{"id":54045,"date":"2025-07-18T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/?p=54045"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:54:36","slug":"iim-reservation-policy-overlooking-the-merit-of-cat-aspirants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/iim-reservation-policy-overlooking-the-merit-of-cat-aspirants\/","title":{"rendered":"IIM Reservation Policy Overlooking the Merit of CAT Aspirants?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IIM Reservation Policy:<\/strong> IIMs are top business schools in India. It draws lakhs of CAT aspirants for MBA admissions every year. IIM follows a reservation policy that offers a certain percentage of seats to reserved categories. This has raised many questions over the years. Many individuals support this policy, saying it promotes equality and inclusion. While several others say that it has sidelined merit. The answer to this question is not that straightforward. The need for opportunity cannot be ignored, and neither can the efforts of aspirants aiming for high scores. The IIM reservation policy is applied in every stage of the MBA admission process. After the result is out, each IIM releases the CAT percentile cut-off for all categories to shortlist candidates for further admission process. Post the PI and WAT round, the institutes also release the category-wise merit list based on the composite score for final selection.  In this article, we have shared the perspective of both CAT aspirants from different backgrounds and industry professionals to find out whether the IIM reservation policy overlooks merit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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