CAT Cutoff 2021 - IIM CAT Cut Off and Top MBA Admission Cut Off 2021

CAT Cutoff 2021: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad will release CAT 2021 cut off on its official IIM CAT website after the declaration of the CAT result 2021. The minimum marks required for the examinees to get a call for the MBA selection process is called CAT Cutoff.

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The CAT cutoff for IIM is typically up to 99 to 100 percentile for General category students. For the reserved category students who appeared in CAT, the cutoff of CAT 2021 is slightly lower at 97 to 98 percentile. The expected cutoff for CAT 2021 to enroll in top MBA colleges like SPJIMR, FMS, MDI, etc may be 95 to 99 percentile. IIM CAT Cutoff 2021 will be released in two forms as CAT Qualifying Cutoff and CAT Final Cutoff. To know more detailed information regarding CAT 2021 Cutoff, then go through this complete article carefully.

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CAT Result 2021

IIM Ahmedabad will publish the results of CAT 2021 online on its official website iimcat.ac.in. As per IIM Ahmedabad, the CAT 2021 result will be declared in the second week of January 2022. To verify the CAT result 2021, candidates must enter their CAT login credentials (Username and Password). Before the declaration of results, IIM will release the CAT Response Sheet 2021 with the questions asked in the exam. Candidates have the opportunity to challenge the answer key of CAT 2021.

CAT Cutoff 2021 - Overview

Based on the IIM CAT cutoff 2021, the listed candidates will have to appear for the IIM admission procedure 2022. When calculating the CAT cutoff 2021, IIMs consider various determinants. In the CAT 2021 result, candidates are able to check their CAT raw score vs percentile. The CAT 2021 cutoff for IIM will be announced by respective IIMs after the declaration of CAT result 2021.

The previous year's Common Admission Test cut off of some IIMs is given below and some are updated as recently. The candidates who are all confused about when and how to start the CAT preparation? are advised to check the strategy and tips followed by the CAT toppers.

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Factors Determining CAT Cut off 2021

As mentioned above, IIMs (IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Rohtak, IIM Raipur, IIM Jammu, IIM Ranchi, and etc) will issue separate CAT cutoff after the CAT results 2021 are announced. Before releasing the IIM CAT 2021 cutoff, institutes will take into account certain factors. Listed below are some of the key factors considered by IIMs to have been revealed in the previous year’s CAT cutoff.

1. Difficulty level of the question paper

• This is one of the main reasons why CAT 2021 is so important. The greater the difficulty level of the CAT question paper, the cutoff will be lower and vice-versa.

2. Number of Test Takers

• The total number of candidates appearing in CAT 2021 will have an impact on the CAT cutoff. This will have a direct relationship, i.e. higher CAT test-takers will lead to higher CAT cutoff, while lower CAT test-takers will have a lower CAT cutoff 2021.

3. Seat availability

• The number of seats available at the respective IIMs is also affected by the CAT 2021 cut off. For example, if any IIM has limited seats, the published cutoff of CAT 2021 will be higher for selecting candidates.

4. The reputation of the Institute

• Renowned institutes ranked under the NIRF Management Rankings 2021 will set their cutoffs higher.

5. Last year's CAT cutoff trends

• The cutoff for CAT 2021 is based on the previous year’s cutoffs released by IIMs. The CAT 2021 cutoff may be somewhere around past cutoff trends.

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CAT Qualifying Cut off vs CAT Final Cut off

IIM candidates should be aware of the difference between the two types of CAT cutoffs that play an important role in the admission process. There are two types of cutoffs: Qualifying CAT cut off (IIM eligible cut Off) and Final CAT cut Off (IIM Call cut off). In the table below, we have listed the differences between the two:

Qualifying CAT Cut Off:

• Also known as the IIM eligibility cut off for IIM shortlist cut off, these are the minimum marks a candidate must score, so he/ she will be eligible for an interview call from IIMs (WAT/ GD-PI round).

• Meeting the qualifying cutoff does not mean that the candidate will be selected for the WAT/ GD-PI round.

• The qualifying CAT cutoff is fixed before the CAT result announcement.

• Qualifying CAT cut off Percentile is announced by each campus in the announcement of the admission criteria and selection process for that academic year.

• Qualifying CAT cutoff is over 90 percentile for all IIMs.

• The qualifying cutoff contains the CAT sectional cut off and overall cut off.

• The qualifying CAT exam cut off for SC is fixed. The CAT exam cut off for OBC/ General is high.

Final CAT Cut off:

• Also referred to as IIM call cut off, this is the minimum percentage score set by IIMs to select candidates for the WAT/ GD-PI round.

• Meeting the final CAT cutoff 2021 does not mean that the candidate will be selected for admission.

• The final cutoff was fixed after CAT 2021 results were announced.

• The final CAT cutoff 2021 has not been officially announced by any IIM or other top MBA institutes.

• The final CAT cutoff will be 99+ percentile for all the best IIMs and 95+ percent for the new IIMs.

• The final CAT 2021 cutoff contains sectional cut off and CAT overall percentile.

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CAT Cutoff 2021 - Expected Cut Off in IIMs

The CAT exam cut off for IIM is typically up to 99 to 100 percentile for general category candidates. For the reserved category students (SC/ ST/ PwD), the CAT cutoff marks are slightly lower at 97 to 98 percentile. As per last year’s CAT cutoff 2020 data, the table below shows the CAT sectional cutoff and overall cutoff expected by the IIMs category-wise.

IIM Ahmedabad Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD (General/ NC-OBC/ SC)	60	60	60	70
PwD (ST)	50	50	50	60

IIM Amritsar Cutoff 2021

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	75	75	85
NC-OBC	65	60	60	75
SC	55	50	50	55
ST	35	35	35	40
PwD	35	35	35	40

IIM Bangalore Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	75	75	85
NC-OBC	70	65	65	75
EWS	70	65	65	75
SC	65	60	60	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PwD	50	50	50	60

IIM Calcutta Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	≥75	≥80	≥80	≥80
NC-OBC	≥65	≥65	≥70	≥75
EWS	≥65	≥65	≥70	≥75
SC	≥60	≥60	≥65	≥70
ST	≥55	≥55	≥55	≥65
PwD	≥55	≥55	≥55	≥65

IIM Lucknow Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	85	85	85	90
NC-OBC	77	77	77	82
SC	55	55	55	70
ST	50	50	50	65
PwD	50	50	50	65
EWS	77	77	77	82

IIM Kozhikode Cutoff 2021

Category	Class 10	Class 12	Sectional Percentile	CAT Percentile
General	60	60	75	85
NC-OBC/ EWS	60	60	65	75
SC	55	55	55	65
ST/ PwD	55	55	45	55

IIM Indore Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	70	70	70	80
ST	45	45	45	50
SC	55	55	55	60
PwD	45	45	45	50

IIM Udaipur Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	95
ST	50	50	50	60
SC	30	30	30	40
Differently Abled Person	30	30	30	40
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78

IIM Nagpur Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	72	72	72	85
EWS	72	72	72	85
NC-OBC	65	65	65	76.5
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	35	35	35	40
PwD	35	35	35	40

IIM Visakhapatnam Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Percentile
General	85	80	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	60	60
SC	50	50	50	55
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Kashipur Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Percentile
General	80 (80.2)	80 (80.12)	80 (80.56)	94
SC	45 (46.05)	45 (45.42)	45	55 (55.03)
ST	30 (30.64)	30 (30.21)	30 (30.82)	40 (40.25)
NC-OBC	60 (61.19)	60 (60.61)	60 (60.66)	75 (75.02)
PwD	30 (32.43)	30 (31.96)	30 (30.82)	40 (40.18)
EWS	60 (61.19)	60 (61.19)	60 (60.66)	75 (75.01)

IIM Raipur Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	94
EWS	60	60	60	75
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
SC	45	45	45	55
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Ranchi Cutoff 2021

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	94
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
EWS	60	60	60	75
SC	45	45	45	55
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Sirmaur Cutoff 2021

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	94
EWS	60	60	60	75
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
ST	30	30	30	40
SC	45	45	45	55
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Rohtak Cutoff 2021

Category	DILR	VARC	QA	Aggregate
General/ EWS	>=70	>=70	>=70	95
NC-OBC	>=60	>=60	>=60	78
SC	>=50	>=50	>=50	60
ST	>=30	>=30	>=30	40
PwD	>=30	>=30	>=30	40

IIM Trichy Cutoff 2021

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	94
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
EWS	60	60	60	75
Scheduled Tribes	30	30	30	40
Scheduled Castes	45	45	45	55
Person with Disability	30	30	30	40

IIM Shillong Cutoff 2021

Category	PwD	SC	ST	EWS	Others
Class 10	50	55	50	80	80
Class 12	50	55	50	80	80
Graduation	50	55	50	65	65
DILR	50	60	50	75	75
VARC	50	60	50	75	75
QA	50	60	50	75	75

IIM Jammu Cutoff 2021

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Aggregate
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
EWS	80	80	80	85
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Bodh Gaya Cutoff 2021

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
EWS	80	80	80	85
SC	50	50	50	60
PwD	30	30	30	40
ST	30	30	30	40

IIM Sambalpur Cutoff 2021

Category	QA	DILR	VARC	Overall
General	80	80	80	94
EWS	60	60	60	75
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
SC	45	45	45	55
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

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Expected CAT Cutoff 2021 for Various Colleges

The CAT exam cut off 2021 presented below for some IIMs is based on previous year admissions. Information on the IIM CAT cut off 2021 will be updated regularly based on the admission announcements issued by the Indian Institute of Management. The table below contains the CAT cutoffs details expected by the top institutes like IMT Ghaziabad CAT cutoff, SP Jain CAT cutoff, TAPMI CAT cutoff, IIM Shillong CAT cutoff, MICA CAT cutoff, IIT Bombay CAT cutoff, IPU MBA CAT cutoff, etc for the upcoming academic session.

CAT Cutoff for different colleges

List of B-schools	Expected CAT Cutoff
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS, DU)	98.20 Percentile
DMS, IIT Delhi	98+ Percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai	90+ Percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay	99+ Percentile
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad	90+ Percentile
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon	95+ Percentile
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai	95+ Percentile
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai	85+ Percentile
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)	90+ Percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras	95+ Percentile
T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal	85+ Percentile

Year Wise CAT Cutoff Details (2019, 2020)

CAT has cut off a few percentiles of some of the best IIMs based on the selection of candidates for admission.

IIMs	CAT 2019 Cutoff	CAT 2020 Cutoff
IIM Ahmedabad	81.53	99
IIM Bangalore	90+	99
IIM Calcutta	95+	99
IIM Lucknow	90+	97+
IIM Indore	90	97+
IIM Kozhikode	95.5	97 to 98
IIM Amritsar	90	95+
IIM Nagpur	90	95+
IIM Sambalpur	90	95+
IIM Trichy	96	94
IIM Raipur	90 to 94	94
IIM Ranchi	90	94
IIM Kashipur	90	94
IIM Vizag	90	92
IIM Udaipur	90	92
IIM Bodhgaya	90+	92
IIM Shillong	90	90
IIM Sirmaur	95	95
IIM Rohtak	90+	95

What is CAT 2021 cutoff Marks vs Percentile?

Usually, more than 80 percentile of those who pass the CAT 2021 exam will be selected and invited for the exam rounds from the top B-schools in India. The main four ranges are based on the CAT score vs percentile.

• 95.01 percentile and above

• 90.01 to 95 percentile

• 85.01 to 90 percentile

• 80 to 85 percentile

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) publishes individual CAT exam cutoffs based on the CAT marks. Candidates are further invited for the CAT selection process by IIMs based on the CAT cutoff marks obtained by candidates.

List of Top B-Schools Accepting CAT Scores and Cutoffs

There are more than 600 B-schools that accept the CAT scores and CAT cutoffs. Many participating institutes of CAT 2021 begin the admission process after the CAT entrance exam is conducted. Depending upon the candidate's percentile in the CAT exam, the respective authorities of B-schools shortlist them for the next selection rounds for admission in the MBA program. Check here the list of Top B-schools Accepting CAT scores.