CL's IIM Profilizer is for the CAT aspirants, by a CAT aspirant. It is the brain child of Gautam Bawa, MBA Head, CL & IIM Calcutta Alumunus, but, basically, the idea came to him from his CAT prep days. As per Gautam, "When I started preparing for the MBA entrances, the very first thing that I did was calculate my profile score & the percentile that I needed to score for each institute based on their eligibility and shortlisting criteria. I was successful to an extent, however, there were certain institutes which normalize our scores in X, XII and Graduation based on their own database. That I couldn't work on. However, once I entered the education line post my MBA from IIM Calcutta, I used CL's student database and simulated to calculate my profile score for those institutes to see if I had a chance when I had started preparing. That's when it struck me that a tool around this could simplify things for students. Thus, my experience as an MBA aspirant was the rationale behind IIM Profilizer."

The IIM Profilizer compares your profile parameters such as category, academics, gender etc. with the eligibility criteria of the IIMs. It then gives the list of IIMs from where you can get an interview call and, the percentile required for the same.

The key features of the IIM Profilizer are:

• Encompasses all factors such as academic diversity, gender diversity and different categories
• Analysis of top 13 IIMs and their shortlisting criteria based on the latest 2015 data
• Modeling of relative State Board difficulty levels to simulate normalization of X/XII marks
• Validated against thousands of 2015 IIM call getters
• Over 3300 students have used it to generate their IIM Profilizer report in few months

So are you ready to try this tool before starting your CAT preparation?

Best of luck on your way to your dream B-school!