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The institute will use CAT 2026 percentiles for interview shortlisting while the final selection will continue to give the highest weightage to the personal interview.
By EPN DeskUpdated
Applicants must be at least 19 years old by June 30, 2027, be Indian nationals as reported in their CAT application details and have applied for IIM Ahmedabad's two-year full-time PGP.
Candidates meeting these conditions are evaluated through a Raw Application Rating (RAR). The rating considers factors including Class 10 and Class 12 marks, undergraduate academic performance, gender and full-time work experience.
The institute then applies the prescribed CAT percentile cut-offs before preparing the shortlist for the AWT and PI, while ensuring representation across applicable reservation categories.
Personal Interview gets highest weightage
The second stage begins after candidates complete the AWT and PI. IIM Ahmedabad then calculates the Final Composite Score for candidates who appear in both assessments.
The final score is calculated as:
Final Composite Score = 0.50 × Normalised PI Score + 0.10 × Normalised AWT Score + 0.40 × Normalised Composite Score
The Personal Interview carries the highest weightage of 50% in the final selection score. The AWT accounts for 10%, while the remaining 40% comes from the normalised composite score.
The revised policy therefore changes the basis for the initial CAT-based shortlisting while retaining a selection framework that gives substantial weight to a candidate's overall academic profile, work experience and performance in the interview and writing assessment.
