IIM CAT 2018 Cutoff Marks Tentative
CAT Cut off 2018 will most probably be declared in second week of January. CAT 2018 Exam was held on November 25, 2018 and this time the paper was easy and its expected cutoff would increase this time. CAT Cut off percentile for top B-Schools is generally in the range from 80 to 100 for general category candidates. There are chances that 2018 CAT cut off may vary due to new changes in the exam pattern of CAT 2018.
CAT Cutoff 2018 – The cutoff of CAT 2018 refers to the minimum percentile a test taker must obtain in order to qualify for the next round of selection process. Around 10 out of 20 IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow and IIM Calcutta have already released the CAT cutoff for the academic year 2019-21. Other IIMs and participating institutes are expected to release the CAT 2018 cutoff soon. This year, CAT will be conducted by IIM Calcutta on November 25, 2018, and the CAT 2018 Result will be announced in the second week of January 2019.
CAT cutoff 2018 depends on various factors such as total number of test takers, difficulty level of the exam, total number of seats, etc. Candidates who are planning to appear for CAT 2018 exam must qualify the sectional as well as the overall cutoff in order to get shortlisted for the next rounds of the selection process – WAT-GD/PI. CAT is conducted every year by IIMs on a rotational basis for admission MBA/PGDM course offered by IIMs and 100 other top B-schools in the country. This article brings to you the estimated CAT cutoff 2018 of the 20 IIMs and the other top B-schools.
Candidates have their fingers crossed about the scores this year and they will be shortlisted on the basis of their scores in CAT, and later have to appear in the selection process of PI-WAT/GD rounds of IIMs and other B-schools. To know about CAT cut off for various top B- schools we have made a tentative cut off analyzing the score pattern of last 4 years.
While the top B-schools will have higher range of CAT 2018 cutoffs, 90+ percentile, the mid rung B-schools’ cutoffs range from 75 to 80 percentile and that of the lower rung B-schools is around 50 percentiles. Also to check whether you had given the right answer on CAT 2018 Exam.
Minimum cut-off (overall and section wise cut-offs) for reserved category students is lesser than General category students.
CAT 2018 Important Dates
Events | Important Dates |
CAT 2018 exam | November 25, 2018, Sunday |
CAT 2018 Answer Key | First week of December 2018 |
CAT 2018 Result | Second week of January 2019 |
Declaration of Shortlisted candidates | Fourth week of January 2019 |
Final selection rounds at CAT participating B-schools | February-March 2019 |
CAT 2018 Cutoff of the 20 IIMs
Note: The above mentioned CAT 2018 cutoffs for the 20 IIMs are tentative. We will update the cutoffs as and when they are declared.
Expected CAT 2018 Cutoff
The following table enlists the expected CAT Exam 2018 cut off for all participating IIMs:
IIM Ahmedabad CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below provides the CAT 2018 Cut off section wise data for IIM Ahmedabad.
Sections | General | NC-OBC-cum transgender | SC | ST | DA |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC) | 75 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DIILR) | 70 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) | 70 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
Overall Percentile | 80 | 60 | 75 | 70 | 70 |
IIM Bangalore CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows the CAT 2018 cut off percentile for different categories set by IIM Bangalore:
Sections | General | NC-OBC | SC | ST | DA |
Section 1 (QA & DI) | 80 | 70 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Section 2 (VA & LR) | 90 | 80 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 80 | 70 | 70 | 60 |
IIM Calcutta CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Calcutta.
Section | Open | NC-OBC | SC | ST | DA |
Section 1 (Quantitative Ability) | 80 | 75 | 65 | 60 | 65 |
Section 2 (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning) | 80 | 75 | 65 | 60 | 65 |
Section 3 (Verbal Ability) | 80 | 75 | 65 | 60 | 65 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 85 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
IIM Indore CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Indore-
Sections | General | OBC | SC | PWD | ST |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 70 | 55 | 45 | 45 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 70 | 55 | 45 | 45 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 70 | 55 | 45 | 45 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
IIM Lucknow CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Lucknow:
Section | Open | NC-OBC | SC | ST | DA |
Section 1 (Quantitative Ability) | 85 | 77 | 55 | 50 | 55 |
Section 2 (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning) | 85 | 77 | 55 | 50 | 55 |
Section 3 (Verbal Ability) | 85 | 77 | 55 | 50 | 55 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 82 | 70 | 65 | 70 |
IIM Shillong CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Shillong:
Sections | General & OBC | SC | ST | DA |
Section 1 (QA) | 70 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 70 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
Section 3 (VARCC) | 70 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | – | – | – | – |
IIM Kozhikode CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Kozhikode:
Sections | General | OBC | SC | ST/DA |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 70 | 50 | 40 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 70 | 50 | 40 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 70 | 50 | 40 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 80 | 65 | 55 |
IIM Rohtak CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Rohtak:
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | PWD |
Section 1 (QA & DI) | 80 | 45 | 40 | 70 | 50 |
Section 2 (VA & LR) | 80 | 45 | 40 | 70 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 85 | 60 | 60 | 75 | 60 |
IIM Ranchi CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Ranchi:
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | PWD |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 75 | 65 | 81 | 65 |
IIM Trichy CAT Cutoff 2018
IIM Trichy has reached the percentile of 90 for the last 3 years. The overall Expected CAT 2017 cut off for IIM Trichy is given in the table below:
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | PWD |
Section 1 (QA & DI) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 55 |
Section 2 (VA & LR) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 55 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 75 | 65 | 81 | 70 |
IIM Udaipur CAT Cutoff 2018
IIM Udaipur reached the level of 96 percentile in the year 2014. However, in 2015 the cut off for IIM Udaipur went to 90 percentile.The overall Expected CAT 2017 cut off for IIM Udaipur according to the categories for the last two years is given in the table below:
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 75 | 65 | 81 |
IIM Kashipur CAT Cutoff 2018
The cut off for IIM Kashipur reaches around 90 percentile. The expected CAT 2017 overall cut off percentile for IIM Kashipur is given below:
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | PWD |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 75 | 65 | 81 | 65 |
IIM Nagpur CAT Cutoff 2018
The table below shows CAT 2018 cut off percentile for IIM Nagpur:
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | PWD |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 72 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 75 | 65 | 81 | 65 |
Seats Available | 28 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
IIM Visakhapatnam CAT Cutoff 2018
CAT 2018 Cut Off for IIM Visakhapatnam is given below-
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | PWD |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 70 | 50 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 60 | 50 | 70 | 50 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 85 | 60 | 50 | 75 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 75 | 65 | 80 | 65 |
IIM Raipur CAT Cutoff 2018
CAT 2018 Cut Off for IIM Raipur is provided in the table below-
Category | QA | VARC | DI & LR | Overall Percentile |
General | 80 | 80 | 80 | 90 |
DAP | 50 | 50 | 50 | 65 |
OBC (NC) | 72 | 72 | 72 | 81 |
ST | 50 | 50 | 50 | 65 |
SC | 60 | 60 | 60 | 75 |
IIM Bodh Gaya CAT Cutoff 2018
CAT 2018 Cut Off for IIM Bodh Gaya is provided in the table below-
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | DA |
Section 1 (QA) | ≥ 70 | ≥ 50 | ≥ 30 | ≥ 58 | ≥ 30 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | ≥ 70 | ≥ 50 | ≥ 30 | ≥ 58 | ≥ 30 |
Section 3 (VARC) | ≥ 70 | ≥ 50 | ≥ 30 | ≥ 58 | ≥ 30 |
Overall Percentile | ≥ 96 | ≥ 59 | ≥ 40 | ≥ 77.5 | ≥ 45 |
IIM Sirmaur CAT Cutoff 2018
The sectional and overall CAT 2018 Cut Off for IIM Sirmaur is represented in the table given below-
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | DAP |
Section 1 (QA) | 75 | 50 | 45 | 68 | 50 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 75 | 50 | 45 | 68 | 50 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 75 | 50 | 45 | 68 | 50 |
Overall Percentile | 80 | 70 | 65 | 72 | 70 |
IIM Sambalpur CAT Cutoff 2018
The sectional and overall CAT 2018 Cut Off for IIM Sambalpur is provided in the table given below-
Sections | General | SC | ST | NC-OBC | DA |
Section 1 (QA) | 80 | 55 | 45 | 70 | 45 |
Section 2 (DI & LR) | 80 | 55 | 45 | 70 | 45 |
Section 3 (VARC) | 80 | 55 | 45 | 70 | 45 |
Overall Percentile | 90 | 60 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
IIM Amritsar CAT Cutoff 2018
The minimum eligibility criteria used by IIM Amritsar are given below-
Sections | General | NC-OBC | SC | ST | DA |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VRC) | 70 | 55 | 50 | 30 | 30 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile (DILR) | 70 | 55 | 50 | 30 | 30 |
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile Rank (QA) | 77 | 55 | 50 | 30 | 30 |
Overall Percentile Rank (PT) | 90 | 75 | 55 | 35 | 35 |
IIM Jammu CAT Cutoff 2018
IIM Jammu established in 2017 so there was no interview for the selection of Post Graduate Programme in Management. The admission was purely based on final merit list. The given below table depicts the CAT 2016 cut off for IIM Jammu. The cut of 2018 is expected to fall in the same line.
Sections | General | NC-OBC | SC | ST | DA |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension percentile rank (VRC) | 75 | 68 | 50 | 45 | 50 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Percentile (DILR) | 75 | 68 | 50 | 45 | 50 |
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile Rank (QA) | 75 | 68 | 50 | 45 | 50 |
Overall percentile rank (PT) | 80 | 72 | 65 | 60 | 70 |
Previous Year CAT Cutoff for IIMs
IIM | Date of Release of Shortlist | Cut offs | Fee (Rs. lakhs) for Batch 2018-20 | Average Placement 2017 (Rs. lakhs) | Total Seats |
IIM Ahmedabad | January 8, 2018 | 81.53 | 21.14 | 22.58 | 395 |
IIM Bangalore | January 8, 2018 | 90+ | 19.5 | 21.42 | 400 |
IIM Calcutta | January 13, 2018 | 95+ | 19 | 20.00 | 460 |
IIM Lucknow | January 15, 2018 | 90+ | 14.16 | 18.45 | 500 |
IIM Indore | January 15, 2018 | 90 | 14 | 16.23 | 450 |
IIM Kozhikode | January 9, 2018 | 95.5 | 16 | 17.14 | 375 |
IIM Rohtak | January 25, 2018 | 90+ | 12.20 | 12.3 | 240 |
IIM Trichy | January 25, 2018 | 96 | 12.35 | 13.3 | 180 |
IIM Udaipur | January 25, 2018 | 90 | 13.08 | 11.94 | 260 |
IIM Ahmedabad
- 1200 candidates shortlisted in 2017
- 182 candidates shortlisted with CAT 2017 percentile below 90
- General category candidate with 81.53 percentile in CAT shortlisted
IIM Bangalore
- 1000+ candidates shortlisted
- High Academic profile considered for shortlisting
IIM Lucknow
- 1500 candidates shortlisted for PI-WAT round
- cAT 2017 Cutoff for PGP was 90+
- CAT Cutoff for PGP-ABM and PGP-SM was 85+
- Final admission round consists of PI & WAT; no group discussion
IIM Indore
- 1400 candidates shortlisted
- Shortlist cut off was 90 percentile
- Final cut off in admission offer may go to 90+
Factors Determining CAT Cutoff
- Difficulty level of exam
- Number of test takers
- Number of candidates qualifying for the next rounds
- Number of seats
- Institute repute or ranking
Take a look at cut off percentile (last two years) of various IIMs below:
IIM Ahmedabad CAT cut off scores
Category |
CAT 2017 |
CAT 2016 |
General | 100 | 100 |
NC-OBC | 100 | 99.99 |
SC | 99.82 | 99.97 |
ST | 99.92 | 99.88 |
DA | 99.28 | 99.97 |
IIM Bangalore CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 90.72 | 92.48 |
NC-OBC | 81.48 | 81.14 |
SC | 75.22 | 76.35 |
ST | 70.01 | 75.22 |
DA | 64.21 | 76.21 |
IIM Kozhikode CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 95.16 | 94.82 |
NC-OBC | 80.19 | 81.14 |
SC | 65.03 | 65.56 |
ST | 55.28 | 55.23 |
DA | 56.02 | 55.86 |
IIM Indore CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 90.05 | 90.01 |
NC-OBC | 80.05 | 80.08 |
SC | 50.19 | 50.03 |
ST | 60.16 | 61.38 |
DA | 50.87 | 50.59 |
IIM Trichy CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 95 | 96 |
NC-OBC | 78 (78.01) | 78 |
SC | 60 (60.01) | 60 |
ST | 40 (40.01) | 42 (42.07) |
DA | 40 (40.16) | 40 (40.19) |
IIM Raipur CAT cut off scores
Category |
CAT 2017 |
CAT 2016 |
General | 95 | 96 |
NC-OBC | 78.01 | 78 |
SC | 60.01 | 60 |
ST | 40.01 | 42.07 |
DA | 40.16 | 40.19 |
IIM Rohtak CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 95 | 96 |
NC-OBC | 78.01 | 75.36 |
SC | 60.01 | 65.05 |
ST | 40.01 | 42.12 |
DA | 40.16 | 40 |
IIM Udaipur CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 95 | 96 |
NC-OBC | 78.03 | 78 |
SC | 64.14 | 61.16 |
ST | 54.10 | 46.60 |
DA | 43.46 | 41.91 |
IIM Sirmaur CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 95 | 81.23 |
NC-OBC | 78.01 | 76.54 |
SC | 60.01 | 69.61 |
ST | 40.01 | 61.81 |
DA | 40.16 | 72.81 |
IIM Nagpur CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 90.09 | 90.08 |
NC-OBC | 81.89 | 81.48 |
SC | 65.48 | 79.78 |
ST | 45.09 | 73.73 |
DA | 66.4 | NA |
IIM Vishakhapatnam CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 90.09 | 90.02 |
NC-OBC | 80.01 | 80.04 |
SC | 75.03 | 75.12 |
ST | 56.92 | 55.26 |
DA | 57.3 | 59.58 |
IIM Amritsar CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 94.76 | 94.9 |
NC-OBC | 85.35 | 75.09 |
SC | 71.92 | 55.42 |
ST | 43.19 | 36.26 |
DA | 35.58 | 35.33 |
IIM Sambalpur CAT cut off scores
Category | CAT 2017 | CAT 2016 |
General | 95 | NA |
NC-OBC | 78 | NA |
SC | 60 | NA |
ST | 40 | NA |
DA | 40 | NA |
Top Non-IIM B-schools Accepting CAT Score
Apart from the top leading IIMs of India, there are Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) and other top B-schools that accept CAT score too. The CAT 2018 percentile for some of the CAT 2018 Participating Institutes is at which you will be shortlisted for WAT/PI is provided in the table below-
The non-IIM colleges that accept CAT scores release their list of respective cut0off. Candidates who meet these cut-offs are further shortlisted for the selection process. Generally, the admission selection process consists of GD/WAT and PI rounds. Let us have a look at the expected cut-offs of few non-IIM colleges:
B-School | Expected CAT cutoff |
FMS, Delhi | 98%ile |
SPJIMR, Mumbai | 92%ile |
IMT, Ghaziabad | 90%ile |
JBIMS, Mumbai | 96%ile |
MDI, Gurgaon | 94%ile |
IMI, New Delhi | 90%ile |
XIM, Bhubaneshwar | 91%ile |
GIM Goa | 85%ile |
K J Somaiya, Mumbai | 86% |
TAPMI, Manipal | 80%ile |
FORE, New Delhi | 85%ile |
IFMR, Chennai | 80%ile |
IRMA | 80%ile |
MICA, Ahmedabad | 80%ile |
LIBA, Chennai | 70%ile |
XIME, Bangalore | 70%ile |
Previous Year CAT cutoff for IIMs
Candidates appearing for CAT exam can have a look at previous year’s minimum CAT cutoff to get an idea of how much they need to score in the exam:
IIM | Cut-Off 2017 |
IIM Ahmedabad | 100 |
IIM Bangalore | 90.72 |
IIM Kozhikode | 95.16 |
IIM Indore | 90.05 |
IIM Trichy | 95 |
IIM Raipur | 95 |
IIM Rohtak | 95 |
IIM Udaipur | 95 |
IIM Sirmaur | 95 |
IIM Nagpur | 90.09 |
IIM Vishakhapatnam | 90.09 |
IIM Amritsar | 94.76 |
IIM Sambalpur | 95 |
Note: The above mentioned Cut-offs have been provided only for General category.
MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score Above 90 Percentile
There are IIMs as well as non IIMs who require minimum CAT score of 90+ for shortlisting. It may be noted that IIM Ahmedabad has announced to accept CAT score cut off with 80 percentile but the actual CAT score cut off may be as high as 98-99 percentile for General category candidates. Some of the top MBA colleges accepting CAT score above 90 percentile are shared below:
IIMs & Other Top MBA colleges Accepting CAT Score above 90 percentile | CAT 2018 Score (Percentile) | |
IIM Ahmedabad | 80 (Actual 98) | |
IIM Bangalore | 90 (Actual 98) | |
IIM Calcutta | 90 (Actual 98) | |
IIM Lucknow | 90 (Actual 97) | |
FMS Delhi |
98 | |
SPJIMR, Mumbai |
90 | |
IIM Indore | 90 | |
MDI Gurgaon | 94 | |
IIM Udaipur | 90 (Actual 94) | |
IIM Tiruchirappalli | 90(Actual 94) | |
IIM Kozhikode | 90 (Actual 95) | |
IIM Shillong | 92 | |
IIM Kashipur | 92 | |
IMI New Delhi | 90 | |
IIM Ranchi | 95 | |
IIM Rohtak | 94 | |
IIM Visakhapatnam | 90 | |
IMT Ghaziabad | 90 | |
XIM Bhubaneshwar | 92 | |
JBIMS Mumbai |
96 | |
IIM Nagpur | 90 | |
IIM Raipur | 90 | |
IIM Amritsar | 90 | |
IIM Bodhgaya | 90 | |
IIM Jammu | 90 | |
IIM Sambalpur | 90 | |
IIM Sirmaur | 90 |
Colleges Accepting CAT Score 80 Percentile
Apart from the above, the colleges accepting CAT score and cut off in the range of 80 to 90 percentile are some of prominent MBA/PGDM colleges. The admission process in almost all these MBA colleges with CAT score is open now:
MBA colleges Accepting CAT Score above 80 percentile | CAT 2018 Score (Percentile) | |
IRMA, Anand | 80 | |
TAPMI, Manipal | 80 | |
GIM Goa | 85 | |
K J Somaiya, Mumbai | 87 | |
FORE New Delhi | 85 | |
LBSIM Delhi | 85 | |
IFMR, Chennai | 80 | |
Great Lakes, Chennai | 85 | |
MICA, Ahmedabad | 80 |
Colleges Accepting CAT Scores Range 70 to 80 Percentile
There are many good MBA colleges accepting CAT score in the range of 70+ percentile. Some of these MBA colleges may also accept CAT score with 60 percentile to improve diversity in their class rooms:
MBA colleges Accepting CAT Score above 80 percentile | CAT 2018 Score (Percentile) | |
BIMTECH, Greater Noida | 70 | |
BIM, Trichy | 70 | |
XIME, Bangalore | 70 | |
SDMIMD, Mysore | 74 | |
JIMS, Rohini | 70 |
Colleges Accepting CAT Score 60 Percentile
Many good MBA colleges accepting CAT score can shortlist you with your CAT score of 60 percentile. Apart from your CAT score, your profile will also play a major role in MBA admission 2019 in these MBA colleges:
MBA colleges Accepting CAT Score 60 percentile | CAT 2018 Score (Percentile) | |
ISB&M Pune | 68 | |
IMS Ghaziabad | 65 | |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow | 69 | |
IFIM, Bangalore | 68 | |
MITSOB, Pune | 65 |
Besides, there are good MBA colleges accepting CAT scores in the range of 50 to 60 percentile where fee structure is also not high and placement is also good. Such MBA colleges exist in all the prominent cities of India including Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, and Ahmedabad.