CAT Cutoff 2024 for IIM: Check Expected and Previous Year Cutoff Percentile for Top MBA Colleges

Ans. CAT Cut off 2023 is the minimum percentile score required in CAT exam to be eligible for admission to IIMs and other B-schools. Each institute/ college releases its own qualifying CAT Cut off to conduct the selection process. CAT Cut off 2023 will be the highest for IIMs followed by FMS Delhi, IITs, XIMB, NITIE Mumbai, and others. CAT admission cut off 2023 is expected to be above 99 percentile for the top IIMs and FMS Delhi. 

Ans. The minimum qualifying CAT Cut off percentile required to be eligible for IIM MBA admission process is released by each IIM separately. As of now, 14 IIMs have released their CAT Cut off criteria including IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Lucknow. The qualifying cut off for CAT for most of the IIMs is released much before the result declaration.

Ans. Yes, scoring 95 percentile can get you a call from the new IIMs like IIM Rohtak, IIM Amritsar, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Nagpur, IIM Bodh Gaya, etc. CAT Call Cut off is higher than 98 percentile for the top IIMs- IIM-K, IIM-L, IIM-I, IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C. 

Ans. IIMs and other non-IIM B-Schools accepting CAT scores for admissions release their category-wise cut-offs for admissions. If candidates meet CAT 2023 cut off criteria, they need to participate in the further rounds of selection like Group Discussion, Personal interviews, etc. 

Ans. The minimum Cut off percentile for IIM Ahmedabad is expected to be the same as last year, i.e. 80. IIM Call Cut off is announced after the declaration of CAT results on the official website of the IIM.

Ans. CAT Cut off for OBC is released by the respective IIMs in their admission brochure. The qualifying CAT Cut off for OBC varies between 75-80 for the top IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Lucknow. For other IIMs, the cut off for OBC in CAT is between 50-65 percentile.

Ans. CAT Cut off 2022 was different for every IIM. For IIM Lucknow, the qualifying CAT Cut off was 90 percentile for the general category and 82 percentile for the NC-OBC and EWS categories. CAT 2022 Cut off (qualifying) for IIM Calcutta was 85 for the GN category and 75 for NC-OBC/ EWS. For IIM Ahmedabad, the qualifying percentile was 80 while for IIM Bangalore and Calcutta, the qualifying CAT percentile 2022 was 85. 

Ans. Every IIM releases CAT Cut off category-wise on its official website in September/ October. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifying percentile are eligible to apply for admission to the institute. CAT Cut off 2023 for IIM for ST will be released soon on their official websites. Based on previous year trends, you can expect CAT Cut off for ST to be between 40-60 for the top IIMs.

Ans. JBIMS is one of the top MBA colleges (Non-IIM) that accepts CAT score for admission to its full time MBA program. Based on previous year CAT Cut off for JBIMS, you can expect the 2023 cut off to be between 96-98 percentile. JBIMS CAT Cut off for 2021 was 96 percentile.

Ans. Generally, the IIMs and other participating B-Schools shortlist candidates for admission through a 2-3 stage selection process comprising of a round of Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), and Personal Interview (PI). The Institutes use these stages to assess and analyze the students’ creative writing skills, the pattern of logical thinking, and verbal communication skills. Different institutes place varying degrees of weightage on these components of the selection procedure. The Admission Policy of the IIMs specifies how they prioritize the scores in secured CAT, WAT, GD, or PI. New IIMs participate in Common Admission Process or CAP and prepare their final admission list on the basis of the Candidate’s CAT Score, Performance in CAP rounds and their profile. Read CAT 2023 Counselling

Ans. Topmost B-Schools like IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C, IIM-K, IIM-I, IIM-L, FMS, MDI-PGPM, IIT- B, RGIIMS require a minimum score of 98.5 percentile to be considered for the selection rounds.

Ans. The table below depicts the approximate CAT Cut-Off Percentiles that the participating Institutes accept for selection for admission into their respective programs:

Ans. Yes, the CAT participating institutes can be ranked as per their indicative Cut-Off Percentile.

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Ans. The IIMs and other participating B-Schools announce overall CAT Cut off Percentile as well as sectional Cut off Percentile for their respective admission selection procedures.

Ans. No. The minimum cut-off (overall as well as sectional cut-offs) for reserved category students is different and lesser than the general category students.

Ans. The parameters that are considered by the IIMs during the selection procedure are:

• CAT score
• All academic records till the qualifying examination
• Gender diversity
• Academic diversity
• Work experience (if any)

Ans. A minimum score to qualify CAT cannot be specified offhandedly as the system of scoring is relative and dependent mainly on the number of participants; the cut-off score varies each year and is announced by the IIMs and other participating institutes. A detailed study of retrospective cut-off data can reveal a trend to estimate an expected cut-off figure.

Ans. Yes, candidates are supposed to clear each section separately as the IIMs and other participating B-Schools shortlist based on overall cut-off as well as the sectional cut-off. 

Ans. Just like the overall cut-off score is relative and varies every year. Likewise, sectional cut-off also varies with every edition of CAT. However, experts, based on their experience, swear by the thumb rule of 70% questions attempted of the total lot with an 80% accuracy rate is required to clear the cut-off score trend.

Ans. Sectional and overall CAT cut off is released by the IIMs. It is not essential for each section to have the same CAT Cut off 2023.

Ans. Getting a good percentile does not ensure selection for admission in the desired B-School. Performance in the selection round is equally essential to convert an interview call into an admission offer. Candidates’ level of Confidence, attitude and overall quality of performance in the Selection round is what ensures an offer for admission in the desired B-School.

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• A: With a splendid academic track record and a work experience of 2.5 years, you have a good chance of getting interview calls from all the IIMs.
• An engineer with a CAT score of 99.65 percentile and a non-engineer with 95 percentile in CAT can expect a call from IIM-Ahmedabad.
• IIM Calcutta lays 56% weightage on CAT score; thus a general category male candidate will need to score around 99.55 percentile for an interview call from IIM-C.
• IIM Bangalore has a complicated process with weightage for Class X and XII marks, graduation marks and work experience. However, the institute lays less stress on CAT score and as such a 95 percentile scorer can expect a call from IIM-B but to ensure an admission offer, it is safe to score 98 percentile or more.
• IIM Lucknow lays 60% weightage on CAT score and so a higher CAT score as compared to IIM-B, of around 99% percentile is advisable for an interview call.

Ans. The IIMs consider Candidate's category and other participating B-Schools are General, Other Backward Caste (Non-Creamy Layer) and Transgenders (IIAM-A only), Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Differently Abled Persons or Persons with Disability.

Ans. That is subjective to several factors like candidates appearing for CAT, the difficulty level of the exam, previous year trends, etc. Read CAT Score Calculation

Ans. The candidate after attaining the minimum CAT cut off marks is called the Personal Appearance round which consists of Personal Interview and Written Ability Test.

Ans. The minimum CAT percentile varies for all the IIMs concerned but on average the minimum percentile for the general category is 85.

Ans. The IIMs consider Candidate's category and other participating B-Schools are General, Other Backward Caste (Non-Creamy Layer) and Transgenders (IIAM-A only), Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Differently Abled Persons or Persons with Disability.