What Is The Minimum Percentile Required To Make It To The IIMs

CAT 2020 is just a few days away and with this, the race has just begun. Each aspirant wants to give their best to grab the best seat out there. You must have already formulated some strategy or the other for the D-day but here is something that will help you to plan out a little more details – the sectional and overall percentile required for you to make it to your dream B-Schools. These are the minimum percentiles required to be eligible for that coveted seat and you must take note! In this article, we will provide you with all the information that you need about the old and new generation IIMs, their sectional and category wise cat exam cut-offs and more. Keep reading to know more. Disclaimer - It is important to note that the actual section-wise and overall percentile of a short-listed candidate may be much higher than the below-mentioned criteria as it will depend upon the number of candidates to be called for interview in each category. These are just the minimum cut-offs to be eligible for consideration by the respective colleges. Please note; based on past trends, the percentage at which candidates are called have been higher.

IIM Ahmedabad Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in-Detail)

 

Category	VA-RC	DI-LR	QA	Overall
General, EWS	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC-cum-transgender	65	65	65	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD	60	60	60	70
PwD (ST)	50	50	50	60

 

IIM Bangalore Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in Detail)

 

Category	VA-RC	DI-LR	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 Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in Details)

Category	Quantitative Ability	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	Verbal Ability	Total Percentile
OPEN	≥ 75	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 85
NC-OBC	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70	≥ 75
EWS	≥ 65	≥ 65	≥ 70	≥ 75
SC	≥ 60	≥ 60	≥ 65	≥ 70
ST	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 55	≥ 65
PWD	≥ 45	≥ 45	≥ 45	≥ 55

Please Note: *Not released officially for the current year and the above table is according to the past year trends. The >= symbol indicates that these are the minimum percentiles (both sectional and overall) for IIM Calcutta to consider a candidate for further rounds. 

IIM Indore Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in Detail)

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	90
NC-OBC	70	70	70	80
SC	55	55	55	60
ST	45	45	45	50
PWD	45	45	45	50

IIM Lucknow Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in Detail)

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	85	85	85	90
EWS	77	77	77	82
NC-OBC	77	77	77	82
SC	55	55	55	70
ST	50	50	50	65
PWD	50	50	50	65

IIM Kozhikode Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in Detail)

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	75	75	75	85
EWS	65	65	65	75
NC-OBC	65	65	65	75
SC	55	55	55	65
ST	45	45	45	55
PWD	45	45	45	55

IIM Ranchi Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC*	DI/LR*	QA*	Overall*
General	80	80	80	95
EWS	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DA	30	30	30	40

Please Note: *Not released officially for the current year and the above table is according to the past trends.

IIM Shillong Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs (Check in Details)

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	Quant
General	75	75	75
EWS	75	75	75
SC	60	60	60
ST	50	50	50
DA	50	50	50

IIM Trichy Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	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
DA	30	30	30	40

IIM Udaipur Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	60	75
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Raipur Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC	65	65	65	75
SC	55	55	55	65
ST	55	55	55	65
DAP	55	55	55	65

IIM Kashipur Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80 (80.12)	80 (80.2)	80 (80.56)	94
EWS	60 (60.61)	60 (61.19)	60 (60.66)	75 (75.01)
NC-OBC	60 (60.61)	60 (61.19)	60 (60.66)	75 (75.02)
SC	45 (45.42)	45 (46.05)	45 (45)	55 (55.03)
ST	30 (30.21)	30 (30.64)	30 (30.82)	40 (40.25)
DAP	30 (31.96)	30 (32.43)	30 (30.82)	40 (40.18)

Please Note: The percentile in bracket denotes the actual cut-off across sections and categories used for selecting eligible candidates for WAT and PI process.

IIM Visakhapatnam Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80	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 Nagpur Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	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
DAP	35	35	35	40

IIM Sirmaur Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Amritsar Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	75	75	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	65	75
SC	50	50	55	55
ST	35	35	35	40
DAP	35	35	35	40

IIM Rohtak Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-Offs

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	95
EWS	70	70	70	90
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	55
ST	30	30	30	30
DAP	30	30	30	30

IIM Bodhgaya Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-off

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Sambalpur Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-off

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	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
DAP	30	30	30	40

IIM Jammu Selection Criteria 2020 - Minimum CAT Cut-off

Category	VA/RC	DI/LR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	90
EWS	80	80	80	85
NC-OBC	60	60	60	78
SC	50	50	50	60
ST	30	30	30	40
DAP	30	30	30	40

The Cut-off Percentile You Need To Get To Receive A Shortlist Call

B-School	Seats	Cut-off*
IIM Ahmedabad	385	99
IIM Bangalore	413	99
IIM Calcutta	463	99
IIM Lucknow	436	97-98
IIM Indore (including Mumbai Campus)	611	97-98
IIM Kozhikode	353	97-98
IIM Ranchi	155	94-95
IIM Shillong	204	90
IIM Trichy	210	94-95
IIM Udaipur	325	92-94
IIM Raipur	210	94-95
IIM Kashipur	210	90
IIM Visakhapatnam	120	92-94
IIM Nagpur	126	95-96
IIM Sirmaur	90	90
IIM Amritsar	120	95-96
IIM Rohtak	240	94-95
IIM Bodhgaya	120	92-94
IIM Sambalpur	180	95-96
IIM Jammu	180	90

Points to Note:

• *Cut-off mentioned here are for general category.
• The batch size can change depending on the college’s discretion. The numbers given here are either based on last year trends or declared by the respective colleges in their recent announcements.
• The CAT percentile cut-offs mentioned in this table is according to past trends and along with this, a lot of other factors like academic background, work experience, diversity points, etc. would be taken into account by each of the institutes to consider giving a call to any candidate. So, we must mention that these percentiles in isolation will not guarantee a call but these respective percentiles are the minimum that you must target to get into your dream B-School.