CAT Result 2024: Percentile, Normalization, Cut off, Scorecard

CAT Result 2024: The Common Admission Test, commonly known as CAT, is one of the most prestigious MBA entrance exams in India. The result of the CAT exam is eagerly awaited by thousands of MBA aspirants, as they hold the key to securing admission to some of the top B-schools in the country. CAT 2024 was successfully conducted on November 24 (Sunday) in three shifts. 

The result for CAT exam is typically announced a month after the exam and is available on the official website. The result is usually released in the form of a scorecard, which includes the candidate's overall score, as well as their scores in the individual sections of the exam. After the successful completion of the exam, IIM Calcutta will also release the list of toppers who will score the highest.

IIM will also use the normalisation method to calculate the CAT percentile. Students who score above the required CAT cut off will be called for the WAT & GD/PI round. The final selection will be done on the basis of the overall performance of the candidate in the written examination, WAT, & GD/PI. Some institutes also give weightage to the previous academic record and work experience of the candidate.

CAT Result 2024: Previous Year Dates

CAT Result 2024: Expected Cut-off for IIMs

Interested candidates can check the expected qualifying CAT cutoff for different IIMs. Students must note that clearing the qualifying cutoff does not necessarily mean that they will be granted admission to their preferred program.

CAT Result 2024: Top B-School Percentile

Interested candidates can check the Top B-School percentile (expected) apart from IIMs in the table below.

CAT Result 2024: Previous Years Toppers and Statistics

CAT Scorecard 2024: Details Mentioned

CAT Percentile 2024: Steps to Calculate

To keep transparency in the CAT result procedure, the IIM publishes the CAT Percentile and Score Calculation methodology. CAT raw scores are converted into scaled scores and then into CAT Percentile. As per CAT Exam Pattern, each question is of 3 marks. For each wrong answer, 1 mark is deducted. However, there is no negative marking for questions which are Non-MCQ. 

Three important steps in calculating the CAT percentile are

• The CAT overall scores are computed after the section-by-section scores have been determined. 
• In the second step, both section-wise and overall raw scores are normalised to calculate the scaled CAT scores. 
• In the last step, these normalised scores are converted into CAT percentiles. 

Calculation of CAT Score (Raw Scores)

• CAT Score = No. of Correct Answer  3 - (No. of Incorrect Answers  1)

Calculation of CAT Percentile

• Step 1: Take Total no. of candidates = N, who have appeared in both shifts
• Step 2: Assign rank = R, based on the scores obtained in a section. If two candidates have scored the same scores then the same ranks will be assigned. 
• Step 3: Calculate the CAT Percentile P, for a candidate who has scores rank R using the formula P= (N-r)/ N ) *100 
• Step 4: Round off the CAT Percentile P, like 99.995 is rounded off to 100 but if the percentile is less than 99.995 it will be rounded off to 99.99

CAT 2024 Score vs Percentile

CAT Percentile Range vs Overall Score