IIMs, the top institutes for postgraduate management courses. Each IIM declares their cut off percentile for selection of aspirants into their management courses.

Overall CAT cut offs are announced after the results are declared. IIMs only declare their qualifying cut offs along with their admission procedure and criteria. Final cut off is not announced in public by any of the IIMs. Whereas, other B schools accepting CAT score announce the cut offs before-hand.

Difference between Qualifying CAT Cut off and Final CAT Cut Off

It is crucial for applicants to be aware of the difference between the two kinds of cut offs CAT that have a significant role in the process of admission. Below table will clarify the distinction among them:

Qualifying CAT cut offs Final CAT cut offs
It is the least marks applicants must score so they are eligible for interview call from the IIMs for WAT/GD-PI round. It is the least score of percentile fixed by the IIM institutes for applicant selection process for WAT/GD-PI round.
Also qualifying cut off does not implies that applicants will be selected for the round of WAT-GD/PI. Getting the CAT final cut off does not imply that the applicants selection for the admission.
Its percentiles of CAT cut off are declared by every campus in their criteria of shortlist and admission notification.

 

It is not declared publically through any IIM or the top institutes for MBA.
It continues to be more than 90 percentile for every IIM, except for IIM Ahmedabad which has qualifying cut off 80 percentile since 2016 It continues to be as high percentile as 99+ for every topmost IIM and percentile of 95+ for new IIMs.
It comprises of sectional and comprehensive every cut offs. It comprises of sectional and comprehensive every cut offs.
It is fixed for every category such as the General category students cut off is high, while for students of reserved category is low. It is fixed for every category such as the General category male students with background  of engineering the final cut off is high in comparison to female students, reserved category students, and non-engineering background.

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Expected CAT Cut Offs 2019

In below mentioned table expected final cut offs with actual category-wise CAT cut offs for CAT 2017 and CAT 2016 of some of the top IIM is listed. IIMs have liberalised their cut offs from 2018 to improve diversity of batches.

IIM Ahmedabad 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected)
General 100 100 85 80
NC-OBC 99.99 100 75 60
SC 99.97 99.82 70 75
ST 99.88 99.92 60 70
DA 99.97 99.28 70 70

IIM Bangalore 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected)
General 92.48 90.72 90 90
NC-OBC 81.14 81.48 80 80
SC 76.35 75.22 75 70
ST 75.22 70.01 70 70
DA 76.21 64.21 60 60

 IIM Kozhikode 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected)
General 94.82 95.16 90 90
NC-OBC 81.14 80.19 80 80
SC 65.56 65.03 65 65
ST 55.23 55.28 55 55
DA 55.86 56.02 55 55

 IIM Indore 

Category 2017 2016 2018 2019 (expected)
General 90.05 90.01 90 90
NC-OBC 80.05 80.08 80 80
SC 50.19 50.03 60 60
ST 60.16 61.38 50 50
DA 50.87 50.59 50 50

 IIM Trichy 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 96 95 95 90
NC-OBC 78 78 (78.01) 78 81
SC 60 60 (60.01) 78 75
ST 42 (42.07) 40 (40.01) 40 65
DA 40 (40.19) 40 (40.16) 40 70

 IIM Raipur 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 96 95 95 90
NC-OBC 78 78.01 78 81
SC 60 60.01 50 75
ST 42.07 40.01 30 65
DA 40.19 40.16 30 65

 IIM Rohtak 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 96 95 95 85
NC-OBC 75.36 78.01 78 75
SC 65.05 60.01 60 60
ST 42.12 40.01 40 60
DA 40 40.16 40 60

 IIM Udaipur

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 96 95 95 90
NC-OBC 78 78.03 78 81
SC 61.16 64.14 78 75
ST 46.60 54.10 40 65
DA 41.91 43.46 40

 IIM Sirmaur 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 81.23 95 95 80
NC-OBC 76.54 78.01 78 72
SC 69.61 60.01 60 70
ST 61.81 40.01 40 65
DA 72.81 40.16 40 70

 IIM Nagpur 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 90.08 90.09 90 90
NC-OBC 81.48 81.89 81 81
SC 79.78 65.48 65 75
ST 73.73 45.09 40 65
DA NA 66.4 55 65

 IIM Vishakhapatnam 

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 90.02 90.09 90 90
NC-OBC 80.04 80.01 80 80
SC 75.12 75.03 75 75
ST 55.26 56.92 55 65
DA 59.58 57.3 50 65

 IIM Amritsar

Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 94.9 94.76 90 90
NC-OBC 75.09 85.35 75 75
SC 55.42 71.92 55 55
ST 36.26 43.19 35 35
DA 35.33 35.58 35 35

 IIM Sambalpur

Category 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 95 95 90
NC-OBC 78 78 80
SC 60 60 60
ST 40 40 50
DA 40 40 50

 IIM Jammu

Category 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 95 95 80
NC-OBC 78 78 72
SC 60 60 65
ST 40 40 60
DA   40 70

 IIM Bodhgaya

Category 2017 2018 2019 (expected) 
General 95 95 96
NC-OBC 78 78 78
SC 60 60 59
ST 40 40 40
DA   40 40

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  1. I have 91% in 10th , 77% in 12th and I can manage to get 8.5 CGPA in BTech. For what percentile should I get the calls from IIM A,B,C and FMS Delhi . ( I'm obc-ncl candidate)?

    By Lonewolf181999

  2. being a science graduate its difficult to get a call from IIMs if your score in 12th is not above 80. But there is always a chance, try to give your best. try to get 98-99 percentile.

    By sachin._.agrawal

  3. I'm in final yr of engg..I have 93% in 10th n 88% in 12th n managed to score 82.5 % in b-tech till now. For what percentile should I get the calls from IIM A,B,C,K,L,I n IIFT..

    By Bub123

  4. would you kindly take some time to evelaute my profile, for admission for top IIM's like A, B, C, L, K and I please? Class X 9.2 CGPA Class XII 87.5 Percent BIEAP B.Tech 6.95 CGPA Chemical Engineering Work Exp 12 Months Left as a Graduate Engineering Trainee Category SC Ideally, what percentile would I need to get to have a sure shot at top iims, I quit my job recently as I want to get into a B-School and not get sucked into the corporate world. I have been given 3 mocks till now, overall scores are fluctuating (Max 120 and Min 23) and I get a lot tired by the time I get to quants section, which is an issue. Hoping for a reply. Thank you

    By Darklord97