IIM Ahmedabad is the most competitive MBA program in India. General category cutoff for CAT 2025 was approximately 99+ percentile. But percentile alone does not determine shortlisting. IIM A uses a composite score that includes CAT score (25-30 points), Class 10 marks (10 points), Class 12 marks (10 points), graduation marks (15 points), work experience (10 points), gender diversity (5 points), and academic diversity (5 points). This means a candidate with 98.5 percentile and 5 years of work experience may get shortlisted while a 99.2 percentile fresher may not. The IIM Call Predictor on WHY MBA 360 uses crowd-sourced data from real aspirants to estimate your specific probability based on your complete profile. Median placement at IIM A: Rs 28 LPA. Fees: approximately Rs 28 lakhs. Top recruiters: McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Amazon, Goldman Sachs.