Focus on getting good percentile in CAT, in order to get admission in IIM Ahmedabad. Up until 2011, there used to be more than 95% of students from IIT in an IIM Ahmedabad batch. While in the past 7 years, the number of non-engineering students option for IIM has increased to 33%.
If you meet the eligibility criteria, you can get into IIM Ahmedabad even if you aren’t from an IIT. IIM Ahmedabad shortlists students based on their past academics, CAT percentile, and GD-PI performance.
A lot of non-IITians make it to IIM Ahmedabad, every year. For the academic year 2019-21, the IIM Ahmedabad batch profile included around only 38% IITians. So, try to score more than 99 percentile in CAT and perform well in the interview.
As a student of IIM Ahmedabad it can be said that for an IITian or a non-IITian, admission to IIM Ahmedabad is a four-step process.
Once you receive the admission letter you may proceed with your acceptance and payment of the fees for the beginning of your session.