Common Admission Test 2016 was conducted on December 4th, 2016 and was conducted by IIM-Bangalore this time. With the exam now done and dusted, anxiety and curiosity grip candidates, who have invested a lot of time and effort to prepare for this examination.
For some, CAT may be their first attempt at it while some are may be looking to reach a little bit higher from their previous one(s). The cut-offs of some of the top management schools in India are given for the year 2016.
Although each institution has their selection criteria and that CAT marks may not always be the sole deciding factor of whether you enter the said institution, the following table might soothe your nerves a bit or help you plan your further course of action, possibly for appearing for CAT 2021, or answering other management exams:
CAT Cutoff List for the year 2015 and 2016
| B-Schools | Average CAT cut-off (2016) | Cut-offs in 2015 |
| IIM-B | 90 | 72.786 |
| IIM-A | 90 | 91.82 |
| IIM-C | 90 | >90 |
| IIM-L | 90 | 90 |
| IIM-K | 90 | 90 |
| IIM-I | 90 | 90 |
| IIM-Rohtak | 90 | 90 |
| IIM-Raipur | 90 | 90 |
| MDI Gurgaon | 95+ | 92 |
| Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | 99+ | 95 |
| Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai | 95+ | 95 |
| S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai | 85+ | 85 |
| T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal | 85+ | 86 |
| Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) | 98+ | 98 |
| Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi, Delhi | 95+ | 98 |
| Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | 95+ | 90 |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai | 95+ | 95 |
| LIBA Chennai | 90+ | 90 |
| Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai | 96+ | 99 |
| Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 98+ | 85 |
| Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 98+ | 95 |
| Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) | 90+ | 90 |
| Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad | 90+ | 90 |
| International Management Institute (IMI) Delhi | 90+ | 90 |
