CAT Cut Off 2024: Check Expected Cutoff & Previous Year Trend Analysis

Overview: The CAT 2024 exam was successfully conducted by IIM Calcutta on 24 November 2024 in three slots. Let’s look for the overall and section-wise CAT cut off 2024 here!

Approximately 3.29 lakh MBA aspirants registered for the CAT 2024, with around 2.8 lakh candidates actually taking the exam. Overall, the CAT 2024 exam was easier compared to the CAT 2023.

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While the official CAT scores will be released in January, you can estimate your score and compare it to last year's results for an idea of your predicted percentile.

Below, you will find the expected CAT cut off 2024 including overall and sectional CAT 2024 cut off details.

What is CAT Cut Off 2024? 

The CAT cutoff is crucial for applicants to top MBA colleges in India, especially the IIMs. It represents the minimum score required to advance to the next stage of the selection process, which usually includes Group Discussions (GD), Personal Interviews (PI), and Written Ability Tests (WAT). 

CAT Cutoffs vary by institution, program, and candidate category (General, OBC, SC, ST, etc.), and are influenced by several factors. For 2024, the IIM cutoff indicates the lowest score needed to proceed in the admissions process.

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Factors Affecting CAT Cut Off 2024

Several important factors influence the CAT cutoffs for 2024:

• Total Number of Applicants 
• Number of Available Seats
• Difficulty Level of the Exam 
• Reservation Policies

Category-Wise and College-Specific Cut Off 2024

Here are the expected CAT colleges cut-off scores, detailing the CAT 2024 cut off category: 

IIM Bangalore Category-wise CAT cutoff 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	80	85
NC-OBC	70	70	70	75
EWS	70	70	70	75
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PwD	50	50	50	60

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IIM Ahmedabad Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	80
NC-OBC/	65	65	65	75
EWS	70	70	70	80
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD	60	60	60	70

IIM Calcutta Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	75	75	75	85
NC-OBC	65	65	65	75
EWS	65	65	65	75
SC	55	55	55	65
ST	45	45	45	55

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IIM Kozhikode Category Wise CAT exam cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	75	85
NC-OBC	70	65	65	75
EWS	70	65	65	75
SC	65	60	60	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PwD	45	45	45	55

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IIM Lucknow Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	85	85	85	90
NC-OBC	77	77	77	82
EWS	77	77	77	82
SC	55	55	55	65
ST	50	50	50	60
PwD	50	50	50	60

IIM Mumbai Category-wise CAT exam cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	80	75	85
NC-OBC	70	65	65	75
EWS	70	65	65	75
SC	65	60	60	70
ST	55	55	55	65
PwD	45	45	45	55

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IIM Raipur Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	73	73	73	94
NC-OBC	50	50	50	77
EWS	50	50	50	77
SC	44	44	44	60
ST	25	25	30	40
DAP	25	25	30	40

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IIM Udaipur Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	73	73	73	94
NC-OBC	50	50	50	77
EWS	50	50	50	77
SC	44	44	44	60
ST	25	25	30	40
DAP	25	25	30	40

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IIM Kashipur Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	92
NC-OBC	45	45	45	74
EWS	40	40	40	70
SC	35	35	35	54
ST	32.5	32	25	40
DAP	32.5	32	25	40

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IIM Trichy Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	73	73	73	94
NC-OBC	50	50	50	77
EWS	50	50	50	77
SC	44	44	44	60
ST	25	25	30	40
PwD	25	25	30	40

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IIM Ranchi Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	73	73	73	94
NC-OBC	50	50	50	77
EWS	50	50	50	77
SC	44	44	44	60
ST	30	25	25	40
DAP	30	25	25	40

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IIM Shillong Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	75	75	75	85
NC-OBC	75	75	75	85
EWS	75	75	75	85
SC	60	60	60	70
ST	50	50	50	60
DAP	50	50	50	60

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IIM Visakhapatnam Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	82
NC-OBC	63	63	63	72
EWS	63	63	63	72
SC	40	40	40	50
ST	30	30	30	40
PwD	30	30	30	40

IIM Jammu Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	72	72	72	91
NC-OBC	48	48	48	74
EWS	48	48	48	74
SC	42	42	42	54
ST	24	24	29	32
PwD	24	24	29	32

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IIM Amritsar Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	80	75	75	90
NC-OBC	65	60	60	80
EWS	80	75	75	90
SC	55	50	50	55
ST	35	35	35	40
PwD	35	35	35	40

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IIM Sambalpur Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	92
NC-OBC	45	45	45	74
EWS	40	40	40	70
SC	35	35	35	54
ST	25	25	32.5	40
DAP	25	25	32.5	70

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IIM Sirmaur Category-wise CAT cut off 2024

Minimum Percentile requirements for the 1st shortlist
Categories	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	70	70	70	92
NC-OBC	45	45	45	74
EWS	40	40	40	70
SC	35	35	35	54
ST	25	25	32.5	40
DAP	25	25	32.5	40

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Expected Cut Offs for Non-IIMs 2024

There are some more prestigious B-schools other than the IIMs that offer MBA and accept the CAT exam 2024 scores and percentiles. Here is the expected CAT cutoff for Non-IIMs, according to which you can list down the institutes:

Non- IIMs	CAT Cutoff for 2024	CAT Cut off for 2023
FMS Delhi	98	99
IIT Delhi	90-92	98
IIM Mumbai	95+	97
MDI Gurgaon	95+	95
IIT Madras	95+	95
IMT Ghaziabad	75- 85	93
SPJIMR	85+	85 (Profile based calls)

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Trends in CAT Cut Off Over the Years

CAT %ile	Marks in CAT 2023	Marks in CAT 2022	Marks in CAT 2021	Marks in CAT 2020	Marks in CAT 2019	Marks in CAT 2018	Marks in CAT 2017	Marks in CAT 2016
99.9	106	111	120	131	196	192	208	191
99.5	89	93	107	115	170	170	183	168
99	80	82.5	97	102	157	155	173	153
95	71	60	71	77	120	125	139	123
90	57	48.5	59	63	90	110	121	108
85	30	41	45.5	55	87	90	103	93
80	25	35.5	40	49	75	80	98	84
70	21	29	35	36	57	62	83	68

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Conclusion

After getting detailed insights about the CAT colleges cut off 2024, let us now look at last year's CAT cut off trends. This previous year's CAT exam cut off can give a brief idea about the admission criteria for the IIMs.

The CAT 2024 cutoff range is provided by the respective IIMs. Calculate your CAT 2024 score and percentile with the help of CAT exam analysis 2024.

You can also use CAT percentile predictor by supergrads to get your 2024 percentile and list of respective colleges based on that percentile. 

The CAT exam answer key will soon be released on the official website. Until then, stay in touch with us and regularly visit the website for new updates!

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