CAT Scores vs Percentiles

In the CAT 2025 table on this page, an overall score of 51 maps to the 90th percentile, 64 to the 95th, 86 to the 99th and 100 to the 99.9th percentile. See the CAT 2025 tab in the score vs percentile section for sectional (Verbal, DILR, Quant) marks.

As per the tables on this page, 99 percentile needed about 85 overall in CAT 2023, 96 in CAT 2024 and 86 in CAT 2025. The exact score shifts with each year's difficulty and slot normalisation.

In the CAT 2024 table, an overall score of 57 maps to the 90th percentile, 70 to the 95th, 85 to the 98th and 96 to the 99th percentile. Open the CAT 2024 tab to compare it with 2023 and 2025.

Enter your mock score (0 to 204), pick how difficult the mock was (Hard, Very Hard or Hardest) and your admission category; the tool adjusts your score for difficulty and maps it to a predicted percentile, your next target and the marks needed to reach it. Use the calculator above.

Yes. In the Compare cutoff tool, enter your score, category and a college (IIM groups, IITs, TISS or non-IIM schools such as FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IIFT) to see whether your estimated percentile is above, near or below that college's cutoff. These are planning benchmarks, so verify final cutoffs with official institute updates.

The IIM cutoff table on this page lists about 99.2 percentile for General and 99.7 for GEM candidates for IIM ABC, with 97 for EWS and NC-OBC and 92 for SC, ST and PwD. See the IIM Cutoffs tab for Main, New and Baby IIM benchmarks.