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Which Bschools can I get if my CAT percentile is between 90 and 100? Around 300+ colleges in India accept an overall CAT percentile of 90+. Candidates who failed to score a CAT percentile of 99+ also have the chance to pursue their MBA at any of the top institutes based on their CAT score. Candidates who scored a CAT percentile between 90 and 100 can apply for the MBA courses offered by IIMs or other top B schools in India, like IITs, XLRI, SPJIMR, MDI Gurgaon, SIBM Pune, and others. Candidates can use the CAT percentile predictor to know their overall CAT 2025 percentile before the release of the CAT 2025 results. Those who will be able to achieve between 90 to 100 percentiles can hope to receive a call from the IIM or the premier B-schools of India to pursue an MBA.
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After the declaration of the CAT result, all the IIMs and B-schools will release their CAT 2025 cutoffs on their official websites. The CAT cutoff is accessible only to those aspirants who appeared in the CAT 2025. Those who meet the required cutoff can appear for the Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds of IIMs.
Candidates must note that there are two types of CAT cutoff for IIM admission, namely the qualifying cutoff and the final cutoff. To get admitted into any IIMs or any top MBA colleges in India, the minimum CAT 2025 cutoff is expected to be 90 percentile in the CAT exam as per past trends. Those who secured the 99+ CAT percentile can apply to top IIMs like IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Kozhikode.
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Know which IIMs or B-schools to apply to after securing the 90 to 100 percentile in the CAT exam. We have divided the three brackets of the CAT 2025 percentile range as 98 and above percentile, 95 to 98 percentile, and 90 to 95 percentile. Check the list to find your best-fit B-school.
After securing a 98+ in the CAT percentile in the exam, candidates can undoubtedly assume getting a call from IIMs. Here, one can claim a seat in their dream B-Schools such as IIM Lucknow, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Shillong, and Indore. Apart from IIMs, one can also apply for DMS, FMS Delhi, and IIT Delhi. Check out the CAT percentile required for IIM and other top B schools below.
B-School | CAT Cutoff Percentile |
99+ | |
99+ | |
99+ | |
98+ | |
99+ | |
98+ | |
98+ | |
98+ |
There is a caveat to the above-mentioned B-schools; one should note that the top B-schools and IIMs also consider other components. They consider a few factors, such as past educational qualifications and work experience, to shortlist candidates and final selection criteria.
For the final IIM Bangalore selection process, the institute will give 25 per cent weightage to the CAT score, and the rest of 75 percent will be assigned to the Written Ability Test (WAT) & Personal Interview (PI) to 40 percent and 25 percent to past academic record, and the rest of 10 percent will be given to work experience. Hence, if a candidate secures the 99th percentile in CAT 2025, there is no guarantee of getting a call from IIM unless they have a strong background.
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If one secures a 95 percentile in the CAT exam or above, then there are lots of Tier-1 B-schools where they can apply for 2025-2027 batches. Check the table below, which consists of IIMs, IITs, as well as other B-schools.
B-School | CAT cutoff percentile |
95+ | |
95+ | |
95+ | |
95+ | |
95+ | |
95+ | |
95+ | |
95+ | |
97+ | |
95+ | |
96+ | |
95+ | |
96+ | |
95+ |
The above-mentioned institutions also give weightage to candidates' profiles. Apart from meeting the CAT cutoff criteria and candidates' profiles, candidates have to do well in the Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds.
If a candidate's CAT 2025 percentile falls between 90 to 95 percentiles, for them, there is a wide range of top B-schools. After securing more than 90 and less than 95 percentile in CAT 2025, candidates can expect calls from new IIMs as well, and more institutes offer MBAs, such as Great Lakes Institute of Management, XIMB, and Goa Institute of Management. Check out the top MBA colleges for a 90-95 percentile accepting CAT 2025 below.
B-School | CAT Cutoff Percentile |
90+ | |
90+ | |
90+ | |
90+ | |
90+ | |
90+ | |
92+ | |
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar | 93+ |
90+ | |
92+ | |
90+ | |
90+ | |
90+ |
Most of the students have a question like, IIM calls at 92 percentile? Yes, if you score 90+ per cent or higher in the CAT exam 2025, you can get admission to one of the top IIMs.
After fulfilling the CAT cutoff eligibility and shortlist criteria, one will get an interview call from B-Schools. Now it is high time to prepare for further selection rounds of the selection process.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Candidates can get many top management schools as mentioned in this article with 90 percentile in CAT 2024 exam.
For admission to any IIMs or top Bschools in India, the minimum CAT cut off is 90 percentile.
Many IIMs such as IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Nagpur, and others can be the option for a candidate if he gets 90 percentile.
Yes, with the 90 percentile in the CAT exam, candidates can get into quite good MBA colleges in India which has been listed in this article.
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