CAT CUTOFF OF

TOP B-SCHOOLS
IN INDIA
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CONTENTS
Introduction 03
B-schools with 60 percentile or less cutoff 04
B-schools with 70 - 80 percentile cutoff 07
B-schools with 80 - 90 percentile cutoff 10
B-schools with 90 – 100 percentile cutoff 13

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INTRODUCTION
Out of the two lakh candidates that appear for CAT each year, only one per-
cent test-takers secure 100 percentile. Once the CAT result is declared, MBA
aspirants look for the right B-schools to apply for based on their percentile.
Although, the top B-schools look for candidates with allround excellence in
terms of past academic records, work experience and extracurricular activi-
ties, the primary eligibility criterion is to fulfil the CAT cutoff.

Those who secure a high percentile are mostly confident about getting calls
from their dream colleges. But candidates with an average percentile are
often confused whether there is any decent B-School they can apply to with
their percentile. The most common type of questions asked by the students
after the exams are like “I could manage to secure 50 or 60 or 70 percentile
in CAT or XAT. Do I have any chance of getting into any top B-school?”

Careers360 presents the answers to the most common questions in this

E-book. We, at Careers360 have identified percentile brackets and accord-
ingly the B-schools where MBA aspirants stand a chance of admission.
Based on the percentile bracket, candidates can narrow down their option
and target the right set of B-schools for MBA admission.

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WHERE TO APPLY WITH 60

PERCENTILE OR LESS IN CAT?
A low score or a dis-satisfactory result does not always mean that the doors
to CAT takers’ dream destination has closed. If the CAT percentile is in the
range of 50 to 70 percentile, candidates may be wondering if there is any
chance to get admission to a decent B-School. Although admission in a top
B-School is not possible with this percentile, but that does not mean the
end of their MBA dream.

Selecting the right B-School with CAT percentile of 60 can be a tricky affair.
Although there is no dearth of B-schools whose CAT cutoffs range above
50 percentile, selecting the right one is the main area of concern. To guide
aspirants with MBA admission, we bring the list of B-schools with cutoffs
ranging from 60 to 70 percentile or below.

We have classified the B-schools into three categories: B-schools with CAT
cutoff 60 percentile, 65 percentile and less than 60 percentile.

Case 1 – 60 Percentile

B-School Percentile
XISS Ranchi (PGDM – Human Resource Management) 60 Percentile
Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore 60 Percentile
NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata 60 Percentile
Veltech Business School, Chennai 60 Percentile
Universal Business School, Raigad 60 Percentile
Skyline Business School, Delhi 60 Percentile
Shri Ram Murti Smarak International Business School, Lucknow 60 Percentile
NTPC School of Business, Noida 60 Percentile
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 60 Percentile
MIT School of Telecom Management, Pune 60 Percentile
KCT Business School, Coimbatore 60 Percentile
Kaziranga University, Jorhat 60 Percentile
Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management, Udupi 60 Percentile
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi 60 Percentile
Institute for Technology and Management, Bangalore 60 Percentile
Indus Business Academy, Bangalore 60+Percentile
EMPI, New Delhi 60 Percentile
Praxis Business School, Kolkata 60 Percentile

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Case 2 – 65 Percentile

B-School Percentile
Thiagarajar School of Management, Thirupparankundram 65 Percentile
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad 65 Percentile
AIMS Institutes, Bangalore 65 Percentile
PES University, Bangalore 65 Percentile
IBS Business School, Bangalore 65 Percentile
KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar 65 Percentile
Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kochi 65 Percentile
MAEER’s MIT School of Business, Pune 65 Percentile
Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad and Noida 65 Percentile
Karunya University Business School, Coimbatore 65 Percentile
Doon Business School, Dehradun 65 Percentile
Army Institute of Management, Kolkata 65 Percentile
Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad 65 Percentile
Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management, Hyderabad 65 Percentile
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Hyderabad 65 Percentile
Veltech Multitech Dr. Rangrajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, 65 Percentile
Chennai
University of North Bengal, Siliguri 65 Percentile
University of Lucknow, Lucknow 65 Percentile
St. Joseph’s Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli 65 Percentile
Sairam Institute of Management Studies, Chennai 65 Percentile
Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon 65 Percentile
Quantum School of Business, Roorkee 65 Percentile
International Institute of Management Studies, Pune 65 Percentile
International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore 65 Percentile
National Institute of Agricultural Management, Jaipur 65 Percentile

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Case 3 - <60 Percentile

B-School Percentile
XISS Ranchi (PGDM – Finance & Marketing) 50 Percentile
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 50 Percentile
Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad 50+ Percentile
Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad 50+ Percentile
New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi 50+ Percentile
School of Management Sciences, Varanasi 55 Percentile
Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 50 Percentile
Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur 55 Percentile
MANAGE, Hyderabad 55 Percentile

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MBA ADMISSION OPTIONS

WITH 70-80 PERCENTILE IN CAT
The cutoffs have been divided into two stages, 70 percentile and 75 per-centile. The
Case 1 enlists B-schools with 70 percentile cutoff and Case 2 table brings B-schools
with 75 percentile cutoff. If candidates have already applied for some of these
B-schools, they may get shortlisted for these insti-tutes. In case there are some more
B-schools which suit the MBA criteria in terms of programme design, fee and intake,
they should apply soon.

Case 1 – 70 Percentile

B-School CAT Percentile

We School, Bangalore 70 Percentile
MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore 70 Percentile
Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Secunderabad 70 Percentile
VIT Business School, Vellore 70 Percentile
ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai and Gwalior 70 Percentile
Balaji Institute of Telecom and Management, Tathawade 70 Percentile
Apeejay School of Management, New Delhi 70 Percentile
Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad 70 Percentile
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 70 Percentile
SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai 70 Percentile
SDMIMD Mysore 70 Percentile
Shiv Nadar University, Dadri 70 Percentile
School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum 70 Percentile
University, Gandhinagar
Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar 70 Percentile
MYRA School of Business, Mysore 70 Percentile
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 70 Percentile
GITAM Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam 70 Percentile
Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi 70 Percentile
Chandigarh University, Chandigarh 70 Percentile
Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource Development, 70 Percentile
Tathawade
Acharya Bangalore Business School, Bangalore 70 Percentile

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Tula’s Institute, The Engineering and Management College, Dehradun 70 Percentile

School of Management, Dr. D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai 70 Percentile
Sai Balaji International Institute of Management Sciences, Pune 70 Percentile
ITS Institute of Management, Greater Noida 70 Percentile
Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune 70 Percentile

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Case 2 – 75-80 Percentile

B-School CAT Percentile

Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal 78 Percentile
IBS Business School, Hyderabad 75 Percentile
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad 75 Percentile
National Institute of Technology, Warangal 75 Percentile
Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore 75 Percentile
PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore 75 Percentile
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow & Jaipur 75 Percentile
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar & Pune 75 Percentile
BIMTECH, Greater Noida 75 Percentile
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 75 Percentile
SRM University, Chennai 75 Percentile
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textile Management, 75 Percentile
Coimbatore
FLAME University, Pune 75 Percentile
College of Management and Economics Studies, University of Petroleum 75 Percentile
and Energy Studies, Dehradun
Vel Tech Dr. RR & Dr. SR University, Chennai 75 Percentile
KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar 75 Percentile
Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur 75 Percentile
Hindustan University, Kelambakkam 75 Percentile
FMS, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad 75 Percentile
Christ University, Bangalore 75 Percentile
Balaji Institute of International Business, Tathawade 75 Percentile
Vishwakarma Institute of Management, Pune 75 Percentile
International School of Business and Media, Pune 75 Percentile

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WHAT IF THE CAT PERCENTILE IS

BETWEEN 80 AND 90? IS THERE
ANY CHANCE AT GET THROUGH TOP
B-SCHOOLS?
While CAT takers get optimistic to see themselves placed in the top range of
CAT takers, the reality check of not being able to make it to the old IIMs also strikes
soon. Since the old IIMs exhaust the shortlist by 98-100 percentile, there is hardly
any chance for CAT takers securing 80 to 90 percentile to get a call from old IIMs.
Despite performing well in CAT, candidates suddenly realise that they are not
good enough for their dream destinations to spend next two years. But rather
than losing hope, they should look at the brighter side that there are several top B-
schools in the range of 80 to 90 percentile, including the new IIMs.

Here we have classi ied the CAT percentile range in two stages, 80 to 85 percentile
and 86 to 90 percentile. The following tables bring the B-schools in the ranges
mentioned above along with their expected CAT cutoff percentiles. The institutes
mentioned in the lists below are within top 25-30 according to the Careers360 B-
School Ranking.

Case 1 – 80 to 85 Percentile
B-School CAT Cutoff Percentile
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai 85 Percentile
Institute of Financial Management and Research, Changambakkam 85 Percentile
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, 85 Percentile
Mumbai
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore 85 Percentile
Institute of Finance and International Management, Bangalore 85 Percentile
Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 85 Percentile
University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh 85 Percentile
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and 85 Percentile
Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
FORE School of Management, New Delhi 85 Percentile
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy 85 Percentile
ABV – Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, 80 Percentile
Gwalior
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai 80 Percentile
Institute of Rural Management, Anand 80 Percentile
Delhi School of Management, Delhi Technical University, Delhi 80 Percentile

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DMS, NIT Trichy 80 Percentile

Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, Allahabad 80 Percentile
MANAGE Hyderabad 80 Percentile
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 80 Percentile
Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad 80 Percentile
Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune 80 Percentile
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 80 Percentile
Alliance School of Business, Bangalore 80 Percentile
SCMS Cochin School of Business, Cochin 80 Percentile
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur 80 Percentile
Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune, Pune 80 Percentile
Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad 80 Percentile
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of 80 Percentile
Management, New Delhi

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Case 2 – 86 to 90 Percentile
B-School CAT Cutoff Percentile
VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur 90 Percentile
DMS, IISc Bangalore 90 Percentile
TAPMI, Manipal 90 Percentile
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai 90 Percentile
Goa Institute of Management 90 Percentile
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi 90 Percentile

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TOP B-SCHOOLS WHICH ACCEPT

CAT PERCENTILE BETWEEN 90 AND
100
The feeling of being in the league of toppers in a competitive exam like CAT, taken by
around two lakh candidates, is indeed unparalleled. Having secured a place among
the top 10 percent test takers with 90 percentile or above deserve to be in the dream
B-School namely IIMs, FMS and the likes. Although CAT toppers will receive a plethora
of calls from B-schools across tiers owing to their high percentile, they should not
select anything but the best for them. While applying to a B-School whose cutoff is 99
percentile would not get a CAT taker with 92 percentile a call, similarly, there is no point
in applying to an institute whose CAT cutoff is 90 percentile if his/her percentile is 99.

Case 1 – 98+ Percentile

With this top percentile, CAT toppers undoubtedly have IIM calls awaiting. Here they
stand to claim a seat in their dream B-schools like IIM BLACKIS or IIM Bangalore, Luc-
know, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Kozhikode, Indore and Shillong. Apart from IIMs, other
institutes which they can expect calls from include FMS Delhi, DMS, IIT Delhi among
others. Let us take a look at the MBA colleges to expect interview calls from.

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Case 1 – 98+ Percentile

B-School Cutoff Percentile (Approx)
IIM Ahmedabad 99+
IIM Bangalore 99+
IIM Calcutta 99+
IIM Lucknow 99+
IIM Indore 99+
DMS, IIT Delhi 99+
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay 99+
FMS, University of Delhi 99+

There is a caveat to the above mentioned B-schools. IIMs and top B-schools like DMS,
IIT Delhi also consider other components of candidate profile. Factors such as past
academic background and work experience form important components at the short-
list and final selection criteria.
For instance, IIM Bangalore gives 50 percent weightage to the academic records
including Class X, XII and Graduation marks and eight per-cent to work experience for
shortlisting. For the final selection, the institute will give only 25 per-cent weightage
to CAT performance and rest of the 75 percent weightage will be assigned to WAT-PI
performance (40 percent), past academic records (25 percent) and work experience
(10 percent). Hence, even if they secure 99 percentile or above, there is no surety of

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Case 2 – 95-98 Percentile

1st line- If the toppers’ CAT percentile is between 95 and 98, they have a host of
Tier I B-schools where they can apply for MBA/ PGDM admission.
The table below consists of the new IIMs, IITs, MDI Gurgaon and the likes.

Case 2 – 95-98 Percentile

B-School Cutoff Percentile (Approx)

IIM Kozhikode 95+
IIM Shillong 95+
IIM Ranchi 95+
IIM Rohtak 95+
IIM Raipur 95+
IIM Trichy 95+
IIM Kashipur 95+
IIM Udaipur 95+
IIM Bodh Gaya 95+
NITIE Mumbai 97+
MDI Gurgaon 95+
VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur 95+
DoMS, IIT Madras 95+
IMT Ghaziabad 96+

The institutes mentioned above also give due weightage to the Profile factor. Along
with the can-didate profile and fulfilling the cutoff, candidates have to also perform
well in the Group Discussion (GD) or Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview
(PI) rounds to convert the call.

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Case 3 – 90-95 Percentile

If the percentile is in this bracket, candidates can still choose from a wide range of
top institutes. At one hand, they can expect calls from the new IIMs and on the other
hand, there are noted institutes like XIMB, Great Lakes Institute of Management and
Goa Institute of Management to name a few. Let us take a look at the list below.

Case 3 – 90-95 Percentile

B-School Cutoff Percentile (Approx)

IIM Nagpur 90+
IIM Visakhapatnam 90+
IIM Sirmaur 90+
IIM Sambalpur 90+
IIM Amritsar 90+
IIM Jammu 90+
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar 93+
Goa Institute of Management, Goa 92+
DIME, IIT Kanpur 92+
DoMS, IIT Roorkee 90+
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai 90+
IISWBM Kolkata 90+
BIM Trichy 90+
IMI Delhi 90+

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WHAT NEXT?
Apply to B-schools: IIMs shortlist candidates for the WAT-PI rounds after the
declara-tion of result. If candidates have not applied in any of the above mentioned
institutes apart from IIMs, check whether the application process is still open. Several
B-schools which had closed their CAT application window reopen the process after
the declaration of result. They have to visit the official websites to find out whether
they can still apply for the upcoming academic year.

Know the Admission Criteria: As stated above, high CAT percentile is not the
only cri-terion to get a call or convert from IIMs. Each of the 20 IIMs has
separate admission criteria comprising of the different components and their
weightages also vary from IIM to IIM. Aspirants have to go through the detailed
IIM Admission Criteria to know the processes and estimate chances at each IIM.

Start preparing for GD, PI and WAT – Clearing CAT cutoff is just half the
battle won. Test takers have to do the rest by performing their best in the final
rounds of selection.

Target top B-schools through state level exams - IIf the candidates are looking for
admission in other institutes like JBIMS Mumbai or SIMSREE Mumbai they can also
use their MAH CET score. The MAH CET cutoffs for these B-schools range from
95-99 percentile. If they prepare and appear for the test with similar dedication and
approach, chances are high that they can crack the admis-sion at these B-schools as
well.

Specialised MBA programmes: If the aspirants have appeared for the specialised
MBA entrance exams like MICAT or aim to take admission in IRMA, and have
confidence in cracking the test, they can also consider getting into the specialised
MBA programmes like PGDM – Communication (MICA) or Post Graduate Programme
in Rural Management (IRMA). Inciden-tally, the primary eligibility criterion for both
MICA and IRMA is to appear for CAT.

Decide wisely – Even if the percentile meets the cutoff to a B-School, before
applying, or con-firming admission (considering they receive final admission offer),
know if the institute is worth. The factors that need to be assessed are brand
name or repute, ROI factor (fee vs average salary offered at placement),
location, industry exposure, faculty strength, resources, infrastructure among
others. They may seek review from current students, con-tact the college officials
and if possible, visit the B-School to get a true picture.

Consider retest – If the reason for the low score is lack of preparation,
such candidates may consider appearing for CAT again next year.Taking the lesson
from previ-ous performance, they can start afresh to secure a much higher percentile
and tar-get admission to dream B-schools.

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