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The SNAP exam fee is increased from ₹2,250 per test attempt to ₹2,550, with government taxes additional as applicable. Candidates appearing for multiple tests must pay ₹2,500 per test. Additionally, a non-refundable programme registration fee of ₹1,000 per programme is payable for each Symbiosis MBA institute the candidate wishes to apply to.

Many IIMs including IIM Indore, IIM Bangalore and IIM Ranchi offer 5 year Integrate Program in Management (IPM) where the admission is after Class 12.

IIM admission process without CAT: IIMs offer many executive MBA program where the admission is without the CAT exam. The other way to get admission into IIM with CAT exam is through GMAT exam. Some IIMs admit foreign students without CAT through GMAT exam.

Only IIM Ahmedabad publishes the figure. It called 1,308 candidates against a seat intake of 414, roughly 3.2 calls per seat, having screened 8,838 applicants. No other IIM in the collection discloses shortlist volumes.

Yes, frequently. Nearly every IIM requires a positive raw score in all three sections as a precondition. Beyond that, IIM Lucknow requires 85 in each section, IIM Ahmedabad 85, and IIM Indore 80. A strong overall percentile built on one weak section fails these institutes outright.

No. CAT weight at the shortlisting stage ranges from 65% at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Shillong and IIM Guwahati down to 35 marks out of 100 at IIM Sirmaur. Four IIMs shortlist jointly through JAP 2026 and three through CAP 2026, but each still applies its own weightings to build its final list.

Because the weightings differ. IIM Sambalpur gives work experience 20 marks out of 100 while IIM Indore gives Class 12 alone 25. IIM Calcutta awards up to 6 points for a non-engineering background; IIM Sirmaur awards 5 for an engineering one. The same CAT score against different profile weightings produces genuinely different outcomes.

IIM Indore states it informs shortlisted candidates in January. IIM Kozhikode publishes its Stage 2 shortlist on its registration portal, with offers around the first week of May. Interviews across the system generally run February to April following the January CAT result. No consolidated per-IIM release calendar is published, so treat this as a pattern rather than a schedule.

It clears the published floor at IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Mumbai, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Guwahati, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Lucknow and IIM Indore, provided sectional requirements are also met. Whether it produces a call depends on the ranking stage, where academics, work experience and diversity are added. At IIM Lucknow, 90 overall with any section below 85 does not clear at all.

Published General-category minimums range from 82 at IIM Visakhapatnam to 97 at IIM Rohtak, with IIM Ahmedabad at 95, IIM Lucknow and IIM Indore at 90, and IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Mumbai and IIM Kozhikode at 85. These are floors for entry to the ranking pool, not the score at which calls were actually made.