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CAT cutoff 2025 for the general category is higher compared to other reserved categories. The CAT 2025 cutoff for the general category for IIMs and non-IIM admissions will be released for the academic year 2026. The general category does not get any reservations in the seats for IIMs as well as non-IIMs. The collective seats for MBA/PGDM courses the IIMs offer are close to 5500. The CAT percentile range required for IIMs for the general category candidates is between 95 and 99.9. This year, 14 students secured the 100 percentile, and 29 students got 99.99 percentile in the CAT exam.
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The CAT cutoff for the general category for IIM will depend on the CAT 2025 difficulty level, the number of appearing candidates, seats offered, and the normalisation process. The expected CAT cutoff for general category candidates for IIMs and non-IMs is mentioned in the table below.
Name of the College | CAT cutoff for General category for IIM (Expected) |
99-100 | |
99-100 | |
99-100 | |
97-98 | |
97-98 | |
97-98 | |
95-96 | |
95-96 | |
95-96 | |
94-95 | |
94-95 | |
94-95 | |
92-94 | |
92-94 | |
92-94 | |
90 | |
90 | |
92-94 | |
94 | |
97-99 | |
88-90 | |
90 | |
75 | |
90 | |
85-90 | |
94 | |
94 | |
90-95 | |
91 | |
96 | |
85 |
The trends have remained unchanged when it comes to the CAT exam cutoff for the general category. The previous year's IIM general cutoff and CAT general cutoff for non-IIMs are listed in the table below.
Name of the College | CAT cutoff for General Category 2024 | CAT cutoff for General Category 2023 |
99-99.5 | 99-99.5 | |
99 | 99 | |
99 | 99 | |
97-98 | 97-98 | |
97-98 | 97-98 | |
97-98 | 97-98 | |
95-96 | 95-96 | |
95-96 | 95-96 | |
95-96 | 95-96 | |
94-95 | 94-95 | |
94-95 | 94-95 | |
94-95 | 94-95 | |
92-94 | 92-94 | |
92-94 | 92-94 | |
92-94 | 92-94 | |
90 | 90 | |
90 | 90 | |
90-92 | 90-92 | |
95 | 95 | |
98 | 98-99 | |
85 | 85+ | |
90 | 90 | |
80 | 80-85 | |
90 | 90+ | |
90 | 90 | |
94+ | 95+ | |
85+ | 85+ | |
85 | 92 | |
81-86 | 80+ | |
85-90 | 85+ | |
85 | 85 |
After the candidate has met the IIMT CAT Cut Off, the following are the next steps that they will need to follow:
CAT cut-offs hold significant importance for all MBA aspirants as they represent the minimum percentile score the candidates need to have to become eligible for further stages of the admission process at various MBA colleges.
The CAT cut-offs will act as eligibility criteria and will determine whether an applicant's CAT performance is sufficient for a particular business school to consider their candidature for selection rounds, such as Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
Furthermore, CAT cut-offs will indicate the competition level for admission to specific MBA programs; higher cut-offs will lead to greater applicant volume and a more competitive environment.
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The CAT cutoff for IIT Bombay for candidates belonging to General category will be 90 percentile and for SC/ST/PwD category, the CAT cutoff will be 60 percentile.
Going by past year trends, CAT 2025 is expected to be moderate to tough.
Category | Cutoff 2025 | Cutoff 2024 | Cutoff 2023 | Cutoff 2022 | Cutoff 2021 |
General | 92 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 94 |
EWS | 70 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 75 |
NC-OBC | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 75 |
SC | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 55 |
ST | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
DAP | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
The CAT cutoff for non-IIM colleges offering MBA/PGDM programs ranges mostly from 80 to 90 percentile. Few of the non-IIM institutes like the FMS, Delhi are expected to have a CAT General category cutoff close to the 98 percentile.
The lowest IIM cutoff for the General category comes to 90 percentile. A few IIMs like IIM Bodh Gaya, and IIM Nagpur can be aimed for this percentile. The IIM cutoff for the General category for most of the IIMs remains between 95-100 percentile.
For a General category candidate the IIMs close their applications at a minimum CAT percentile of 90. With a CAT percentile of 85 candidates from the General category can target non-IIM colleges with good ratings.
For IIM admission the CAT percentile required for the General category is between 90-100. At the upper band of 99-100 CAT percentile the IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Bangalore can be targeted. For the lower band 90-95 of CAT percentile IIMs like IIM Trichy, IIM Raipur, and IIM Ranchi can be aimed for.
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With a 70 percent in CAT Examination, you can go for various B-Schools or private collages. The S. K. Patel Institute of Management in Gandhinagar is an option for those who score 70-80 percent in their CAT examination or The Gujarat Institute of Management (GIM) in Goa with a cutoff of 60-80 percentage. These are the collages you can look for in Gujarat or nearby.
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Hello dear candidate,
NO. your application for CAT will not rejected for wrong gender small mistake in the OBC NCL certificate. You will be considered as an OBC candidate.
you just need to get your OBC certificate corrected and need to inform the CAT helpdesk about this error.
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Here are some top MBA colleges in India with fees under Rs. 2 lakh and their exam/cutoff details:
SIMSREE, Mumbai – Fee around Rs. 1.3–1.4 lakh for 2 years. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, MAT, ATMA. Cutoff is very high, usually 99+ percentile in CAT/CMAT.
PUMBA (Dept. of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University) – Fee around Rs. 1.2–1.3 lakh. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, ATMA. Cutoff approx. 75+ percentile in CAT, 90–95+ percentile in CMAT, high scores in MAH-CET.
TISS, Mumbai (MA HRM & other management-related programmes) – Fee around Rs. 1.7–1.9 lakh. Accepts CAT for some courses. Qualifying cutoff is around 60–70 percentile, but final selection cutoffs are higher.
These are the main government institutes where the full MBA/PG programme fee is within Rs. 2 lakh. Cutoffs vary slightly each year and by category, but SIMSREE and PUMBA generally need high scores, while TISS has its own process along with CAT shortlisting.
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Hey! With a NEET score of 344 in the ST category, it is highly unlikely to get admission in any government BDS college in Delhi through the All India Quota. The cutoff for government BDS seats in Delhi usually falls around 400–450 for ST category, so your score is below that range.
You can consider private dental colleges, state quota seats in other states, or reattempt NEET next year to improve your chances.
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