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CAT 2025 Toppers Interview: CAT 2025 toppers have once again set new benchmarks of excellence, discipline and strategic preparation. Scoring 99+ percentile in one of India’s toughest management entrance exams is no small achievement. This year, a total of 12 candidates achieved a maximum of 100 percentile. IIM Kozhkode released the CAT 2025 result on December 24, 2025. Find the complete list of CAT 2025 toppers along with their interviews where they have shared their CAT preparation journey, struggles, mistakes, study plans, and section-wise tips for upcoming CAT aspirants.
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The total number of candidates who scored 100 percentile in the CAT 2025 are 12.
Only 2 female candidates scored 100 percentiles in the CAT 2025 exam.
Out of 12, 10 male candidates had scored in the 100 percentile in CAT 2025.
This year, 9 candidates with a non-engineering background scored 100 percentile in the CAT 2025 exam.
Only 2 candidates with an engineering background scored in the 100 percentile in CAT 2025.
The CAT 2025 toppers hail from Delhi (3 candidates), Haryana (2 candidates) and Gujarat (2 candidates).
The total number of candidates who scored 99.99 percentile in the CAT 2025 exam was 26.
Out of 26 candidates, 4 female candidates have scored 99.99 percentile in CAT 2025.
Lastly, 22 male candidates had scored 99.99 percentile in their CAT 2025 exam.
This year, a total of 26 candidates scored 99.98 percentile in the CAT 2025 exam.
Out of 26 candidates, 5 female candidates had scored 99.98 percentile.
21 male candidates scored a 99.98 percentile in the CAT exam.
Careers360 conducted several interviews with the CAT 2025 exam toppers, through which they got insights about their preparation strategy, future goals, dream B-schools that they are aiming for and much more. Check out the following table, where we have mentioned the CAT 2025 interviews for your reference.
CAT 2025 Topper | CAT 2025 Percentile | Link to Interview |
Sri Vallabha | 99.94 Percentile | |
Lakshay Gupta | 99.56 Percentile | |
Kushagra Barai | 99.33 Percentile | |
Kunal Bohra | 99.26 Percentile | |
Mahee Goda | 99.20 Percentile | |
Aishiki Sen | 99.18 Percentile |
Check out the following table about CAT 2025 toppers, where we talk about gender diversity, region diversity and academic diversity. After going through this table, you will also get an idea about the CAT 2025 toppers in comparison to last year.
Overall Percentile | Total Count | Gender and Discipline | State-wise distribution | |
100 percentiles | 12 | Female - 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 1 |
Karnataka | 1 | |||
Maharashtra | 1 | |||
Delhi | 3 | |||
Haryana | 2 | |||
Gujarat | 2 | |||
Jharkhand | 1 | |||
Odisha | 1 | |||
99.99 percentiles | 26 | Female - 4 | Tamil Nadu | 2 |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 | |||
Maharashtra | 4 | |||
Gujarat | 1 | |||
Delhi | 1 | |||
Haryana | 5 | |||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | |||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | |||
West Bengal | 2 | |||
Rajasthan | 3 | |||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | |||
99.98 percentiles | 26 | Female - 5 | Gujarat | 2 |
West Bengal | 3 | |||
Delhi | 4 | |||
Maharashtra | 2 | |||
Uttar Pradesh | 7 | |||
Rajasthan | 1 | |||
Chandigarh | 1 | |||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | |||
Karnataka | 1 | |||
Odisha | 1 | |||
Haryana | 2 | |||
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Following the CAT 2025 toppers is crucial as their strategies reveal how one can achieve high scores through discipline, smart work, strong conceptual clarity, effective mock analysis and a winning attitude.
Moreover, by going through the CAT 2025 toppers' interviews, one will get blueprints for success for clearing sections like VARC, DILR and Quant. After going through the toppers' interview, one will understand that strong fundamentals and strategy matter more than engineering backgrounds, with many successful candidates coming from non-engineering fields.
On Question asked by student community
If by B-category you mean management/private quota MBBS seats, the cutoff is very different from government-quota MBBS.
In Tamil Nadu, management-quota MBBS seats are available in self-financing/private medical colleges through the state counselling process. The closing rank varies significantly between colleges and counselling rounds. The 2025 counselling data shows that
Hello Student,
With a CAT 2025 percentile of 98.25, you have a good chance of receiving calls from several IIMs, particularly newer IIMs. However, IIM Ahmedabad , Bangalore , Calcutta , and Lucknow generally require higher percentiles for General-category candidates. Calls also depend on sectional percentiles, academics, work experience, and
Hello Aspirant,
Yes, you can access CAT preparation resources, including mock tests, practice questions, previous-year papers, and study material. Explore the CAT preparation resources and test series using the link below:
https://bschool.careers360.com/download/ebooks-and-sample-papers?exam=45
Hope this Helps!
Hello CAT Aspirant!
If you mean the CAT ( Common Admission Test) EWS certificate, the important point is whether the certificate is valid and issued in the prescribed format, rather than simply the language used on it.
Yes, a Hindi EWS certificate can generally be accepted for CAT, provided it
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