I'm a general girl doing BTech in EEE.?
Look its simple, there is no fixed or rigid system on which IIMs and other top institutes admit their students. Most of them have cutoffs and even if some of them have rigid criterias then it is not known to general public and is an internal assessment unit. So its simple decision you cannot change your Class Xth 12th and undergrad CGPA/Percentage. But what you can do is work on the future, get the highest percentile you can and work on getting internships and work experience. If I were to tell you that with your 90% in 10th and 95% in 12th and lets say 9 cgpa in college you need like 94 percentile so what would you do? Would you just attempt the CAT exam for 94 percentile only? NO you will give it your best and that is what I simply want you to do. Dont waste time calculating your chances in different universities, the correct time to do that is in Januaray ie after you get your CAT score and then and only then you will have a clear picture of what you can get in the current marks etc. Also it is very important to note that your marks in subsequent classes are not the only parameters on which you are judged in front of the admissions committee there are several criterias which you need to fullfill in order to get admission into these colleges. The process of selecting a candidate is not very transparent and hence no can surely say anything looking at a personalized profile, but they can always tell the probability of you getting into a college. Many colleges put higher weight age towards your 10th marks while some dont even consider them or the consideration is negligible. Along side your CAT score there are some important things that can overshadow your under performance in 10th and 12th but not your college CGPA, some of them are listed below; 1.Research Work/ Published work : This basically include everything that is related to research and development. If you have written or co written any paper on relevant subject then you have a fair chance to get selected give you surpass every other cutoff. 2.Work Experience: Work experience is the one thing that excite the admission committee the most a whole purpose of education and especially MBA degree is to give the student a useful insight to the real business world and hence any prior knowledge is appreciated and recorded. But it is very important to know that many of the students applying there already have pretty decent work ex record, and hence IIMs have their internal rating system on which they rate ones work ex profile. So it is very important to note what post you held in your Job and what your job profile was all about. Recommendation letters from your bosses are certainly a boost. 3. Extra activities : These include anything and everything that makes you distinctive, it could be PC gaming (Achievements) or it could be place in your college committees and what not All the best !!