CAT 2024: IIMs start admission process; category-wise CAT cut-offs for general, OBC, EWS, SC, ST
CAT Result 2024: IIMs have started admission process for MBA through CAT score. The detailed schedule for the interview and WAT will be announced soon on respective official websites.
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NEW DELHI: The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have started the application process for admission into postgraduate programmes in management through CAT 2024 score. IIM Calcutta recently declared the Common Admission Test (CAT 2024) results for around 3 lakh candidates and around 14 scored a perfect score of 100 percentile.
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The top management colleges in India, IIMs, admit students based on their performance in CAT, personal interview, written ability test (WAT), group discussion, and work experience. However, the selection criteria for each IIMs may differ.
While IIM Rohtak and IIM Mumbai have allotted 60% weightage for CAT score, IIM Bangalore has given only 25% weightage for the MBA entrance exam marks. IIM Kozhikode has revised its admission criteria and reduced the weightage for Class 10 marks by 10% from 25% to 15% this year.
Category-wise CAT cut-off 2024
The CAT sectional-wise cut-offs 2024 have remained the same for most of the top IIMs in the last three years. For a better understanding, here's expected IIM-wise CAT cut-offs 2024 for general, OBC, SC, ST, PwD candidates, as per past trends.
IIM Ahmedabad CAT cut-off 2024 |
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Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General/ EWS |
70 |
70 |
70 |
80 |
NC-OBC, Transgender |
65 |
65 |
65 |
75 |
SC |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
ST |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
PwD (in General/ EWS/NC-OBC/ Transgender/ SC) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
PwD (in ST) |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
IIM Bangalore CAT cut-off 2024 |
||||
Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General |
80 |
80 |
80 |
85 |
NC-OBC |
70 |
70 |
70 |
75 |
EWS |
70 |
70 |
70 |
75 |
SC |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
ST |
55 |
55 |
55 |
65 |
PWD |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
IIM Calcutta CAT cut-off 2024 |
||||
Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General |
≥80 |
≥80 |
≥75 |
≥85 |
NC-OBC |
≥70 |
≥65 |
≥65 |
≥75 |
EWS |
≥70 |
≥65 |
≥65 |
≥75 |
SC |
≥65 |
≥60 |
≥60 |
≥70 |
ST |
≥55 |
≥55 |
≥55 |
≥65 |
PWD |
≥45 |
≥45 |
≥45 |
≥55 |
IIM Indore CAT cut-off 2024 |
||||
Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General |
80 |
80 |
80 |
90 |
NC-OBC |
70 |
70 |
70 |
80 |
EWS |
80 |
80 |
80 |
90 |
SC |
55 |
55 |
55 |
60 |
ST |
40 |
40 |
40 |
45 |
PWD |
40 |
40 |
40 |
45 |
IIM Kozhikode CAT cut-off 2024 |
||||
Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General |
85 |
75 |
60 |
60 |
NC-OBC |
75 |
65 |
60 |
60 |
EWS |
75 |
65 |
60 |
60 |
SC |
65 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
ST |
55 |
45 |
55 |
55 |
PWD |
55 |
45 |
55 |
55 |
IIM Mumbai CAT cut-off 2024 |
||||
Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General |
≥80 |
≥80 |
≥75 |
≥85 |
NC-OBC |
≥70 |
≥65 |
≥65 |
≥75 |
EWS |
≥70 |
≥65 |
≥65 |
≥75 |
SC |
≥65 |
≥60 |
≥60 |
≥70 |
ST |
≥55 |
≥55 |
≥55 |
≥65 |
PWD |
≥45 |
≥45 |
≥45 |
≥55 |
IIM Lucknow CAT cut-off 2024 |
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Category |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VARC) |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning percentile rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Ability percentile rank (PQA) |
Overall percentile rank (PT) |
General |
85 |
85 |
85 |
90 |
NC-OBC |
77 |
77 |
77 |
82 |
EWS |
77 |
77 |
77 |
82 |
SC |
55 |
55 |
55 |
65 |
ST |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
PWD |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
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