlisted
Despite scoring 99+ percentile and high scores in 2 of the 3 sections in CAT 2015, these candidates have gone below minimum qualifying score in one section which kept them away from getting shortlisted by IIM Ahmedabad.

Some of them found dip in DILR while others in VARC and many others from Arts, humanities and other background in Quant section. Surprisingly, had these 99 percentilers scored equally good like 80 or 85 percentile in their low scoring section, they could have moved to the club 100 percentile or at least 99.99 percentile and would have been shortlisted by the top notch IIM Ahmedabad, the dream B-school of CAT 2015 toppers.

No regret message to 99 percentilers from IIMA: Straight information
IIM Ahmedabad does no longer say ‘sorry you have not been shortlisted’. There is a straight message on its site when you try to check whether shortlisted by this top rated B-school

Dream shattered
Scores of a few candidates shared below reflect how their dreams have been shattered due to dip in percentile score in one section out of the 3 sections.

Name
Overall percentile
Section-1
VARC
Section-2
DILR
Section-3
Quant
Could there be call from any IIM?
Shivam Sharma
98.2
99.93
79.6
96
Yes IIM Sirmaur – needs 75 percentile in DILR
Ankit
99.01
63.9
98.46
99.99
No
Prerna Gaur
93.17
92.54
65.46
96.55
No

The shortlisting criteria at IIM Ahmedabad
The first stage shortlisting process for Admission to IIM Ahmedabad for the flagship PGP 2016-18 needs excellent academic profile and greater diversity than in earlier PGP batches. The top rated IIMA has awarded higher weightage to academic profile and diversity and has reduced the weightage for CAT 2015 scores for admission 2016-18 batch.

Required CAT 2015 scores
According to the admission 2016-18 guidelines issued by IIM Ahmedabad “Performance in CAT is an important input in the admission process. Candidates should note that it is important to perform well in each section of the test.”Individual sectional cut offs based on CAT 2015 scores will be considered for short-listing the candidates for final admission round at IIM Ahmedabad.

The first stage shortlisting based on CAT 2015 scores for admission to PGP 2016-18 batch at IIM Ahmedabad requires minimum 80 percentile in each of the 3 sections and minimum 90 percentile overall. If it is not there, you will not qualify to be shortlisted despite scoring 99 percentile in CAT 2015.

Other parameters like weightage to academic profile, academic diversity, gender diversity, work experience will follow only after you clear the hurdle of scoring minimum sectional percentile in CAT 2015.

However, it is suggested to check with other reputed and highly ranked B-schools who will prefer high overall percentile in CAT 2015 instead of disqualifying a candidate with slightly low sectional score.

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