Securing a seat in any IIM is difficult, especially IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, and Lucknow. A percentile of 99 or 100 is not particularly enough for acquiring seats in the institutes mentioned above. The cut-off, however, differs from one year to another. 

You must have 90% in your 10th and 12th examination, alongside 80% in your graduation. 

However, with scores you have achieved, you still have the opportunity to grab a seat at IIMs that are located at Jammu, Simaur, Sambalpur, Gaya since they are recently established. Apart from that, you still have the open option to choose other B-Schools that are comparably better than the newly established IIMs. 

CAT is the first stage entrance exam for all IIMs and many non-IIM colleges. Following the CAT results, you will be shortlisted for the second round based on a few parameters. These parameters include:

• CAT percentile.
• Academic performance entails your grades in 10th, 12th, and graduation.
• Work Experience - For PGP or 2 Year courses, preference will be given to up to 36 months of experience.

In the second round, any of the following skills will be tested using a combination of Personal Interview-

• GD
• Writing an Essay
• WAT
• Exercise in Groups

Different IIMs select different skills to assess, and this varies from institute to institute. After passing the second round, you will be offered admission based on your overall performance in the first and second rounds, as well as the availability of seats in a specific IIM.

According to one of my friends, who is an alumnus of IIM Indore, books like Pearson’s are not sufficiently good for preparation. Most of them are outdated and follow the old syllabus and the question type that was asked previously during the exams. If you want to crack the entrance exams for IPM, then you need to be consistent while preparing for the exam and thorough with all the concepts. 

You can refer to the basic NCERT books along with Wren and Martin's latest edition for the same. These books can help you immensely to improve your vocabulary.

Be consistent with your preparation, and you should be through. 

Well, this is something that cannot be correctly predicted. No one can tell you the exact number till which the waiting list can get clear. If I can vaguely remember, last year the waiting list moved till 45, I am not sure though.

However, since the program is gaining more and more popularity with time, I am quite sure that this number will descend. If you are on the waiting list, I would suggest you keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best to happen.

This is something that will vary according to the year of admission. For any category, students up to a certain rank are decided according to the seats they have and are given provisional admission letters. 

Thereafter if any student among them does not accept the offer and any seat is left vacant then only the next ranked candidate is offered the seat.

In previous years in the general category, students till the rank of 58 were offered the provisional admission letters and all others beyond the rank were in the consideration pool in case some students did not accept the offer.

My brother is a student of IIM Indore and according to him, the IPM program offered by the institute is not that good. Also, no other IIM offers IPM, which does say something about the course. 

Compared to the course fees, the average package offered to the students is less. So the ROI for the IPM program is not that great. Here is a brief outline of the IPM program. 

Also, you will not receive any proper undergraduate degree instead you get only an IGNOU degree which holds no value.

No, there is no provision for lateral admission in IIM Indore IPM. The institute you are currently studying in, the course that you are pursuing, and your scores, even if they are high; does not make any difference.

This is because IIM A, B, C, L, and I, all have their own methodology of teaching. All the other remaining IIMs are also on their way to become unique in their approach.

Apart from the Ph.D. program, the transfer of students is not encouraged. They do not want to put their teaching methodology and students’ career at risk.

However, if you want to get into the program, you can retake the entrance examination. You might then get a call for further rounds of GD and PI if you clear the pre-requisite requirements for age.

There is no fixed routine for an IPM student at IIM Indore. It will vary from person to person. Mostly you will have 4 classes in a day on average starting from 10:15 AM and going on till 4:15 PM.

Some days you may have no class and someday you may have 6 classes. But 4 classes in a day is pretty common.

Apart from the academics, you will have other commitments such as group projects, live projects, research studies, worrying about internships, clubs and committee works as well as fests, hangouts with friends and many more.

You will get to sleep 10 hours a day sometimes and on other days you will hardly get 2 hours of sleep in a day. On average, the day of an IPM student starts at around 8 AM or 9 AM and goes on till 2 AM or 3 AM at the midnight.