CAT Normalization Process 2020: Check Composite Score Formula (New)
CAT Normalization Process 2020 - CAT result 2020 will be based on the normalization process of CAT 2020 followed by IIMs. We all know that the national level CAT exam is the biggest entrance exam, hence every year more than 2 lakh candidates register for it. For CAT 2020, approximately 2.3 lakh candidates have registered for the exam. To conduct the exam successfully and without altercation, CAT 2020 was conducted in three different shifts. Therefore, three different test forms shall be conducted in three test shifts. To ensure rationality and veracity in the performance of candidates in CAT 2020 exam, IIM Indore will follow a CAT normalization process 2020. As per the Indian Institute of Management, “the normalization process of CAT will adjust for location and scale differences of score distribution across different forms.” The first normalization process is done across different forms, then the scores are further normalized across different sections. Nowadays, the normalization process has become a common trend and is used in all entrance exams which are conducted in different slots/shifts.
Latest CAT update - CAT 2020 result out on January 2. Also check CAT cutoff 2020.
Exam Dates of CAT 2020
Before filling the application form, candidates must be aware of the exam dates of CAT 2020 as it contains the start and end dates, admit card date, CAT 2020 exam date and much more. As per the exam dates, CAT 2020 was held on November 29, 2020. Given below is the schedule of CAT 2020 which can be checked by candidates for reference.
CAT Exam Dates 2020:
Events | Dates |
Start of Application Process of CAT 2020 | August 5, 2020 |
End of CAT application process | September 23, 2020 |
Admit card of CAT 2020 | October 28, 2020 |
CAT 2020 | November 29, 2020 |
Declaration of Result | January 2, 2021 |
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What is the CAT Normalization Process 2020?
The entrance exam of CAT 2020 was conducted only in computer-based mode in three shifts i.e. morning, afternoon and evening. Henceforth, to avoid any kind of discrimination, Indian Institute of Management will follow the process of normalization for CAT 2020 which will change scale differences of score distributions across different forms. Normalization process of CAT 2020 will be followed as an established practice that will compare the scores of candidates across different/various forms. The main purpose of the CAT 2020 normalization process will be that none of the candidates from either of the slots/shifts get undue advantage or face disadvantage. The scaled scores will then be converted into CAT percentile. The shortlisted candidates (on the basis of CAT percentile) will have to appear for the selection process of IIMs, which will include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds.
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Calculation of Scaled Scores
Complete details related to sectional scores as well as overall scaled scores will be mentioned on the result of CAT 2020. Below-mentioned steps will be followed by IIM in CAT result 2020, to calculate the scaled score of each section. Let us look at an example of how the scaled score will be calculated for CAT 2020 -
Step 1: First the mean & standard deviation (SD) will be calculated of the raw scores in the DILR section for all candidates who will appear in the morning shift
Let Mean = M1
Let SD = S1
Hence, G1 = M1 + S1
Step 2: Similarly, mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the candidates who will appear in afternoon shift will be calculated of the raw scores in the same DILR section for all candidates.
Let Mean = M2
Let SD = S2
Hence, G2 = M2 + S2
Step 3: Now, calculate the mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the raw scores in the DILR section for all candidates who will appear in both morning and afternoon shifts.
Let Mean be M
Standard Deviation be S
Therefore, G = M + S
Step 4: Calculate the mean raw score in the DILR section of the top 0.1% of candidates who will appear in the first-morning shift. Denote the same by 𝑀1 0.1
Step 5: Similarly, For the top 0.1% candidates of the afternoon shift, calculate the mean raw score in the DILR section. Denote it by 𝑀2 0.1
Step 6: Now For top 0.1% of candidates who will appear in CAT 2020 for both morning and afternoon shifts, calculate the mean raw score in the DILR section. Denote the same by 𝑀0.1.
A similar technique will be followed to calculate the scaled score of all three sections.
i.e. Total scaled score = Sum of scaled scores of DILR, VARC, QA.
How to Calculate CAT Percentile 2020
IIM Indore released the percentile calculation method of CAT 2020. Rank obtained by a candidate will be termed as CAT percentile 2020. On the basis of the scaled score, the percentile of CAT 2020 will be calculated. It is imperative for candidates to understand how their CAT percentile 2020 will be calculated and ranks will be allotted to them. Higher rank will be provided to those candidates who score more marks in all sections. If two candidates will score similar marks in the VARC section, then in such case both of them will be given Rank 1. The CAT 2020 percentile score will be calculated on the basis of a defined formula. After the formula is implemented, there will be a need to round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points.
The following steps will be used with regard to the calculation of CAT 2020 percentile. For example sake, QA section is chosen to know how CAT percentile is calculated and a similar process will be applicable to other sections.
Step 1: Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who appeared for CAT 2020 (i.e. including morning, afternoon and evening sessions).
Step 2: Assign a rank (r), based on the scaled scores obtained in the QA section, to all candidates who appeared for CAT exam 2020. In the case of two or more candidates get identical scaled scores in the QA section, then the same rank will be awarded to all those candidates.
As an example, suppose two candidates obtain the highest scaled score in the QA section, then both of those candidates are assigned a rank of 1. Moreover, the candidate(s) obtaining the second-highest scaled score in the QA section are assigned a rank of 3 and so on.
Step 3: Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the QA section as:
𝑃 = ( (𝑁−𝑟) 𝑁 ) × 100.
Step 4: Round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points.
For example, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 99.995 are rounded off to 100, all percentile scores greater than or equal to 99.985 but strictly less than 99.995 are rounded off to 99.99 and so on.
The method that is mentioned above is used for the computation of the overall CAT percentile scores and for the percentile scores of other sections.
CAT Result 2020
IIM Indore will announce the result of CAT 2020 in the second week of January 2021. CAT 2020 result will contain details related to the personal details of candidates, sectional scores obtained, percentile, as well as total, scaled score and percentile. Candidates who will qualify will be called upon to take part in the further admission process. CAT scores are accepted not only by Indian Institute of Management but various other top b-schools other than IIMs as well.
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Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - CAT Normalization Process 2020: Check Composite Score Formula (New)
Question: Why CAT scaled scored in important?
Answer:
CAT scaled score is used to compare candidates performance with another candidates for the same and other shift. It will help candidates and such institutes who accepts CAT score to get a fair assessment of candidates performance in CAT 2020.
Question: How are CAT scaled score calculated?
Answer:
IIMs calculate the mean and standard deviation of candidates Raw score and then they apply a formula to calculate the scaled score.
Question: What is normalization in CAT?
Answer:
CAT is conducted in multiple shifts and every shift has a different set of questions. There may be some difference in the difficulty level. CAT Normalization process is used to adjust candidates score for these differences.
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Questions related to CAT
which top b school i will get with 49.86 percentile in cat 2020? i am student of SC category.
Hey!
As per the previous years records, you might get tier2 or tier 3 college (very low chances), some of the colleges which you can get with decent chances are:
- ABV – Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
- Indian School of Mines. Dhanbad
- SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai
- School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur
To know more you can go through our article:
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/which-b-schools-will-you-get-based-on-your-percentile
Thankyou
Answer laterHii.. all... CAT 2020 93 pr (VARC below 60/ Rest are 95+) General Engineer Male (Not from IIT) 10th/12th/ Grad = 92/80/73 Should i fill a form of IIT Roorkee or not? And what other colleges i can expect call at this pr?
Hello Aspirant,
As per your category and percentile in CAT and especially in VARC section which makes you ineligible for admission to IIMs and even for some IITs as well, but you have good chances to get seat in some of the B-Schools other than IIMs or IITs for MBA/PGDM such as :-
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
Institute of Finance and International Management, Bangalore
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy
FORE School of Management, New Delhi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
DMS, NIT Trichy
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad
To check the cut-off of all above mentioned B-schools and to get the details of some other B-Schools which you can get on such percentile, kindly check out the link given below :-
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
Hii.. Thank you in advance:) CAT 2020 93 pr (VARc 58/ Rest are 95+) 10th/12th/Grad = 92/80/73 General Engineer Male No work exp. as i see in artical 20% weitages given to Work exp. but i not have any work exp. What should i do? I fill a form of IIT kanpur or not?
Hello Aspirant,
As per your category and percentile in CAT and especially in VARC section which makes you ineligible for admission to IIMs and even for some IITs as well, but you have good chances to get seat in some of the B-Schools other than IIMs or IITs for MBA/PGDM such as :-
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
Institute of Finance and International Management, Bangalore
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy
FORE School of Management, New Delhi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
DMS, NIT Trichy
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad
To check the cut-off of all above mentioned B-schools and to get the details of some other B-Schools which you can get on such percentile, kindly check out the link given below :-
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
can i apply for cat2021 as i am from BAMS stream ?and medical practice is recognized as work experience in cat ?
Hello Aspirant,
Yes of course you can apply for CAT 2021 because according to the CAT eligibility criteria candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. And your work experience will be considered as Medical background if you have worked in the same field.
Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by any of the IIM in rotation every year , it is a computer-based entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions at 20 IIMs and 1000+ B-Schools in India. Candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. As per the new paper pattern the paper is of total 228 marks and it will consists of 76 total number of questions divided in three sections namely VARC, DILR and QA. Out of these 76 questions, 54 question will be of MCQ type and other 22 will be Non-MCQ. For every correct answer 3 marks will be awarded and on incorrect answer -1 will be deducted only from MCQs not from Non-MCQs. For complete exam pattern(latest) of CAT kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern
For CAT 2021 no exact dates are out yet but it is expected that the application process for it will start in the month of August '21 and the tentative exam date is November 28th 2021.
You can get complete information about CAT 2021 from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat
Now let us discuss how to prepare for above three sections so that we can get the best score which can take us to the best B-Schools of the country.
For Quantitative Ability :-
> For this section your pre-requisite is the complete understanding of basics of Mathematics.
> You should have proper command on topics like profit and loss, number system, geometry.
> Practice as many as sample papers you can and go for some mock tests as well.
For complete details about preparation of QA section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-quantitative-ability
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension :-
> Reading skill is the pre-requisite for this section, so try to read different English story books, magazines, etc.
> Go through newspapers, journals, blogs, articles, etc to enhance your reading skills and watch some English visuals such as English News, web series, movies and likewise.
> Try solving questions based on comprehension, inferences and para jumbles. You can purchase some booklets for the same from market.
For complete details about preparation of VARC section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-varc
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation :-
> This section seems to be the toughest section in CAT exam, but it is not if you practice a lots of questions on logical reasoning and practice solving different hard core problems so that your problem solving ability will increase, which is the pre-requisite for this section.
> Go through some basic topics like seating arrangements, blood relations, syllogisms, etc to get familiar with this section.
> For complete details about preparation of DI&LR section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-di-lr
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
cat syllabus,pattern, booklist and for which college best for mba
Hello Aspirant,
Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by any of the IIM in rotation every year , it is a computer-based entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions at 20 IIMs and 1000+ B-Schools in India. Candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. As per the new paper pattern the paper is of total 228 marks and it will consists of 76 total number of questions divided in three sections namely VARC, DILR and QA. Out of these 76 questions, 54 question will be of MCQ type and other 22 will be Non-MCQ. For every correct answer 3 marks will be awarded and on incorrect answer -1 will be deducted only from MCQs not from Non-MCQs. For complete exam pattern(latest) of CAT kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern
CAT Syllabus - CAT Syllabus 2021 - Download Latest CAT 2021 Exam Syllabus PDF Section-wise Free (careers360.com)
Now let us discuss how to prepare for above three sections so that we can get the best score which can take us to the best B-Schools of the country.
Quantitative Ability :-
> For this section your pre-requisite is the complete understanding of basics of Mathematics.
> You should have proper command on topics like profit and loss, number system, geometry.
> Practice as many as sample papers you can and go for some mock tests as well.
For complete details about preparation of QA section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-quantitative-ability
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension :-
> Reading skill is the pre-requisite for this section, so try to read different English story books, magazines, etc.
> Go through newspapers, journals, blogs, articles, etc to enhance your reading skills and watch some English visuals such as English News, web series, movies and likewise.
> Try solving questions based on comprehension, inferences and para jumbles. You can purchase some booklets for the same from market.
For complete details about preparation of VARC section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-varc
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation :-
> This section seems to be the toughest section in CAT exam, but it is not if you practice a lots of questions on logical reasoning and practice solving different hard core problems so that your problem solving ability will increase, which is the pre-requisite for this section.
> Go through some basic topics like seating arrangements, blood relations, syllogisms, etc to get familiar with this section.
> For complete details about preparation of DI&LR section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-di-lr
For complete list of top colleges accepting CAT score for admission to their MBA/PGP programmes kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-b-schools-accepting-cat-scores-and-cutoffs
You can get complete information about CAT 2021 from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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