following the revision in eligibility criteria to write the common admission test cat 2021 some of the iims including iim udaipur are planning to tweak their admission policy a bit to ensure a level playing field for all candidatesrevised criteriataking note of difficulties being faced by some of the aspirants cat committee on august 18 announced some exceptional changes in eligibility criteria for cat 2021according to the revised criteria candidates with promotionpass instead of award of marks certificates in any of the last two years of the bachelors programme can enter the promotion or pass option in the application form this will allow the candidate to complete and submit the application form despite the requirements of minimum eligibility criteria of 45 and 50 or equivalent cgpa for reserved and general category candidates respectivelythe decision taken by cat committee says iim udaipur admission officer is aimed to address the difficulties being faced by students who have passed or about to finish their undergraduate degree in 2020 and 2021 though post the revision in cat 2021 eligibility criteria each iim should mould their admission policy says iim udaipur admission officeron why admission policy should be changed iim udaipur admission officer reasons that while preparing final merit list candidates academic performance in class x xii and undergraduate is also given weightage in the absence of score obtained by a candidate it will be difficult for us to ensure parity between candidates with and without marks he addsto devise a new admission policy for better parity among the candidates with award of marks and with promotion or pass certificate iim udaipur needs at least one or two months time to come to a conclusion he addspresent policycurrently iim udaipur prepares the final merit list based on cat score 60 personal appearance 15 and profile 25 under the 25 component the institute gives 9 weightage to academic profile followed by work experience and diversity at 9 and 7 respectivelyfor the academic profile following is the maximum weightage 2 for class x 2 and 4 for class xii and undergraduate respectively also there is a 1 component for cacsicwa completedno impact on admissiondespite a minor change in cat eligibility vinita sahay director iim bodh gaya says that the latest change will not have a significant impact on admissions for the 2022 batchto our understanding no institution has given a pass or promoted certificate instead of marks obtained to students irrespective of the formula followed we have full respect for the marks given by the university or institute iim bodh gaya will continue to follow the same admission process says sahay