CAT 2024: In IIM Shillong's MBA admission criteria, 40% weightage to exam

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) will conduct the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 on November 24, for admissions to its Postgraduate Programs (PGP) for the academic session 2025-26. The IIM Shillong has notified the MBA admission criteria 2025. The IIM Shillong's admission process for 2025 remains unchanged, with CAT scores holding the same weightage in the selection criteria as last year.

IIM Shillong MBA selection process 2025 comprises CAT 2024 score, ARS, Personal Interview (PI). The CAT 2024 exam will be conducted online in three shifts- from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, and 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

IIM Shillong Admission Policy 2025: Eligibility criteria

Candidates can have a look at the eligibility criteria for IIM Shillong admission 2025 below.

• Candidates are required to have completed their graduation degree with a minimum of 50% marks in total aggregate or its equivalent CGPA (5% relaxation for candidates belonging to reserved category).

• Candidates are required to have done their graduation from any university.

• Candidates pursuing their final year of examination are also eligible to apply for CAT 2024. However, candidates will have to submit a graduation degree at the time of admission.

• Candidates will be shortlisted for the Personal Interview (PI) and Writing Ability Test (WAT) based on their Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 scores and additional criteria such as academic performance and gender diversity.

IIM Shillong Admission 2025: CAT 2024 cut-offs

Candidates are required to meet the minimum section-wise and overall percentiles cut-off in CAT 2024, as detailed below. Additionally, candidates are required to secure non-negative raw scores in all sections of the CAT 2024 to proceed to stage 2.

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IIM Shillong Admission 2025: Calculation of composite score

As per IIM Shilling, after step 1, composite scores will be calculated for eligible candidates based on two components: total CAT percentile (65% weightage) and the Normalized Application Rating Score (NARS, 35% weightage). NARS is determined using the Application Rating Score (ARS), which is derived by adding scores assigned to Class 10 percentages (A), Class 12 percentages (B), and months of work experience (C):

Application Rating Score (ARS) = A + B + C

To calculate NARS, IIM Shillong divides the individual ARS of a candidate by the average of the top 50 ARS scores from the entire pool of applicants who appeared for CAT 2024 and applied to IIM Shillong.

IIM Shillong Selection Process 2025: Parameters and weightage

The IIM Shillong final selection process considers several parameters such as CAT 2024 score, PI, ARS and gender scores. The table below details the weightage assigned to each parameter: