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CAT College Predictor 2025: The Common Admission Test (CAT) is one of the most competitive MBA entrance exams in India, conducted every year by IIMs. With the CAT 2025 College Predictor tool, candidates can estimate their chances of admission to top MBA colleges 2025 based on their CAT 2025 percentile, CAT score, percentile, previous year cutoffs, and B-school rankings. Since 2.86 Lakhs of aspirants appear for the CAT 2025 exam knowing which colleges they might get admission into becomes crucial right after the exam. The CAT College Predictor 2025 by Careers360 helps students analyze their admission prospects and shortlist the best MBA colleges in India. This tool is designed to guide aspirants in making informed decisions about MBA admissions and selecting institutes that match their profile and CAT performance.
Careers360 has designed this tool for MBA aspirants to predict the B-schools based on their expected CAT cutoff and rank. While predicting CAT colleges on the basis of CAT 2025 performance, candidates can follow the below provided steps.
By using the CAT College Predictor tool, candidates can have plenty of benefits while looking for MBA admission in India based on their CAT result.
CAT exam percentile is the relative score that indicates the CAT 2025 score achieved by the candidates concerning their CAT rank. CAT percentile can be considered as the measure of categorizing a candidates based on the rest of CAT takers scoring below.
For example, around 2,27,835 candidates appeared for the CAT exam and the rank is 4000. So, the CAT percentile will be generated based on this matrix as below:
CAT percentile = [1 - { 4000/2,27,835 }] * 100 = 98.24 percentile
CAT test takers will check out the CAT 2025 marking scheme and know how many marks will be awarded for the correct and incorrect responses for the following pointers.
The IIM MBA/PGP admission is offered based only on the CAT cutoff marks. Candidates who meet the IIM CAT cutoff marks will be called for the next round of the selection process. Check out the table to know the expected CAT cutoff score of various IIMs.
List of IIMs
IIM CAT 2025 Percentile for General (Expected)
IIM CAT 2025 Percentile for Other Categories (Expected)
IIM Ahmedabad
95+
IIM Bangalore
91-96
IIM Calcutta
IIM Lucknow
94+
IIM Indore
92+
IIM Kozhikode
91+
IIM Amritsar
IIM Nagpur
IIM Sambalpur
85+
IIM Trichy
94
IIM Raipur
IIM Ranchi
IIM Kashipur
IIM Visakhapatnam
92
IIM Udaipur
IIM Bodh Gaya
IIM Shillong
90
IIM Sirmaur
95
IIM Rohtak
98+
IIM Mumbai
97+
IIM Jammu
The table below lists the MBA offering top IITs and other B-schools accepting CAT results 2025 along with their expected CAT cutoff 2025.
List of IITs
CAT 2025 Cutoff (Expected)
IIT Roorkee
94.6 Percentile
VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur
90 Percentile
IIT Kanpur
95 Percentile
DMS, IIT Delhi
98+ Percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay
99+ Percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
95+ Percentile
IIT-ISM Dhanbad
80 Percentile
IIT Jodhpur
FMS
98.20 Percentile
BITSOM
94 Percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
90+ Percentile
IMT Ghaziabad
MDI Gurgaon
SPJIMR
85+ Percentile
XIMB
T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal
Also Read: IIM vs IIT MBA
The CAT College Predictor is a tool that helps candidates estimate which MBA colleges they can get into based on their CAT exam score and rank.
The CAT College Predictor provides an estimate based on historical data, previous cutoffs, and rankings, but actual results may vary depending on the final cutoff and other factors.
By entering your CAT score, the tool analyzes your performance against past cutoffs and helps you determine which colleges fit your profile.
Yes, the CAT College Predictor can give you insights into admission chances at IIMs, as well as other top MBA colleges across India.
Many CAT College Predictor tools, including the one by Careers360, are free to use for candidates who wish to explore potential MBA colleges.
You can use the CAT College Predictor after the CAT exam results are declared to see which MBA colleges you can target based on your performance.
Careers360's CAT College Predictor uses a comprehensive database, taking into account past cutoffs, rankings, and trends, to give a more accurate prediction of college options.
Yes, the Careers360 CAT College Predictor can help you gauge your chances of admission to IIMs by comparing your score with previous years’ cutoffs.
70 to 80 CAT percentile is considered a moderate score in the CAT exam.
As per CAT Score vs Percentile, 30 marks in CAT is equals to to 70 percentile, 40 marks = 80 percentile, 50 marks in CAT is equals to 95 percentile.
HELLO,
With an overall 98.54 percentile ( QA/DILR 97.55, VARC 94.89) and strong academics 9/9/0, you have a good profile. As a B.Tech candidate you can expect calls from :-
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Hello aspirant,
Your kid has a good profile even in the general category with a BTech from IIT Delhi, three years of excellent job experience in a leading industry, and a 96 percentile in the CAT. He has a strong chance at reputable MBA schools like IIM Shillong, IIM Udaipur,
Your CAT percentile 49 is low for top MBA colleges. With 49 percentile, you may get admission in some private MBA colleges and lesser-known institutes. You can try colleges through state MBA counselling and management quota.
Here is the Career360 page for MBA expected cutoffs and lists of colleges you
With an overall CAT percentile of 82.71 in CAT 2025 as a general category candidate, along with section-wise percentiles of 80.56 in VARC, 75.81 in DILR and 84.56 in QA, your chances at top IIMs are limited, as most older IIMs usually shortlist general category candidates at much higher percentiles.
With an overall CAT 2025 percentile of 82.71, you are unlikely to get calls from the IIMs (including new or baby IIMs), as most of them generally shortlist candidates at 90+ percentile, even after considering category and profile factors. However, this percentile is still quite decent and opens doors to
With 84.91 percentile in CAT (General, male, no work experience), top colleges like IIMs, IITs, FMS, MDI, etc. are not possible. You may get calls from private institutes such as IMT Nagpur/Hyderabad, IMI Bhubaneswar, XIME, SDMIMD, Welingkar (some programs) and similar colleges. Universities like Amity or LPU are also options.
Hello,
With a CAT percentile of 88.77 and a strong CGPA of 9.0, you are in a competitive range for newer IIMs (like IIM Amritsar, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Nagpur) and several top non-IIM B-schools such as TAPMI, BIM Trichy, Great Lakes, IMI Delhi, FORE School of Management,
Hello
The expected cutoff for the JAP (Joint Admission Process) is around 90 to 95th percentile, with a minimum sectional cutoff of around 75 percentile in Quantitative Ability. You have scored 82.2% which is very low; that's why you are unlikely to meet the minimum criteria for the JAP IIMs
Here is your IIM Cutoff for Gen/OBC/SC/ST, CS Score Cut Off. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out. From here you can get all the details.
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-2025-cut-off-live-updates-iim-blacki-expected-cat-cs-score-cut-off-iim-cat-call-cut-off-latest-updates
I hope it will help you.
Thank you.
With a CAT score of around 80 percentile and about 2 years of work experience, getting a call from the top IIMs (IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore) is extremely difficult, as their cutoff percentiles are usually much higher, even for reserved categories. These institutes typically shortlist candidates above
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