90 Marks in CAT Percentile: Check Expected Cutoff, Rank vs College.

Q: How many marks are in the CAT Exam?

Breakdown of the CAT Exam Score: Section Total Questions Marks per question Total Marks Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) 24 +3 72 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 20 +3 60 Quantitative Aptitude (QA) 22 +3 66 Total 198

Sajad Ahmad Dar

Content Writer | Updated on - Jul 23, 2025

With 90 Marks in CAT one can expect percentile ranging from 95 to 99. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will release the CAT 2025 results in the first week of January, with the overall percentile, marks, and section-wise scores. As per the past trends, the assumption for the cutoff of CAT 2025 is 95 to 99 percentile.

The 90 percentile in the CAT percentile can vary based on the slot-wise difficulty of the exam and the normalization of the exam.

For a Candidate appearing for CAT 2025, if the candidate appears in an easier slot, the cutoff 90 marks may hover around 94 percentile. Whereas in a shift where the difficulty level is moderate or tough, the 90 Marks can yield a percentile up to 95 or higher.
90 marks in CAT may get a candidate admitted into some of the top institutes, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management (Mumbai), TAPMI (Manipal), Great Lakes Institute of Management (Chennai), FORE School of Management (Delhi), Goa Institute of Management (GIM), LBSIM (Delhi), and several others.

CAT Marks Vs Percentile:

CAT Marks vs Percentile is the rough estimation of a student's percentile based on their marks. The percentile represents your performance as compared to the other candidates. Let's take an example, if a candidate secures 90 percentile, this means he/she has performed better than 98 percentile.

Here is a Marks vs Percentile estimation based on the past year's trend.

CAT Marks 2025	CAT Percentile 2025 (Expected)
110-119	98.5–99.5
100-109	97.0–98.5
95-99	95.5–97.0
90-94	94.0–95.5
85-89	92.5–94.0
80-84	90.0–92.5
75-79	88.0–90.0
70-74	85.0–88.0
65-69	82.0–85.0
60-64	78.0–82.0
55-59	74.0–78.0
50-54	70.0–74.0

Note: These are expected percentiles based on the previous year's trend.

Shift-Wise CAT Marks vs Percentile 2025 (Expected):

CAT 2025 marks will be released in January 2026 along with the percentile. The final percentile will be calculated after applying normalization based on the difficulty of each CAT slot. There are in total three slots: Slot 1 (Morning), Slot 2 (Afternoon), Slot 3 (Evening).

As per the previous analysis, the Candidate scoring 90 marks in CAT can expect a percentile between 94 to 95.5, depending on the difficulty of their shift.

90 Marks in CAT Percentile- Easy Slot

A candidate who appeared in an easier shift of CAT 2025 and secured 90 marks may expect a percentile between 94 - 94.5. Since the paper was comparatively easier in their shift.

CAT 2025 Marks Vs Percentile for Easy Slot:

CAT 2025 Marks	CAT 2025 Percentile (Expected)
100–109	96+
95-99	95+
90-94	94+
85-89	92+
75-84	89+
60-74	80+
40-59	70+

90 Marks in CAT Percentile- Moderate Slot

In a moderate shift candidate securing 90 marks may expect a percentile around 94 - 95. The normalization in moderate generally enhances the percentile of a candidate depending on their performance.

CAT 2025 Marks Vs Percentile for Moderate Slot:

CAT 2025 Marks	CAT 2025 Percentile (Expected)
100–109	97+
95-99	96+
90-94	95+
85-89	93+
75-84	90+
60-74	83+
40-59	72+

90 Marks in CAT Percentile- Difficult Slot

Candidates who appeared in the difficulty slot of CAT 2025 and secured 90 marks may expect a percentile of 95-95.5.

CAT 2025 Marks Vs Percentile for Difficult Slot:

CAT 2025 Marks	CAT 2025 Percentile (Expected)
100–109	98+
95-99	97+
90-94	95.5+
85-89	94+
75-84	91+
60-74	85+
40-59	75+

List of Colleges Accepting 90 Marks in CAT 2025

Most of the reputed B-schools accept a CAT percentile of 75 and above for admission into the management program. For instance, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management accepts a percentile of 92-95 and a few others.

Here is the expected percentile for the B-school for CAT 2025 as per the previous year's trend.

Institute	Percentile Expected
KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai	92-95
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai (2-Year PGDM)	90-95
TAPMI (TA Pai Management Institute), Manipal	90-94
Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa	90-94
FORE School of Management, Delhi	88-93
LBSIM (Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute), Delhi	85-92
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur/Hyderabad	85-90
BIMTECH, Greater Noida (PGDM Core)	80-90
Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai	85-90
XIME, Bangalore	80-90
ISBM, Pune (International School of Business & Media)	75-90

Frequently Asked Questions:

Ques. What is the CAT Score vs Percentile?

Ans. CAT Score vs percentile refers to the comparison between the score a candidate gets and their percentile, which helps a candidate understand where they stand. And their chances of getting into an institute.

Ques. What is a 98 Percentile CAT score?

Ans. A 98th percentile in CAT shows that you have secured marks better than 98% of the total candidates who appeared. The percentile shows your performance better than total candidates.

Ques. How many marks are in the CAT Exam?

Ans. Breakdown of the CAT Exam Score:

Section	Total Questions	Marks per question	Total Marks
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	24	+3	72
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	20	+3	60
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	22	+3	66
Total			198

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