How to Calculate CAT Percentile 2020

How to Calculate CAT Percentile - It is common for candidates to be baffled while finding the difference between CAT percentile and score. They may wonder how to calculate CAT percentile and how it is different from CAT score? After the IIM entrance exam is over, most of you want to know how to calculate CAT percentile. Common Admission Test is of three hours duration comprising 100 marks. The application form of CAT 2020 was issued on August 5 and the last date for registration will be September 23. Candidates will be able to download the admit card of CAT from October 28. However, before you roll into your most important aimed question, ‘’How to calculate CAT percentile?”, you must be aware of the steps that are involved in the final surfacing of your CAT percentile. As CAT consists of two sessions in a single day, the scores of candidates will be subjected to normalization. The scaled scores will then be converted to percentile for the shortlisting process. Let us have a look on the proper procedure for calculating CAT percentile.
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Calculation of CAT percentile - An example

In simple words, CAT percentile tell a candidate the percentage of candidate who have scored above or below him/her. A CAT percentile is a rank of a management aspirant relative to the rest of the aspirants who appeared for the same MBA entrance exam of CAT 2020. Its basic idea is to tell you what per cent of the students have scored less than you in the CAT exam 2020.

-For example, there are a total number of 2,00,000 candidates who appeared in the examination. Now you cored a rank of 4000, then your CAT percentile will be :

Your CAT 2020 percentile = 1 - [4000/2,00,000] * 100 = 98 percentile

The above percentile means that 98 percent of the students writing the CAT exam shall have the CAT score below you.

• Also no candidate can score 100 percentile in CAT because it indicates what percent of students you are ahead of, including yourself.

• In addition to this, the percentile is only calculated upto three decimal places and then it is rounded off to the next closest decimal number.

CAT 2020 - Normalization of Score

CAT 2020 will be conducted in two sessions and slots and at various locations across the country. So the first step after the exam is CAT normalization. Why is it needed? This is necessary so that there is no incongruity. The parameters on which normalisation is done are location, sessions and the difficulty level of different exam papers. All these criteria are equalized while scaling the raw score attained by the student. Considering all these criteria, a normalized score is attained which is then used for calculation of the CAT percentile. The scaled scores for each of the three sections and the total scores along with the percentile will be published on the scorecard.

Process of How to Calculate CAT Percentile-

The steps below sketch the procedure to calculate CAT 2020 percentile for a sectional as well as an overall paper. Here the QA section is chosen as an example.

Step 1: The total number of candidates appeared

First of all note down the total number of candidates (say N) who appeared for the paper both in the morning and afternoon sessions.

Step 2: Assigning rank ® based on the scaled score

After the normalization process, a scaled score is obtained for each section and the overall scaled score. Based on the scaled score, you will be assigned a rank (r). In case two or more candidates have attained the same marks in any section, they will be assigned the same rank for that section.

Step 3: Calculation of percentile score

The formula for computing the percentile is given by

𝑃 = ( (𝑁−𝑟)/𝑁 ) × 100,

where

P = Percentile of a candidate

N = Total number of candidates

R = Rank assigned to a candidate

Step 4: Round off

Round off the calculated percentile score of a candidate upto two decimal points. Similar strategy is followed for calculating percentile score for the other two sections, i.e. DILR and VARC in CAT 2020.

Check the CAT percentile on the basis of CAT score in the table below:

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CAT Percentile Predictor 2020

CAT Result 2020

IIM Indore will declare CAT 2020 result in the second week of January. The result mentions the name along with the biometric scanned photograph and details of the candidates like sectional cutoff and the marks scored and the overall percentile on the basis of their performance in the exam. The scaled scores for each section Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Quantitative Ability (QA) and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) will be mentioned. Also the total scores along with the percentiles shall be stated on the scorecard. Candidates who qualify will have to apply to their choice of college for admissions on the basis of their CAT scores. The IIMs will shortlist and call the candidate on the basis of IIM admission criteria. The candidate has to convert the call by clearing the GD/PI and WAT process in order to finally procure a seat in the top B-Schools.

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CAT Cutoff 2020

Once the CAT exam is over, the authorities release the expected cutoff. The cutoff of CAT 2020 is nothing but the minimum percentile a candidate needs to attain in order to qualify for the next following round of selection process. CAT cutoff 2020 will depend on various factors such as the difficulty level of the exam, total number of candidates appeared, the number of seats, etc. In order to get shortlisted for the 2020 selection process: WAT -GD/PI, candidates appearing for CAT 2020 exam must qualify the sectional as well as the overall cutoff. According to the past year trends, the CAT cutoff for top B-School category colleges like old IIMs and top B-Schools such as FMS (University of Delhi), SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, etc. goes over 99 percentile. Baby IIMs including IIM Sambalpur, IIM Trichy, IIM Kashipur, IIM Ranchi, etc. have cutoff of 90 percentile and above.

Final Selection for Admission

On the basis of the composite score which is calculated on the basis of their performance in CAT 2020, WAT/GD and PI, academic record, work experience, the candidates will get admission. Check the table given below to know about the break up of the composite score. The CS given below is general in nature. All IIMs have a different CS calculation process.

Composite Scores