Xavier Aptitude Test, XAT 2023, to be conducted on January 8, 2023, across India is one of the leading MBA exams in India. As is the case for all major aptitude tests, the score vs percentile trend becomes one of the most crucial topics for all candidates appearing for the exams. This becomes a metric to gauge the relative performance, the cut-off, and of course, the chances of an interview call which in essence is a shot at converting the business school for your dreams. To help you form an understanding of what to expect from a perspective of marks distribution, we have conducted interviews with XAT test takes from the past few years across B-schools like XLRI and analyzed the marks vs percentile split to form a prediction on what the expected XAT 2023 score vs percentile.

While this is strictly indicative and subject to change since scores depend heavily on the paper difficulty which varies from year to year, usually the ballpark figures are as follows –
A score of 39+ comfortably puts one above the 99 percentile mark and a score north of 35 generally translates to a percentile range of 98 to 99. Please find below, an expected split in a tabular format.

XAT 2023 Expected Score Vs Percentile: Overall

Marks	Percentile
18-20	80
21-25	85
26-29	90
30-34	95
35+	98
39+	99

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XAT 2023 Expected Score Vs Percentile: English Language and Logical Reasoning

Marks	Percentile
8-9	85
10-11	90
14-15	95
20+	99

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XAT 2023 Expected Score Vs Percentile: Decision Making

 

Marks	Percentile
8-9	85
10-11	90
12-13	95
14+	99

XAT 2023 Expected Score Vs Percentile: Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation

Marks	Percentile
10-11	85
12-13	90
15-16	95
18+	99

Our research predicts that the XAT 2023 cut-off will be the 96th percentile for the flagship Business Management program of XLRI and its equivalent for the Human Resource Management program will be around the 95th percentile. A few other important details which will make the scoring trend clearer are – XAT is considered to be one of the most difficult MBA exams, the total score is 100 with +1 for every correct answer and -0.25 for every incorrect answer. In addition to this, a candidate loses 0.10 marks for every unanswered question once the count exceeds 8 and this is not applicable for the General Knowledge section which neither has a negative marking nor is considered in the calculation of the total percentile. While a candidate is free to navigate between sections (except the GK section) during the exam, there are sectional cut-offs too On January 8th as soon as we have a better understanding of parameters like the difficulty level, count of test takers from those who have registered for XAT,  the feedback from candidates, and our expert analysis, we will release an updated marks vs percentile split both for the overall exam as well as the individual sections. Hence, stay tuned to this space for all things XAT.

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