CAT Exam Analysis 2024 | CAT 2024 Analysis

CAT Exam Cutoff 2023: Past Year Trends

CAT cutoff is an indication of the minimum percentile score that a candidate is expected to achieve to get shortlisted by the participating institutes. While top B-schools are known to have a higher CAT cutoff range, the minimum cutoff varies from institute to institute.

CAT cutoff generally depends on certain factors like the difficulty level of the exam, number of test-takers, number of seats, etc.

Further, it is worth noting that there are two stages to qualify for the admission procedure of CAT:

• Stage I → It includes the profile score and the test score (CAT/XAT/NMAT, etc), out of which the profile score may include your academic performance, work experience, and academic and gender diversity, which may vary based on the Institute. 
  (Remember, the CAT percentile is just the first step towards receiving a call. The only thing you can work on is your test score and how to maximize it.)
• Stage II → It includes the WAT-GD-PI rounds, which are again something in your control, and you can work on them to gain admission to your dream B-school.

Find below the tabulated CAT cutoff of top-tier IIMs for the previous year:

*Mark that the above-mentioned percentile are just the indicative numbers as per CAT 2023. 

For Example: There might be candidates who do not receive calls from the respective institute at the mentioned percentile, regardless of achieving the required CAT percentile, because the selections are purely based on profiles.

The CAT cutoff serves as a benchmark for the minimum percentile score required for the colleges listed below. This criterion is typically influenced by factors such as the exam's difficulty level, the number of test-takers, available seats, and other considerations. The table below provides information for distinct categories.

** For all the above variants, Gender/10th/12th/Grad is considered as Male/90%/85%/80% (Engineer) with a work experience of 12 months.

** These are indicative numbers as per CAT 2023. For Example, there might be someone who did not get calls at the mentioned percentile from the respective institute.

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Possible deviations from the predicted percentiles as observed in the previous CAT results are given below:

• Deviation of around 0.5%ile - Prediction accuracy of 97.7% for candidates scoring above 98%ile and 95.6% accuracy for candidates scoring above 95%ile
• Deviation of around 1%ile - Prediction accuracy of 97.7%ile for candidates scoring above 98%ile, 97.5% accuracy for candidates scoring above 95%ile and 92.3% accuracy for candidates scoring above 90%ile