CAT 2011: IIMs to give good weightage to CAT score for 2012 merit list

MBAUniverse.com had brought to you the news recently that the IIMs are rolling out their admissions criteria for 2012-14 batch admissions. The IIMs which have recently announced the admissions criteria for next years admissions are: IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Rohtak, IIM Raipur, IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode.

MBAUniverse.com is starting this special series on IIM Admissions 2012-14: Admissions Criteria. Today we bring to you first article based on the key highlights of the admissions criteria recently published by some of the IIMs.

Todays special article talks about the weightage that will be given by the IIMs to the CAT 2011 entrance exam score while preparing the final merit list for admissions.

The admissions criteria document recently published by these IIMs mention the weightage that will be assigned to the CAT 2011 scores, GD, PI, Writing Ability Test (WAT), Past Academic Performance (PAP) and Work Experience (WE) for final selection.

As you are right now preparing for the CAT 2011 exam, you should know which are the IIMs that will give more weightage to CAT 2011 scores and which IIMs will give more weightage to the other factors. This will help you in planning the post CAT result admission strategy.

Let us look at the weightage that will be given by the IIMs to the CAT 2011 scores for admissions 2012 final merit list (this list includes data of only 6 IIMs as other 7 IIMs are still to announce their admission criteria):

CAT 2011 SCORE WEIGHTAGE (FOR PREPARING FINAL MERIT LIST) IIM CALCUTTA 35% IIM RAIPUR 50% IIM ROHTAK 50% IIM KOZHIKODE 50% WEIGHT FOR CAT SCORE WHILE CALCULATING INDEX (30% WEIGHT FOR INDEX) IIM INDORE 50% IIM LUCKNOW 38%
Source: Official document published by the respective IIMs

It is very clear from the above table that CAT 2011 scores will be given good weightage in the final selections. IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Rohtak, IIM Raipur are giving a high weightage of 50% to the CAT 2011 score. Even the 38% weightage given by IIM Lucknow and 35% weightage given by IIM Calcutta matter a lot.

The CAT 2011 score will surely not be a mere shortlisting tool for second round at IIMs, but in reality will be an important factor that will decide your name in the final merit list.

So now you should gear up well for the CAT 2011 exam and score well, but always keep in your mind that the final merit list will be prepared based on a total score of 100, which will also include your score in GD, PI, WAT, and the score given to you for your PAP and WE.

In the next article under this special series we will bring to you the weightage that will be given to the Personal Interview round for the final selection. You will be able to compare the weightage given to CAT 2011 score and the weightage given to PI score.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on Admissions Criteria 2012-14.