For General Male Engineering Graduates with less than 90% in both Xth or XIIth :
It's possible to get a call from IIM Calcutta, Lucknow & Kozhikode.
Fairly Difficult to get a call from IIM Ahmadabad.
Almost impossible to get a call from IIM Bangalore & Indore.
There might be a lot of GEM Candidates, with low scores in Xth & XIIth. How to deal with this?
1. Aim for a High CAT Score
IIM Bangalore calls candidates with Top 10 CAT Score.
Top 100 people with top CAT Scores i.e. 99.95+ get profile calls from IIM Ahmadabad, you can aim for that.
You can get a call from IIM Lucknow with High CAT Score i.e. beyond 99.80.
IIM Kozhikode has low weightage on academics & High weightage on CAT Score - A score of 99.50 without work experience or a score of 99.00 with work experience can fetch you a call from there.
2. Aim for IIM Calcutta by getting more than 99.61 percentile - As long as you’ve more than 80% in Xth & more than 80% in XIIth, you will surely get a call from IIM C, irrespective of your work ex & Grads Marks.
3. Apply for colleges other than IIMs
FMS has no weightage on past academics. You have a realistic chance of converting it if you get a 99.50+ percentile in CAT irrespective of your academics. (Last date of filling up Forms for FMS gets over even before CAT exams. So make sure you fill the form in time, if you hope of getting greater than 99+)
XLRI has no weightage on past academics. So make sure you write XAT and clear it’s cutoffs.
SP Jain gives more weightage to your overall profile. They don’t disclose the exact weightage. But you can get calls at low percentile if you have a good profile.
MDI Calls at as low as 94 percentile to GEM Candidates.