Hi Abinandhan,

You already have a strong academic base, especially with your excellent 10th and 12th scores. The 84% in graduation is also solid. While being an EWS candidate works in your favour, the competition will still be tough as a male engineer and fresher.

I would suggest keeping 99+ as your minimum target, and if you can push towards 99.5+, you’ll put yourself in a much stronger position for BLACKI, FMS and IIM Mumbai. For IIM Shillong and SPJIMR, you can remain competitive at slightly lower percentiles as well, depending on the overall shortlisting criteria.