I often interact with CAT aspirants who are putting in serious effort to ace the exam, which is great. But Iโm often surprised by how many are unaware of a crucial aspect: ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ . Each IIM follows its own selection criteria, which includes ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ต & ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
These factors ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐. Understanding this can help you ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ and focus on IIMs that match your profile.
I know it can be exhausting to dig through the selection criteria of all 21 IIMs, each buried in different parts of their websites. Thatโs why Iโve created an ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ that brings together the ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ) ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
The sheet includes: updated selection criteria, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐, and notes for easy understanding.
If youโre planning to take CAT 2025 or any future attempt, this sheet can help you plan your B-school journey more smartly.
PS: The sheet is based on latest available data (2025-27 cohort) and can change for upcoming batches.
You can download the sheet or access it through the link (will help in case of any changes, if required).