New Delhi: Cracking the CAT or the Combined Admission Test is just not enough to get into the IIMs. Your Class X and XII marks matter more.
IIM-Bangalore has revealed the details of just what it takes to get into one of the country's top B- schools.
Contrary to popular perception, CAT scores make up only one-fifth of an aspirant's final score. Other criteria include the applicant's X and XII results, which together account for almost 25 per cent of the final score.
The results in the graduate degree exams account for 15 per cent of the final score.
The maximum weightage is given to group discussions and personal interviews, which account for 35 per cent of the total score. The remaining 5 per cent depends on whether the aspirant has taken a Chartered Accountancy course.
IIM-B made the revelation in response to a directive from the Central Information Commission. The CIC order came after the institute refused to furnish the information to a visually-challenged girl, who had been denied admission into the premier institute.
IIM-B has initially stated that its admission process was a 'trade secret'. But later, the institute was forced to make public the criteria for selecting students for its 2007 batch. It's the first time that any IIM has revealed the selection process for admission to the post-graduate programme in management.
IIM-B says it has internally developed a process that seeks to identify the most promising candidates. This has been progressively refined over the years based on data on CAT applicants and academic performance of candidates.
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