Cutoffs

The combined data compiles sectional Verbal, DILR, Quant, and overall score vs percentile mappings across recent CAT exam years to help aspirants analyze difficulty trends.

Depending on the year’s difficulty, a score ranging between 85 and 96 marks is generally required to achieve the 99 percentile overall.

General category candidates generally require around 99.2%ile and GEM candidates need up to 99.7%ile to get interview calls from the top IIMs Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Calcutta.

General category candidates usually need around 92%ile for Baby IIMs, 96%ile for New IIMs, 98%ile for Main IIMs, and around 99.2%ile for IIM ABC.

NC-OBC and OBC candidates usually need around 75%ile for Baby IIMs, 85%ile for New IIMs, 92%ile for Main IIMs, and around 97%ile for IIM ABC.

SC candidates usually need around 55%ile for Baby IIMs, 65%ile for New IIMs, 80%ile for Main IIMs, and around 92%ile for IIM ABC.

Sectional cutoffs typically range from 50%ile to 80%ile depending on category and the specific tier of IIMs.

FMS Delhi typically requires around 99.6+ percentile for General category, while SPJIMR Mumbai is usually around the 99 percentile benchmark.

Yes, many reputed business schools like BIMTECH Greater Noida, Great Lakes Gurgaon, IFMR, Woxsen, XIME, and LBSIM accept CAT scores in the 70 to 80 percentile range depending on program and profile.

General category candidates typically require around 98.5 percentile to be considered for IIT Bombay management programs.

Yes. IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, and IIT Dhanbad accept any graduate, while IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur require a 4-year degree or Master’s qualification, and IIT Kanpur specifies B.E., B.Arch, or B.Sc backgrounds.

General category candidates require around 97 percentile, approximately a score of 65, for admission consideration into TISS HRM and LR.

For ODCL, the General category cutoff is around 95 percentile with an approximate score of 55. Other category cutoffs range from EWS at 92 percentile down to PWD and KM at 70 percentile.

CAT syllabus is generally divided into VARC, DILR, and QA. The score vs percentile tables on this page show how marks in these sections combine into overall percentile benchmarks.

This template uses CAT total marks as 204 for score planning. Update this value if the exam pattern changes for a future year.

Tier 1 colleges usually sit near the highest CAT cutoff and strongest placement range, Tier 2 colleges often fall around 80-95 percentile, and Tier 3 or backup options may accept scores below 80 percentile.

Yes. CAT is conducted in multiple slots, and difficulty level can vary across slots. Final percentiles are based on normalized scores, so the raw score needed for a percentile may differ by slot and year.

This page currently includes CAT score vs percentile data for 2023, 2024, and 2025, along with cutoff benchmarks. More previous-year tables can be added in the same tab format.