60 Percent Weight For CAT 2021 Score In IIM Amritsar's 2021 Admission Policy

IIM Amritsar's 2021 selection criteria for admission to the MBA batch of 2024 has now been released! In 2021, IIM Amritsar has set the overall minimum CAT 2021 cut-off at the 85th for the General category. While shortlisting candidates for the PI round, IIM Amritsar has assigned 60% weight to a candidate's CAT 2021 score. While creating the post-PI shortlist, IIM Amritsar has assigned 70% weight to a candidate's personal interview performance. Here is a simple breakdown of IIM Amritsar's 2021 MBA admission policy.

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IIM Amritsar 2021 Admission Policy - Key Points To Remember

IIM Amritsar has set the minimum overall CAT 2021 cut-off at the 85th percentile for the General category. The minimum sectional cut-off for the QA section stands at the 80th percentile, while the minimum cut-offs for the VARC and DILR sections is at the 75th percentile for the General category.
While shortlisting candidates for the personal interview (PI) round, IIM Amritsar has assigned a 60% weight to a candidate's CAT 2021 score, 20% weight to a candidate's academic profile (10th, 12th, Graduation), 10% weight for work experience, and 10% weight for gender diversity.
While creating the post-PI shortlist, IIM Amritsar has assigned a 70% weight to a candidate's personal interview performance, 20% weight to diversity (gender and academic), and 10% weight to work experience. There is no weight for CAT 2021 scores at this stage of the selection process.
To create the final shortlist, IIM Amritsar has assigned a 60% weight to a candidate's pre-PI score and 40% weight to a candidate's post-PI score.

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Understanding IIM Amritsar's 2021 Admission Policy In Three Simple Steps

IIM Amritsar's 2021 admission policy can be broken down into three simple steps. First, candidates are screened based on the minimum overall and sectional CAT cut-offs set by the institute. Then, candidates are shortlisted for the PI round based on a weighted composite score that is calculated by considering a candidate's CAT 2021 score, academic profile, work experience, and gender diversity. Finally, after the PI round, the final shortlist is created by again calculating a weighted composite score that takes into account a candidate's pre-PI and post-PI composite score. Here's a simple breakdown of these three steps in IIM Amritsar's 2021 admission policy.

Step 1 - Screening Candidates Based On CAT 2021 Minimum Cut-Offs

The table below indicates the minimum performance expected from candidates to be shortlisted for the PI round. The first stage of the process is applied to all eligible candidates who appear for CAT 2021 to determine candidates to be called for PI.

	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	75%ile	75%ile	80%ile	85%ile
EWS	75%ile	75%ile	80%ile	85%ile
NC-OBC	60%ile	60%ile	65%ile	75%ile
SC	50%ile	50%ile	55%ile	55%ile
ST	35%ile	35%ile	35%ile	40%ile
PwD	35%ile	35%ile	35%ile	40%ile

Step 2 - Shortlisting Candidates For PI Round By Calculating Weighted Composite Score

For all the shortlisted candidates based on the minimum CAT 2021 cut-offs set by IIM Amritsar, the weights for calculating the composite score to shortlist candidates for the PI round are captured in the table below. This is the pre-PI score, and candidates will be ranked in order of merit based on their pre-PI score. From the ranking list prepared, a reasonable number of candidates will be called for PI based on the order of their rank.

Component	Weight
CAT 2021 Score	60%
10th Marks	10%
12th Marks	5%
Graduation Marks	5%
Gender Diversity	10%
Work Experience	10%

Step 3 - Creating The Final Shortlist Based On Weighted Composite Scores

After the personal interview round has been completed, candidates will be further shortlisted based on a weighted composite score. Calculation of the composite score will take into account a candidate's interview performance, work experience, gender diversity and academic diversity. This is the post-PI score. A candidate's CAT 2021 score will not be in consideration for this round of the selection process.

Component	Weight
Personal Interview	70%
Work Experience	10%
Gender Diversity	10%
Academic Diversity	10%

Pre-PI scores and post-PI scores will be used cumulatively in the final step to select candidates for IIM Amritsar's MBA program. The aggregate score for each candidate is calculated based on the following formula - Aggregate Score = 0.6 * pre-PI score + 0.4 * post-PI score. This implies that a candidate's pre-PI score will have a 60% weight in the admissions process, while the post-PI score will have a 40% weight. The final ranking list of candidates for admission to the MBA 2022 program will be based on the aggregate score calculated.

Read IIM Amritsar's admission policy on the institute's official website.

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