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    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Estimate Your Percentile Instantly

    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Estimate Your Percentile Instantly

    Suvam MaitiUpdated on 24 Nov 2024, 05:16 PM IST

    One of the crucial examinations to get into the IIMs or top notch B-Schools, is the CAT. This year IIM Calcutta has conducted the CAT exam on November 24, 2024. The examination is conducted in three slots while the questions of the three phases are supposed to be slightly different from each other. CAT score is calculated in several phases with complex equations under process. The CAT Score calculation process takes into account the CAT RAW score, CAT percentile as well the Score normalisation process. In this scenario, the candidates or applicants need to have a clear understanding of how the CAT Exam score is calculated. This is why CAT 2024 Percentile Calculator can be a useful tool for the candidates to check after their slot. Read this article to learn about the CAT Percentile Calculator 2024 along with what is CAT percentile, how it is calculated, how to use the CAT 2024 Percentile Calculator, CAT score vs Percentile as well as expected cut offs for the IIMs.

    This Story also Contains

    1. CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Overview of the Marks Division
    2. CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: What is it?
    3. CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: CAT Score vs Percentile 2024
    4. CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Expected Cut Off 2024 for IIMs
    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Estimate Your Percentile Instantly
    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor

    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Overview of the Marks Division

    There are three sections in the CAT 2024 Examination- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Aptitude (QA). 66 questions will be divided into these three sections, each correct answer carrying 3 marks with them. The candidate would get 40 minutes for each of the sections. Each section would contain several non-MCQ questions along with primarily MCQ questions.

    Section

    Number of Questions

    Time Allotted

    Marks (+3 for every correct answer and -1 for every wrong MCQ answer)

    Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

    24


    • 21 MCQs

    • 3 non MCQs

    40

    72

    Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

    20


    • 14 MCQs

    • 6 Non MCQs

    40

    60

    Quantitative Aptitude (QA).

    22


    • 14 MCQs

    • 8 Non MCQs

    40

    66

    See also- CAT 2024: Admit Card (Nov 5), Exam Date, Syllabus, Pattern, Previous Year
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    CAT Percentile Calculator: What is Percentile and How it is Calculated

    Moreover being a competitive exam, the CAT also provides the percentile apart from the RAW CAT Score. Percentile shows how one candidate has scored better than other candidates. For instance, last year 76.02 marks fetched one a percentile of 99, which in turn implies that one candidate has scored better than the 99% of the appeared candidates. To calculate the percentile of one candidate, the following process is taken-

    Percentile = [1-{One’s CAT Rank / Number of Candidates appeared for the test}] * 100

    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: What is it?

    CAT Percentile Predictor can be a handy tool for the applicants to get a glimpse of what they can expect as a percentile . They need to calculate the RAW score and then put it in the calculator tool mentioned above, to get a sneak peak about the expected Percentile.

    CAT 2024 Percentile predictor is a tool that uses actual exam scores of 40000+ students of the previous years to predict the CAT result or the percentile of a candidate who has put in the correct input in the predictor. By using Careers360 percentile predictor the candidate for the CAT 2024 would be able to know about the expected percentile once their slot gets over. In 2024 more than 3 lakh candidates have registered for the CAT examination. So register on careers360 , input your expected CAT 2024 score and know your CAT percentile.

    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: How CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor Work

    The candidate who wishes to know more about their CAT 2024 percentile through the Percentile predictor needs to go through these steps.

    1. OpenCareers360’s percentile predictor tool link.

    2. Then the candidate is required to put the CAT exam details in the CAT Percentile predictor. Such as expected CAT SCore as well as the expected score in all the three sections. However, filling the expected score in the three sections are optional, while providing the overall expected score is mandatory.

    3. Fill up the Date of Birth and the contact details, primarily the mobile number .

    4. After competing the above mentioned credentials, click on ‘predict my percentile’

    5. The result prediction report will be sent to the candidates mobile number.

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    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: CAT Score vs Percentile 2024

    A comparative peak into the CAT score and CAT percentile would help the candidate understand which CAT score would be equivalent to which CAT percentile. This understanding would be beneficial for the candidate to know where they stand in the competition. However candidates need to keep in mind that all these predictions are based on the data taken from previous years.

    CAT VARC SCore

    CAT DILR Score

    CAT QA Score

    CAT Overall Score

    CAT Percentile

    34-35

    28-30

    36-37

    98-102

    99+

    32-33

    27-28

    30-32

    90-93

    98+

    32-34

    20-21

    28-30

    80-82

    95+

    29-30

    17-19

    26-27

    72-75

    90+

    24-29

    14-15

    20-22

    59-61

    85+

    20-23

    11-13

    15-16

    46-48

    80+

    CAT 2024 Percentile Predictor: Expected Cut Off 2024 for IIMs

    Based on the experiences of the previous years here is the list of the IIMs and the expected cut offs, course fees as well the average package offered during the placement drives.

    List of IIMs

    CAT 2024 Cut off Expected

    Course Fees (INR)

    Average Package Offered (INR)

    IIM Ahmedabad

    99-100

    25.00 Lakh

    34.45 LPA

    IIM Bangalore

    99-100

    24. 50 Lakh

    35.30 LPA

    IIM Calcutta

    99

    23.00 Lakh

    35.07 LPA

    IIM Luknow

    97+

    26.50 Lakh

    30.00 LPA

    IIM Indore

    97+

    21.17 Lakh

    30.21 LPA

    IIM Kozhikode

    97-98

    22.50 Lakh

    31.02 LPA

    IIM Sambalpur

    95+

    21.01 Lakh

    16.74 LPA

    IIM Amritsar

    95+

    21.00 Lakh

    16.51 LPA

    IIM Nagpur

    95+

    18.90 Lakh

    16.74 LPA

    IIM Mumbai

    97

    21 Lakh

    47.29 LPA

    IIM Rohtak

    95

    17.90 Lakh

    18.73 LPA

    IIM Sirmur

    95

    17.50 Lakh

    14.45 LPA

    IIM Trichy

    94

    21.00 Lakh

    20.55 LPA

    IIM Raipur

    94

    18.00 Lakh

    21.04 LPA

    IIM Ranchi

    94

    17.50 lakh

    35.50 LPA

    IIM Kashipur

    94

    17.30 Lakh

    18.10 LPA

    IIM Udaipur

    92

    22.20 Lakh

    20.02 LPA

    IIM VIzag

    92

    17.82 Lakh

    16.61 LPA

    IIM Bodhgaya

    92

    17.00 Lakh

    14.96 LPA

    IIM Shillong

    90

    22.71 Lakh

    26.96 LPA

    Apart from these IIMs other top B-Schools like FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IMT Ghaziabad and ISB Hyderabad need 95+ percentile while the CAT 2024 Cut Off for the Tier 2 MBA colleges can go around 85+ percentile.

    Read Also: MBA Colleges accepting low CAT scores

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is my expected CAT percentile?
    A:

    Applicants can try the Careers360 Percentile to know their CAT percentile. Upon putting the CAT Raw score in the predictor tool.

    Q: What is the difficulty level of CAT 2024?
    A:

    The difficulty level of CAT 2024 is expected to be moderate to hard, looking into the past trends. However, with the proper preparation, the candidates will be able to clear it.

    Q: What is the weightage of each section in CAT?
    A:

    The CAT 2024 Exam has three sections. The CAT VARC section will include 24 questions with a weightage of 72 marks. These will be followed by the DILR section and QA section. The DILR and QA sections comprise 20 and 22 questions, respectively, and they contain 60 and 66 marks.

    Q: What is considered a good CAT score?
    A:

    Looking at the past trends, scoring 120 will gain the candidate's 90 percentile. However, this score can vary according to the difficulty level of the examination each year.

    Q: How to calculate the CAT RAW score?
    A:

    To calculate the the CAT Raw Score one need to follow this steps

    Raw Score = 3 * (number of correct answers given by the candidate) - 1 * ( number of wrong answers given by the candidate) 

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