Which B-schools can I get if my CAT percentile is between 90 and 100?

Updated on Jan 2, 2021 - 5:46 p.m. IST by Himanshu.shekhar #CAT

Which B-schools can I get if my CAT percentile is between 90 and 100? - After the declaration of CAT 2020 result, candidates will get to know their overall CAT 2020 percentile. Those who are able to manage 90 to 100 percentile, can hope to receive a call from the IIM or from the premier B-schools of India to pursue an MBA. Post CAT result, all the IIMs and B-school will release their CAT 2020 cutoffs on their official websites. The CAT cutoff will be accessible to only those aspirants who appeared in CAT 2020. Those who meet the required cutoff then have to apply for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) round of IIMs. Candidates must note that there are two types of CAT cutoff for IIM admission namely qualifying cutoff and final cutoff. To get admitted into any IIMs or any Top MBA colleges in India, the minimum CAT 2020 cutoff is expected to be 90 percentile. Those who secured 99+ percentile can apply to top IIMs like IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIM Calcutta and IIM Kozhikode.
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Which B-Schools can I get if my CAT percentile is between 90 and 100?

Know which IIMs or B-school to apply after securing 90 to 100 percentile. We have divided three brackets of CAT 2020 percentile range such as 98 and above percentile, 95 to 98 percentile and 90 to 95 percentile. Check the list to know your best-fit B-School.

Case 1 - 98+ Percentile

After securing 98+ percentile, candidates can undoubtedly assume to get 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.

List of B-Schools with 98+ CAT Percentile

B-School	Cutoff Percentile (Approx)
IIM Ahmedabad	99+
IIM Calcutta	99+
IIM Bangalore	99+
IIM Indore	98+
IIM Lucknow	99+
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay	98+
DMS, IIT Delhi	98+
FMS, University of Delhi	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 few factors such as past educational qualification and work experience to shortlist candidates and final selection criteria. For example, IIM Ahmedabad gives 50 percent weightage to past educational qualification which includes Class 10th, 12th and Graduation and 8 percent weightage to work experience for shortlisting candidates. For final selection, the institution will give 25 percent weightage to CAT score and rest of 75 percent will be assigned to Written Ability Test (WAT) & Personal Interview (PI) to 40 percent and 25 percent for past academic record and rest of 10 percent will be given to work experience. Hence, if a candidate secure 99 percentile, there is no surety to get a call from IIM unless they have a strong background.

Case 2 - 95 to 98 Percentile

If one has secured 95 to 98 percentile, then there are lots of Tier-1 B-Schools where they can apply for 2021-2023 batches. Check the below table which consists of IIMs, IITs as well as other B-Schools.

List of B-Schools with 95 to 98 CAT Percentile

B-School	Cutoff Percentile (Approx)
IIM Shillong	95+
IIM Kozhikode	95+
IIM Rohtak	95+
IIM Ranchi	95+
IIM Trichy	95+
IIM Raipur	95+
IIM Udaipur	95+
IIM Kashipur	95+
NITIE Mumbai	97+
IIM Bodh Gaya	95+
MDI Gurgaon	96+
DoMS, IIT Madras	95+
IMT Ghaziabad	96+
VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur	95+

The above mentioned institutions also give the weightage to candidates profiles. Apart from meeting the cutoff criteria and candidates profile, candidates have to do well in the Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds.

Case 3 - 90 to 95 Percentile

If candidates CAT 2020 percentile falls in between 90 to 95 percentile, for them there is a wide range of top B-Schools. After securing more than 90 and less than 95 percentile, candidates can expect calls from new IIMs as well as there are more institutes who offer MBA such as Great Lakes Institute of Management, XIMB and Goa Institute of Management.

List of B-Schools with 90 to 95 CAT Percentile

B-School	CAT Cutoff Percentile (Approx)
IIM Visakhapatnam	90+
IIM Nagpur	90+
IIM Sambalpur	90+
IIM Sirmaur	90+
IIM Jammu	90+
IIM Amritsar	90+
Goa Institute of Management, Goa	92+
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar	93+
DoMS, IIT Roorkee	90+
DIME, IIT Kanpur	92+
IISWBM Kolkata	90+
BIM Trichy	90+
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai	90+

Selected B-School? Now What Next?

After fulfilling the 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.

Apply to selected B-Schools - After the declaration of result, candidates need to fill the admission form which will be available on the official website of IIMs. Particular IIM will shortlist candidates for the Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) after the CAT 2020 result.

Know the Admission Criteria - Each of the 20 IIMs and other B-Schools have their own separate admission criteria and their weightage also varies.

Start preparing for GD, PI and WAT round - After meeting the CAT 2020 cutoff criteria, one should start their preparation further selection rounds such as Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).

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Anurag Khanna 8th May, 2021

Hello Aspirant,

As we go through previous year's cut-off then it shows that under state quota for EWS category for government BDS seat one needs to secure at least 520-30 or more marks in NEET out of 720 marks as we saw an increase of around 25-30 marks in institutional cut-offs in 2020. So if you are targeting for NEET 2021 then your aim should not be less than 520 out of 720 marks especially for Government BDS seats in Kerala.

Note that the above prediction is made on the basis of previous year's cut-off and the cut-offs are bound to change every year depending upon various factors such as the number of candidates appearing in an examination, the number of candidates qualifying an examination, difficulty level of the paper, and so on.

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hello If we are in the final year of graduation and have ATKT in one of the sem we appear for CAT

Shubham Dhane 8th May, 2021

Hello,

Yes you are eligible even if you have ATKT you can still give CAT. Any candidate who scores above 50% for general category and 45% for the reserved category in the degree (even in supplementary) can apply for CAT 2021. As long as you clear it before or in the last semester and have scored the minimum required aggerate. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will begin CAT registration tentatively from the first week of August 2021.

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I got 91.2%age in 10th , 75.2%age in 12th and 9.1 cgpa in graduation, If I score high about 99+ in CAT ; Can I get into IIM B or due to my 12th low marks I cant?

Anurag Khanna 7th May, 2021

Hello Aspirant,

See according to the data mentioned by you, you have decent chances to get a call from IIM Bangalore provided that your score 99+ percentile in CAT

For your clarity let us understand the complete admission procedure for IIM Bangalore :-

IIM Bangalore

In IIM B there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-

Category	Quantitative Aptitude Percentile	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile	Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile	Overall Percentile
General	75	75	80	85
EWS	65	65	70	75
NC-OBC	65	65	70	75
SC	60	60	65	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PWD	50	50	50	60

For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-

S.No.	Components	Weightage
1	Gender Diversity	2
2	CAT 2020	40
3	10 Standard	20
4	12 Standard	10
5	Bachelors	20
6	Weighted Work Experience	8
Total		100

Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows :-

**Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 14 points

**Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - 16 points

**Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - 10 points

You can check out complete admission process for IIM B from the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-bangalore-admission-criteria

Similarly for admission process and complete details of cut-offs of other IIMs kindly check out the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-admission-criteria

You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs and non-IIMs :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

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I am a fresher engineering graduate applied for BITSOM addmission on the basis of my CAT score and declared waitlisted after PI. I have a good GRE score also which I did not mentioned anywhere in my previous addmission application. Can I apply again on the basis of my GRE score.

snigdha vig 6th May, 2021

Hi,

Since you mentioned that you are waitlisted, it is better to wait for the final results or further updates. Along with that you can apply to other universities for the same. Applying for the same thing again can get your application rejected due to double application. Also, GRE score is just for admission in Universities or colleges outside India. It is advisable to wait for the next update and stick to the qualifications that are required. Adding excess and irrelevant details in any application is not always beneficial.

I hope this helped you.

All the Best!

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my academics 10th - 69 % 12th - 63 % graduation - 98.97% what cat percentage is enough for me to get all iims

Anurag Khanna 6th May, 2021

Hello Aspirant,

The academic record which you have mentioned in the question is quite average for getting calls from different IIMs but yes if you score 99.5+ percentile in CAT then you will have good chances to get call from top IIMs like IIM A/B/C and for average IIMs you should have at least 98 or more percentile in CAT.

Now let us discuss about admission criteria of some of the top IIMs like IIM A/B/C :-

IIM Ahmedabad

Admission process for IIM A is a two step process. First step is for preliminary screening on the basis of Sectional cut-offs and overall cut-offs along with different rating points for IIM A which are described in the tables below and you need to clear sectional cut-off as well as Overall cut-off :-

Category	VRC percentile	DILR percentile	QA Percentile	Overall Percentile
General, EWS	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC cum Transgender	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD (EWS, General, SC, NC-OBC)	60	60	60	70
PwD (ST)	50	50	50	60

Ratings on the basis of class 10th score :-

Per cent Score in Xth Std. Exam	Rating Score A
<=55	1
>55 and <=60	2
>60 and <=70	3
>70 and <=80	5
>80 and <=90	8
>90	10

Rating on the basis of class 12th score :-

Per cent Score in XIIth Std. Exam	Rating Score B
<=55	1
>55 and <=60	2
>60 and <=70	3
>70 and <=80	5
>80 and <=90	8
>90	10

Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-

Per cent score in Professional courses	Rating Score C
<= 50	1
> 50 and <= 55	2
> 55 and <= 60	3
> 60 and <= 65	5
> 65 and <= 75	8
> 75	10

Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-

Work Experience in Month (July 31, 2020)	Rating Score D
< 12 months	0
>= 12 and <= 36 months	MF * (number of months of work experience – 11)
> 36 months	5
Work-experience Multiplication Factor (MF) = 0.20

After considering all the ratings on the basis of above discussed factors candidates are shortlisted for Step 2 which is Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview round.

You can check out complete admission process for IIM A from the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-ahmedabad-admission-criteria

IIM Bangalore

In IIM B also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-

Category	Quantitative Aptitude Percentile	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile	Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile	Overall Percentile
General	75	75	80	85
EWS	65	65	70	75
NC-OBC	65	65	70	75
SC	60	60	65	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PWD	50	50	50	60

For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-

S.No.	Components	Weightage
1	Gender Diversity	2
2	CAT 2020	40
3	10 Standard	20
4	12 Standard	10
5	Bachelors	20
6	Weighted Work Experience	8
Total		100

Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows :-

Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 14 points
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - 16 points
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - 10 points

You can check out complete admission process for IIM B from the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-bangalore-admission-criteria

IIM Calcutta

In IIM C also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-

Category	VA	DILR	QA	Overall Percentile
General	≥ 75	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 85
NC-OBC	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70	≥ 75
EWS	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70	≥ 75
SC	≥ 60	≥ 60	≥ 65	≥ 70
ST	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 65
PwD	≥ 45	≥ 45	≥ 45	≥ 55

Class X Marks (in per cent)	Points	Class XII Marks (in per cent)	Points
≥80	10	≥80	15
≥75 and < 80	8	≥ 75 and < 80	12
≥70 and < 75	6	≥70 and < 75	9
≥65 and < 70	4	≥65 and < 70	6
≥60 and < 65	2	≥60 and < 65	3
< 60	0	< 60	0

Bachelor’s Degree Marks (in per cent)	Points
≥ 60	15
≥ 55 and < 60	10
≥ 50 and < 55	5
< 50	2.5

For IIM C also you need to clear the above cut-offs and your points as mentioned in the above table should be decent enough to get shortlisted for Stage 2 which is of AWT and PI.

Final selection will be made on the basis of following weightage :-

Components	Weights
CAT 2020 Score	30
Personal Interview (PI)	48
Point granted for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s level for Non-Engineering degree	4
Work Experience	8
Total	90