CAT Score Vs Percentile: Check How to Calculate CAT Percentile

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Team Careers360 | December 8, 2020 | 12:31 PM IST

NEW DELHI : IIM Indore has released the answer key of CAT 2020 on December 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM on iimcat.ac.in for the exam held on November 29. Using the CAT answer key 2020, candidates can check their overall CAT score vs percentile. Also candidates will get to know CAT section wise score vs percentile for different range of scores based on the formula for converting the CAT score percentage as released by IIM Indore.

How to Calculate CAT Score and Percentile

Check the approximate CAT score and the percentile in the table that is given below and also the process of calculating CAT score vs percentile and scaled CAT 2020 score vs percentage.

Candidate

ABC

XYZ

Questions Answered

76

60

Correct Answers

55

50

Wrong Answers

21

10

Marks for Correct Answers

55*3=165

50*3=150

Marks for Wrong Answers

21*1=21

10*1=10

CAT Final Score

165-21=144

150-10=140


Now let’s take an example and understand how the CAT percentage is calculated? Here is an example regarding the calculation of VARC section percentage.


P= Calculate the Percentage Score

N= Total number of candidates

r= Candidate with ranking/ Allot rank

Note : This is the method to be used for all sections and the total score computed.

CAT Score Vs Percentile by Top Institutes

Here, we provide analysis of CAT 2020 percentile predictor by top CAT preparation institutes. Candidates will get a better idea about their score and cutoff using CAT percentile predictor analysis given below by top coaching institutes.

CAT Score Vs Percentile by IMS Learning

Overall Marks of CAT 2020

CAT 2020 Percentile

114

99.5

104

99

97

94

95

88

90

75

85

66


CAT 2020 Score Vs Percentile by Career Launcher

Name of the Section

99%ile in CAT 2020

VARC

40-42 Marks

DILR

30-32 Marks

QA

47-50 Marks

Overall

105-110 Marks


CAT Score Vs Percentile by HitBulls Eye

Overall Attempt

VARC

DILR

QA

Expected %

55+

18-21

15-18

17-20

99.5%

50-55

16-19

13-16

15-19

99%

45-50

14-18

10-14

12-16

97%

32-36

11-15

8-12

10-14

95%

24-32

9-13

6-10

7-11

90%

18-24

7-11

5-8

5-8

80%


Expected Minimum CAT 2020 Cutoff by IIMs

Category

IIM Ahmedabad

IIM Bangalore

IIM Calcutta

IIM Lucknow

General

80

85

85

90

NC-OBC

75

75

75

82

EWS

80

75

75

82

SC

70

70

70

70

ST

60

65

65

65

PwD

70

60

65

65


About CAT

Common Admission Test (CAT) is a National Level Entrance Examination conducted by IIMs. The CAT covers all major topics of Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), and Quantitative Aptitude (QA). CAT exam is a computer based test (CBT) instead of an online test.

Also Read-

CAT 2020 answer key, response sheets released @ iimcat.ac.in

SNAP 2020 admit card available now @ snaptest.org

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