Selection Process of Few B-Schools

Institute/Group of Institutes	Selection Process	Special Features
IIMs (19 IIMs )	CAT + Own GWPI process	Most IIMs have shifted to Written Ability test from Group Discussions as a part of the written test (therefore the name GWPI) The 12 new IIMs conduct a common WAT-PI process. The weightage of academic background and work experience varies from institute to institute and year to year.
IITs	CAT + Own GDPI process	In general, IIT Bombay shortlists candidates above around 99 percentile followed closely by IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur etc. (typically at a percentile point difference of 1 point each). The institutes have different selection criteria. IIT Bombay for instance assigns 20% weightage to CAT score, 44% to WAT-PI and 36% to profile. Most IITs only consider candidates who are engineering graduates/those in final year of graduation. However, IIT Madras allows candidates from non-engineering background as well.
SP Jain Institute of Management & Research	CAT / XAT + Own Group Interview Prcoess	The Institute issues 2 separate call lists, first it releases profile based calls following which score based calls are issued – the profile based calls are issued even before CAT results are announced. The institute asks for your preference in specialisation at the time of applying itself.
Institutes conducting their own exam (IIFT, TISS, NMAT, MICA etc.)	Own exam + GDPI process	NMAT gives you an option to write the written test thrice. But you need to pay the form fee every time. The selection of candidates is for the Core, Banking, HRM programmes. The institute typically releases up to 5-7 waitlists. It has 3 campuses – Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The latter two have been recently started. It offers a range of specializations. The list would include Core, Banking, and HR. MICA gives some weightage to CAT and conducts its own exam as well called MICAT. The shortlisted candidates are given a preliminary selection status at the end of the GDPI process – Selected, Waitlisted and Rejected. TISS admits candidates for a range of "Master of Arts" programmes. The institute follows a very unique pedagogy with up to 3 internships. It also does not offer placements to the students.
Institues for specific category of students (NITIE, SIOM)	NITIE – CAT based, SIOM – SNAP Based	All these institues offer admission only to engineers. The cutoff for NITIE is 97+ overall percentile with around 70 percentile sectionals for the general category students.
Maharashtra state level B-schools	MHCET/CAT	85% seats in these B-schools is reserved for Maharashtrians,where as remaining 15% is for other state students.
Institutes with religion based reservation (Loyola, Rizvi etc)	LIBA-XAT + GDPI Rizvi-CMAT, CAT, XAT	These are minority institutes, they reserve 50% of the seats. Rizvi: Admission for 50% seats is carried out by DTE Maharashtra and reamaining are filled by the B-school authorities
Group of institutes conducting an exam (SIBM, SIIB, SCMHRD etc)	SNAP + Own GDPI process	You need to apply separately to each college you wish to join. A few of these B-schools also conduct Group Tasks as a part of the GDPI process. Generally SNAP based institutes are the first to complete their process of admission and release the final results.
Specialisation based B-schools	Various	HR – XLRI Jamshedpur, TISS, MDI