Is Cat biased towards engineers?

CAT, with its bias towards engineers, does not allow others to be part of India’s management pool,” he said. But, officials associated with implementing CAT say they have not yet decided on changing the examination pattern.

Why there are so many engineers in IIM?

The reason stems from a core issue: in India, those with strong academic records tend to opt for engineering; they in turn stand a better chance of clearing the Common Admission Test, given their strong quantitative skills.

What percentage of IIM students are engineers?

Engineers comprise 90\% of students at IIMs, 36\% at Harvard and Wharton.

Do only engineers crack CAT?

In general, there is no difference in the strategy and on the focus area between Engineers and Non-Engineers. There is a high number of non-engineering students every year who manage to crack CAT, in spite of not being from an engineering/statistics/maths/ mathematical science background.

Can a non IIT get into IIM?

Yes, a lot of non-IITians make it to the IIMs.

Can non engineers crack CAT?

There is a high number of non-engineering students every year who manage to crack CAT, in spite of not being from an engineering/statistics/maths/ mathematical science background. In 2017, three non-engineering students got 100 percentile score in CAT.

Why do most engineers crack cats?

Testing basic quantitative ability and verbal ability has been accepted as a decent proxy for gauging ability and smarts. The CAT does a decent job of this. Feeling aggrieved that engineers crack this is akin to feeling aggrieved that the IIMs want smart people.

Is CAT tough for non engineers?

In 2017, three non-engineering students got 100 percentile score in CAT. From here, it is quite evident that if you prepare hard, you also have fair chance to fetch 99 plus percentile score in CAT. A majority of the test-takers used to find it difficult to adhere to dividing their time equally between the sections.

Does gender play a role in the selection process at IIMs?

Gender plays a role in the selection process at IIMs. The institute provides special privileges to female aspirants. “At the shortlisting for our interviews, we have a criterion called gender diversity factor, where we give extra marks to female candidates. This has borne good results for us,” said Himanshu Rai, director, IIM Indore.

How many girls are admitted to IIMs in 2019?

In order to maintain gender diversity, IIMs are going an extra mile, from 880+ women admitted to IIMs in 2015 the number has gone up to 1300+ in 2019.

Do IIMs change the weightage of CAT score each year?

With the change in admission criteria, IIMs change the weightage each year. It has been found the weightage of CAT Score is slightly lowered in the selection process and more weightage is added to gender criteria.

How to increase academic diversity in the Indian Institutes of Management?

In order to strategize the academic diversity, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have decided to revise and relax the CAT admission criteria and to offer higher weightage to non-engineers to increase academic diversity.