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Many students eagerly anticipate waitlist movements to determine their chances of securing admission to the top B-schools. The journey begins with registration for CAT, commencing in August, while other non-CAT exams follow their scheduling for registration on respective official websites. CAT 2024 will feature 66 questions across three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude.
What is the selection process for top Bschool?
The selection process for all top B-schools is meticulously monitored, typically consisting of distinct stages. Initially, candidates are assessed based on their CAT percentile scores and sectional cutoffs. The second stage varies among IIMs and top B-schools, each instituting its unique process. Each B-school sets its own overall and sectional cutoffs, determining the shortlisting of students for the subsequent stages, which may include AWT(Analytical Writing Test)/WAT(Writing Ability Test)/GD(Group Discussion) & PersonalInterview(PI).
In the final stage, the selection is strictly contingent upon the shortlisting of candidates, conducted separately for each category (General/SC/ST/NC-OBC/PWD), based on the Final Composite Score(FCS).
The Final Composite Score involves a normalization process aimed at ensuring fairness and equity in evaluating candidates across all sessions. Their scores undergo CAT normalization to derive individual percentiles.
What is the Waitlist Movement?
Following the initial announcement of selected candidates, an additional group of applicants is maintained on standby if any chosen candidate opts to decline their seat. Subsequently, the seat becomes available to the next qualified candidate.
This roster of hopeful candidates eagerly awaiting a potential vacancy can be aptly referred to as the dynamic waitlist, a pivotal stage in the suspense-filled journey toward admission to esteemed top B-schools.
Candidates on the waitlist should remain vigilant, regularly monitoring communications from the IIM they've applied to, and diligently adhering to any directives issued by the admissions office. Waitlist progression in IIMs and several top B-schools is typically contingent upon categories, with the general category experiencing stringent conditions, while SC, ST, OBC, and PwD categories may encounter some leniency
The below table shows the Past trend of waitlist movement:
Colleges Names |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A)- PGP |
1 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
6 |
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A)- PGP(FABM) |
9 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B)-PGPBA |
19 |
16 |
50 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C)-PGP |
173 |
18 |
121 |
79 |
48 |
NA |
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L)-PGP |
148 |
0 |
72 |
53 |
24 |
17 |
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L)-PGP-ABM |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
11 |
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L)-PGP-SM |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
IIM Kozhikode (IIM-K)-PGP |
624 |
117 |
440 |
225 |
122 |
72 |
IIM Kozhikode (IIM-K)-PGP(LSM) |
69 |
23 |
45 |
41 |
21 |
13 |
IIM Kozhikode (IIM-K)-PGP(Finance) |
92 |
12 |
60 |
40 |
12 |
13 |
IIM Indore(IIM-I) |
604 |
57 |
381 |
197 |
93 |
NA |
IIM Mumbai |
381 |
55 |
267 |
139 |
40 |
NA |
IIM Udaipur-PGP |
545 |
18 |
300 |
148 |
0 |
0 |
IIM Raipur-PGP |
1524 |
270 |
935 |
568 |
345 |
NA |
IIM Shillong |
144 |
83 |
NA |
135 |
25 |
NA |
IIM Rohtak |
283 |
12 |
71 |
63 |
39 |
0 |
IIM Tiruchirappalli-PGP |
1227 |
161 |
467 |
504 |
96 |
23 |
IIM Bodh Gaya-PGP |
3071 |
890 |
362 |
162 |
774 |
N A |
IIM Visakhapatnam |
1446 |
266 |
786 |
532 |
246 |
108 |
IIM Kashipur-PGP |
3031 |
370 |
1375 |
710 |
140 |
180 |
IIM Kashipur-PGP(Anaytics) |
150 |
50 |
115 |
87 |
50 |
36 |
IIM Jammu-PGP |
1434 |
5 |
861 |
374 |
151 |
NA |
IIM Jammu(HA & HM) |
321 |
71 |
215 |
114 |
66 |
25 |
IIM Sambhalpur-PGP |
2446 |
502 |
1615 |
752 |
363 |
NA |
IIM Sirmaur-PGP |
4461 |
756 |
2238 |
1391 |
505 |
** |
IIT Roorkee |
105 |
30 |
100 |
59 |
25 |
8 |
IIT Madras |
205 |
2 |
55 |
15 |
NIL |
1 |
IIT DMS Delhi |
46 |
120 |
55 |
22 |
20 |
222 |
SJMSOM IIT Bombay |
276 |
41 |
235 |
81 |
9 |
3 |
VGSOM IIT Kharagpur |
794 |
17 |
601 |
321 |
0 |
0 |
DoMS IIT Madras |
205 |
2 |
55 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
IIT Kanpur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DMS IIT Roorkee |
105 |
30 |
100 |
59 |
25 |
8 |
(NA – Information not available)
Here, you can see the detailed waitlist movements for IIMs and IITs
1. IIM Kozhikode-PGP
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
450 |
89 |
320 |
190 |
100 |
51 |
Merit List No.02 |
75 |
0 |
38 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
Merit List No.03 |
22 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.04 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
Merit List No.05 |
12 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
Merit List No.06 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Merit List No.07 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.08 |
13 |
0 |
22 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
17 |
0 |
21 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
Merit List No.10 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.11 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.12 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
Merit List No.13 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.14 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2. IIM Kozhikode-LSM
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
25 |
12 |
23 |
13 |
8 |
4 |
Offer List No.02 |
16 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
6 |
Offer List No.03 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Offer List No.04 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.05 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.06 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.07 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.08 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.09 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3. IIM Kozhikode-PGP(Finance)
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
35 |
10 |
21 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
Offer List No.02 |
11 |
0 |
28 |
14 |
2 |
5 |
Offer List No.03 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Offer List No.04 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Offer List No.05 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.06 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.07 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.08 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.09 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.10 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.11 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Offer List No.13 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Offer List No.14 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4. IIM Sambalpur
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
Merit List |
1877 |
463 |
1251 |
695 |
347 |
Merit List No.01 |
250 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.02 |
200 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.03 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.04 |
21 |
4 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
Merit List No.05 |
21 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
Merit List No.06 |
15 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.07 |
60 |
15 |
30 |
12 |
4 |
Merit List No.08 |
2 |
15 |
40 |
30 |
4 |
Merit List No.09 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5. IIM Raipur-PGP
Category |
General |
EWS |
NC-OBC |
SC |
ST |
Merit List |
1524 |
186 |
935 |
564 |
168 |
Merit List No.02 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
Merit List No.03 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Merit List No.04 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
54 |
Merit List No.05 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
Merit List No.06 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Merit List No.07 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Merit List No.08 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Merit List No.09 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6. IIM Trichy-PGP
Category |
General |
EWS |
NC-OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
164 |
9 |
0 |
66 |
30 |
10 |
Merit List No.02 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.03 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.04 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.05 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.06 |
180 |
19 |
42 |
70 |
0 |
13 |
Merit List No.07 |
0 |
20 |
55 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.08 |
181 |
26 |
2 |
81 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
199 |
31 |
96 |
87 |
32 |
0 |
Merit List No.10 |
233 |
4 |
130 |
99 |
34 |
0 |
Merit List No.11 |
270 |
52 |
142 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7. IIM Sirmour
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
|||||
Non-PWD |
PWD |
Non-PWD |
PWD |
Non-PWD |
PWD |
Non-PWD |
PWD |
Non-PWD |
PWD |
|
Merit List |
1987 |
42 |
486 |
8 |
933 |
13 |
260 |
6 |
113 |
1 |
Merit List No.01 |
1181 |
46 |
200 |
0 |
405 |
6 |
359 |
0 |
163 |
0 |
Merit List No.02 |
1191 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
569 |
0 |
399 |
0 |
150 |
0 |
Merit List No.03 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.04 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.05 |
39 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Merit List No.06 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.07 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.08 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
Merit List No.10 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Merit List No.11 |
25 |
0 |
61 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
127 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
Merit List No.12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8. IIM BodhGaya-PGP
Category |
Gen |
Gen-SN |
EWS |
EWS-SN |
NC-OBC |
SC |
SC-SN |
ST |
Waitlist |
1620 |
400 |
600 |
300 |
||||
Waitlist 01 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Waitlist 02 |
28 |
26 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
Waitlist 03 |
33 |
26 |
5 |
0 |
15 |
20 |
5 |
24 |
Waitlist 04 |
33 |
26 |
5 |
0 |
15 |
20 |
5 |
24 |
Waitlist 05 |
38 |
28 |
6 |
1 |
17 |
25 |
7 |
29 |
Waitlist 06 |
60 |
37 |
14 |
1 |
19 |
45 |
7 |
32 |
Waitlist 07 |
92 |
61 |
26 |
1 |
26 |
45 |
7 |
35 |
Waitlist 08 |
117 |
72 |
33 |
1 |
26 |
53 |
7 |
35 |
Waitlist 09 |
117 |
72 |
33 |
8 |
26 |
53 |
7 |
35 |
Waitlist 10 |
117 |
72 |
36 |
8 |
28 |
60 |
7 |
35 |
Waitlist 11 |
117 |
72 |
37 |
10 |
29 |
61 |
8 |
35 |
Waitlist 12 |
117 |
75 |
46 |
10 |
29 |
73 |
16 |
35 |
Waitlist 13 |
119 |
82 |
52 |
10 |
29 |
78 |
16 |
35 |
Waitlist 14 |
149 |
111 |
56 |
12 |
29 |
91 |
20 |
35 |
Waitlist 15 |
149 |
111 |
68 |
12 |
29 |
101 |
20 |
35 |
Waitlist 16 |
159 |
111 |
68 |
12 |
29 |
101 |
20 |
35 |
9. IIM Kashipur-PGP(Analytics)
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
150 |
50 |
70 |
50 |
50 |
36 |
Merit List No.02 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.03 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.04 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
10. IIM Kashipur-PGP
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
3031 |
300 |
900 |
300 |
111 |
180 |
Merit List No.02 |
0 |
10 |
25 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.03 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.04 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.05 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.06 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.07 |
0 |
10 |
100 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Merit List No.08 |
0 |
25 |
75 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
50 |
25 |
0 |
11. IIM Viskhapatnam-PGP
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List No.01 |
148 |
61 |
187 |
90 |
46 |
68 |
Merit List No.02 |
200 |
60 |
170 |
100 |
50 |
20 |
Merit List No.03 |
200 |
70 |
170 |
100 |
50 |
10 |
Merit List No.04 |
200 |
40 |
180 |
99 |
70 |
0 |
Merit List No.05 |
220 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
Merit List No.06 |
201 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
Merit List No.07 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.08 |
60 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
Merit List No.10 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
Merit List No.11 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.12 |
25 |
8 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.13 |
25 |
4 |
25 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.14 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.15 |
30 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.16 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.17 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.18 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
12. DMS IIT Delhi
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List |
42 |
11 |
31 |
17 |
9 |
5 |
Merit List No.02 |
33 |
8 |
25 |
12 |
7 |
6 |
Merit List No.03 |
26 |
6 |
14 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
Merit List No.04 |
17 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
Merit List No.05 |
13 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Merit List No.06 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Merit List No.07 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.08 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.10 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.11 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.12 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.13 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.14 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.15 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.18 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.20 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Merit List No.21 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.23 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.24 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13. VGSOM IIT Kharagpur
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit List No.01 |
54 |
17 |
40 |
22 |
- |
- |
Merit List No.02 |
92 |
- |
69 |
37 |
- |
- |
Merit List No.03 |
120 |
- |
91 |
50 |
- |
- |
Merit List No.04 |
138 |
- |
111 |
57 |
- |
- |
Merit List No.05 |
157 |
- |
126 |
63 |
- |
- |
Spot Round |
233 |
- |
164 |
92 |
- |
- |
14. DMS IIT Roorkee
Category |
General |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
PWD |
Merit list |
44 |
13 |
33 |
18 |
9 |
6 |
Waitlist |
105 |
30 |
100 |
59 |
25 |
8 |
15. SPJIMR
Specialization |
BM |
Finance |
IM |
Ops |
Marketing |
Merit List |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.02 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
Merit List No.03 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
Merit List No.04 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
Merit List No.05 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
Merit List No.06 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.07 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Merit List No.08(60 seat increase for BM) |
64 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Merit List No.09 |
41 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Merit List No.10 |
28 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Merit List No.11 |
20 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Merit List No.12 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Merit List No.13 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Merit List No.14 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Merit List No.15 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Merit List No.16 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
Disclaimer: The data regarding past trends of waitlist movement has been sourced from third-party sources. Should you possess any relevant insights about historical trends, we welcome your contributions.
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