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Now, 70% marks in X, XII mandatory for IIM-A interview call
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A ), has raised the eligibility criteria for admission to its hallowed portals, which makes 70% marks in Class X and XII as a prerequisite to qualify for interview call, irrespective of CAT-2009 score.
Setting a new benchmark for admission, IIM-A on Thursday March 04, 2010 said candidates in general category with overall percentile of 99 in CAT-2009 and 70% marks in 10th and 12th standards will only be considered for interviews.
The move is likely to deprive some candidates who might have qualified in CAT as per IIMs specified eligibility criteria but had lower than 70% marks in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC), sources said.
Last year, IIM-A had adopted a point-based system for admission under which weightage to percentage of Class X and XII was given in terms of points, along with CAT percentile, IIM-A admission committee chairperson Diptesh Ghosh said.
However, to simplify the process we have abolished the point-based system and set a benchmark of 70% score in Class X and XII, along with CAT percentile, as eligibility criteria for interviews this year, Ghosh said.
The idea behind setting this new benchmark is to analyze the academic consistency of the candidates’ right from Class X, Ghosh said. IIM-A has reduced its cut off percentile of CAT from 99.3 last year to 99 this year largely due to increase in seats here, sources said. The number of seats at IIM-A this year has gone up to 450, as compared to 360 odd seats a year ago. Close to 450 students are proposed to be admitted this year for various programmes like Post Graduate Programme, PGP Agri Business Management and Fellow Programme in Management, Ghosh said.
Source: The Times of India, Hyderabad (Friday, March 05, 2010)
