CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Admission Shortlisting Criteria with Expected AWT-PI Cutoff Details

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CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting Criteria : Admission into IIM Ahmedabad will require candidates to crack the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI). However, not all candidates will be allowed to sit for these two rounds. According to CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad shortlisting criteria, candidates who have a good CAT score, and marks in Class 10, 11, and 12, will be eligible, and those who meet the minimum cutoff will be shortlisted for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI) rounds. Check out the CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad admission shortlisting criteria with expected AWT-PI cutoff details on the page below.

CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting Criteria

For admission into IIM Ahmedabad, candidates will have to crack the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI). However, only the candidates who have a valid CAT 2024 score, have registered for the programme, and have met the eligibility requirements will be shortlisted after clearing two rounds for the above two stages. These two rounds are as follows:

1. Preliminary Screening
2. Shortlisting for Analytical Writing Test (AWT) & Personal Interview (PI)

• Stage 1: Candidate Selection from Different Disciplines
• Stage II: Candidate Selection Basis Composite Score
• Stage III: Candidate Selection Basis Final Composite Score

CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting Criteria: Expected AWT-PI Cutoff

During the preliminary screening (First Round), candidates have to clear the Quantitative Ability (QA), ‘Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning’ (DILR) and ‘Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension’ (VARC) sections. For that, candidates will have to meet the minimum cutoff for each. Since the cutoff is yet to be declared, the expected cutoff has been provided for CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad shortlisting based on the previous year’s trend in the following table:

Throughout the entire selection process, the candidate will be given an ‘Application Rating’ (AR) which will be calculated based on the Class 10 marks, Class 12, graduation marks percentage, and work experience (as of July 31, 2024). The better the rating of the candidate, the higher will be his/her chance of getting shortlisted for AWT & PI.

CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting Criteria for AWT & PI

In the second round after preliminary screening, there are three sub-stages. The detailed explanation of each is as follows:

CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting (Stage I): Candidate Selection from Different Disciplines

In stage 1, candidates score in different disciplines and previous records will be evaluated. After AR is calculated, toppers from each disciple will be shortlisted based on their composite score (CS). The calculation for the composite score is provided below

CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting (Stage II): Candidate Selection Basis Composite Score

Candidates who pass Stage I will be removed from the final list. From the remaining unselected ones, a few more candidates will be selected based on their composite score, the calculation for which is provided above.

CAT 2024 IIM Ahmedabad Shortlisting Stage III: Candidate Selection Basis Final Composite Score

Candidates who pass Stage II will be removed from the final list as well. Then, from the remaining, a few more will be selected based on their final composite score. The composite score will be calculated as follows:

CAT 2024 Percentile-wise Score Prediction