IIM Cut off refers to the minimum score or percentile which a candidate must secure to get shortlisted by the top IIMs for the next round of the selection process and eventually get a seat in a top MBA college. For pursuing a management programme from one of the IIMs or a top B-School accepting CAT scores, it is of utmost importance to know the IIM Cutoff. Having a clear idea about the IIM cutoffs will help the candidates a lot in their CAT preparation. So, CAT aspirants should have a detailed idea about the previous IIM cutoffs of the CAT exam.
To give you a clear idea, here is an example of how the percentile system works –
Let’s say there were 10 students who gave an exam, including you.
- If you ranked 1st, then there are 9 students behind you, or 90% of the test-takers are ranked after you. This means that you have a 90%tile score.
- If you stood 3rd, then there are 7 test-takers ranked after you. You will have a 70%tile score in this case.
Following are the IIM cutoffs of 2014 and 2015 for the top three IIMs of the country.
CAT 2014 and 2015 IIM Ahmedabad cutoffs
|
Category |
PGP |
||
|
Sec.1 2014|2015 |
Sec2. 2014|2015
|
Aggregate 2014|2015
|
|
|
General |
85|80 |
85|80 |
90|90 |
|
NC-OBC |
75|75 |
75|75 |
80|85 |
|
SC |
55|70 |
55|70 |
75|80 |
|
ST |
50|60 |
50|60 |
70|70 |
|
DA |
55|70 |
55|70 |
75|80
|
CAT 2014 IIM Bangalore cutoffs
|
Category |
PGP |
||
|
Sec.1 2014|2015 |
Sec2. 2014|2015 |
Aggregate 2014|2015 |
|
|
General |
85|80 |
85|90 |
90|90 |
|
NC-OBC |
75|70 |
75|80 |
80|80 |
|
SC |
55|50 |
55|50 |
75|70 |
|
ST |
50|50 |
50|50 |
70|70 |
|
DA |
55|50 |
55|50 |
75|60
|
CAT 2014 IIM Calcutta cut-offs
|
Category |
Section 2014|2015 |
Section 2014|2015 |
Aggregate 2014|2015 |
|
General |
>90|>80 |
>90|>80 |
>95|>90 |
|
NC-OBC |
>75|>75 |
>75|>75 |
>85|>85 |
|
SC |
>65|>65 |
>65|>65 |
>75>70 |
|
ST |
>60|>60 |
>60|>60 |
>70|>70 |
|
DA |
>60|>65 |
>60|>65 |
>70|>70 |
While the top B-schools will have a higher range of IIM cut-offs, 90+ percentile, the mid-rung B-schools’ cut-offs range from 75 to 80 percentile and that of the lower rung B-schools is around 50 percentiles.
The cut-offs of other top MBA colleges which take the CAT score into consideration for admissions are given tentatively –
|
Department |
CAT:95 |
|
Department |
CAT:95 |
|
Indian |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian |
CAT:90 |
|
Vinod |
CAT:95.2 |
|
Faculty |
CAT:98.54 |
|
National |
CAT:97 |
|
Shailesh |
CAT:95 |
|
Management |
CAT:92 |
|
SP |
CAT:85 |
|
Indian |
CAT:95 |
|
Rajiv |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian Institute of Management, Raipur |
CAT:90 |
|
TA |
CAT:86 |
|
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai |
CAT:90 |
|
Institute |
CAT:90 |
|
Indian Institute of Management, Trichy |
CAT:94 |
The aspirants planning to crack the CAT exam and take admission in one of the top MBA colleges should take coaching from the best institutes with honest self-preparation. At BYJU’s Classes, all the classes are taken by Byju Raveendran (CAT Topper) & P N Santosh (GMAT 780 Scorer & MBA from ISB, Hyderabad) who are the best CAT trainers in the country. Almost lakhs of candidates take BYJU’S classes every year and succeed to crack the CAT exam.
