CAT 2022 Score vs Percentile: Check CAT Score and Percentile Calculation, Normalization Process

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CAT Scores vs Percentile 2022: The analysis of CAT Score vs Percentile gives an idea about the scores required to get a particular percentile. CAT Score refers to the total marks obtained in the exam while CAT percentile indicates the relative score of the candidate with respect to other qualified candidates. Scaled scores are calculated using the normalization method and are considered while releasing the PI shortlists based on CAT Cut offs. For example, to get 99.5+ percentile, candidates need to score above 102 in CAT 2022 exam. Check CAT Score Calculation

CAT Score vs Percentile 2022 (Expected)

As per the analysis of CAT 2022 paper in 3 slots and the previous year’s CAT cut off marks and percentiles, below is the expected CAT 2022 score vs percentile range:

CAT Percentile	CAT VARC Score	CAT DILR Score	CAT QA Score	Overall CAT Score
99+	34-35	28-30	36-37	98-102
98+	32-33	27-28	30-32	90-93
95+	32-34	20-21	28-30	80-82
90+	29-30	17-19	26-27	72-75
85+	24-25	14-15	20-22	59-61
80+	20-22	11-13	15-16	46-48

CAT 2022 Qualifying Percentile for Top IIMs

CAT Percentile will be used for screening or shortlisting of candidates for the further rounds of CAT 2022 IIMs Selection Process. 12 IIMs have already released their qualifying CAT Cut off 2022 and admission criteria.

IIMs	DILR	VARC	QA	Overall
IIM Bangalore	75	80	75	85
IIM Ahmedabad	70	70	70	80
IIM Lucknow	85	85	85	90
IIM Kozhikode	75	75	75	80
IIM Calcutta	80	80	75	85
IIM Indore	80	80	80	90
IIM Udaipur	70	70	70	92
IIM Kashipur	70	70	70	92
IIM Sambalpur	70	70	70	80
IIM Amritsar	75	75	80	85
IIM Jammu	65	65	65	M- 90; F- 87
IIM Sirmaur	70	70	70	92

IIMs have their own criteria to calculate the final composite scores of a candidate that includes CAT scores, GD-PI scores, class 10^th, 12^th, and graduation scores, and academic & gender diversity. CAT 2022 Answer Key has been released on Dec 1, 2022, at iimcat.ac.in. CAT 2022 Result will be announced in the first week of January 2023. Based on CAT score and percentile mention on the scorecards, candidates can use CAT 2022 College Predictor to get an idea about the list of eligible colleges.

Table of Contents

CAT Score vs Percentile 2022
1.1 CAT Score vs Percentile by IMS Coaching
1.2 CAT Score vs Percentile by Career Launcher
CAT Score vs Percentile 2021
CAT Score vs Percentile 2020
CAT Score vs Percentile of Previous Years
CAT Score Calculation
CAT Percentile
6.1 How to Calculate CAT Percentile?
6.2 What are Scaled Scores in CAT?
Score Normalisation Process in CAT
CAT Composite Score Calculation
Admission Criteria to Top IIMs based on Scaled Score
CAT Score vs Percentile FAQs

The number of questions in CAT is 66, thus the total marks of the paper are 198. To understand CAT Score vs Percentile better, candidates must know CAT 2022 exam pattern and marking scheme.

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CAT 2022 Response Sheet	CAT Question Paper	CAT 2022 Cut off for IITs

CAT Score vs Percentile

CAT Score vs Percentile 2022 by IMS Coaching (Expected)

IMS India is one of the most renowned coaching institutes for MBA entrance exams in India. The table below shows the expected percentiles at different raw scores predicted by IMS India for CAT 2022 based on this year’s paper and previous year trends.

CAT Percentile (%ile)	CAT VARC Score	CAT DILR Score	CAT QA Score	Overall CAT Score
99.5+	44-45	31-33	45-47	103-105
99+	39-41	29-30	42-43	97-99
98+	36-37	26-27	37-39	86-88
95+	30-33	21-23	28-29	72-75
90+	27-29	17-19	22-24	59-62
85+	21-23	14-16	18-20	50-52
80+	19-20	12-14	15-17	42-45

CAT Score vs Percentile 2022 by Career Launcher (Expected)

Career Launcher is also one of the popular choices among students for CAT coaching. It is led by a team of the highly professional members including IIT-IIM alumni. The table below describes the predictions by Career Launcher coaching institutes for CAT score vs percentile based on previous year trends and CAT 2022 slot 1, slot 2, snd slot 3 paper analysis.

CAT Score	CAT Percentile
CAT Score	99%ile	95%ile	90%ile
CAT VARC Score	65	57	50
CAT DILR Score	48	39	32
CAT QA Score	55	43	33
Overall CAT Score	160	123	108

CAT Score vs Percentile 2021

Given below are the slot-wise CAT Score vs Percentile Analysis of 2021. Previous year trends regarding CAT score vs percentile will provide valuable insights into CAT percentile calculation and the expected cut offs for IIM admissions through CAT.

CAT Score vs Percentile 2021 Slot 1

CAT Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Marks
80%ile	20	17	19	56
90%ile	28	20	22	70
95%ile	32	22	30	84
98%ile	36	26	35	95-97
99%ile	42	31	39	105-110
99.5%ile	45	32	43	115-125

CAT Score vs Percentile 2021 Slot 2

CAT Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Marks
80%ile	20	16	17	54
90%ile	25	22	23	70
95%ile	28	22	30	80
98%ile	32	26	30	88
99%ile	36	29	37	102
99.5%ile	38	30	38	106

CAT Score vs Percentile 2021 Slot 3

CAT Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Marks
80%ile	20	17	18	55
90%ile	26	19	24	69
95%ile	32	20	30	82
98%ile	34	26	31	91
99%ile	37	29	34	100
99.5%ile	40	32	38	110

CAT Score vs Percentile 2020

Given below are the slot-wise CAT Score vs Percentile Analysis of 2020. Previous year trends regarding CAT score vs percentile will provide valuable insights into CAT percentile calculation and the expected cut offs for IIM admissions through CAT.

CAT Score vs Percentile 2020 Slot 1

CAT Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Marks
80%ile	25	17	19	57
90%ile	30	23	27	69
95%ile	35	27	33	83
98%ile	39	33	40	101
99%ile	42	36	44	106
99.5%ile	47	41	48	122

CAT Score vs Percentile 2020 Slot 2

CAT Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Marks
80%ile	25	16	17	54
90%ile	30	21	23	66
95%ile	34	26	30	78
98%ile	38	31	37	96
99%ile	40	35	40	101
99.5%ile	43	39	45	115

CAT Score vs Percentile 2020 Slot 3

CAT Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall Marks
80%ile	27	16	17	57
90%ile	33	22	24	69
95%ile	37	27	30	82
98%ile	42	32	36	100
99%ile	45	36	40	104
99.5%ile	47	39	44	118

CAT Score vs Percentile of Previous Years

The comparison of CAT score vs Percentile varies every year with the change in the difficulty of the exam. Therefore, for the candidates to have a fair idea of how much they need to score to get into the college of their dreams, they need to build cases for different levels of difficulty.

Percentile/Year	CAT 19	CAT 18	CAT 17	CAT 16	CAT 15
99%ile	160	154	174	156	180
95%ile	126	121	138	123	144
90%ile	110	103	118	104	124
85%ile	96	89	103	92	110
80%ile	85	79	93	82	98

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CAT Raw Score	CAT Scaled Score	CAT Percentile Score
Scores obtained as per Marking Scheme: +3 Marks for each correct answer -1 for every wrong MCQ answer	The exam is conducted in two or three slots. As the difficulty level is different, IIMs use the normalization process. It can be either more or less than the raw scores.	CAT Percentile score indicates the total percentage of candidates scoring equal to or less than the candidate. It is the relative performance of the candidate in the exam with respect to other candidates. The formula to calculate CAT percentile is P= [(N-r)/N] X 100

How to Calculate CAT Percentile?

In order to understand how to calculate CAT Percentile, Here VARC is just taken as an example for the calculation of the percentile.

The first step is calculating the total number of candidates (N). Here, N refers to the total of students in both morning and afternoon sessions of CAT exam.
Rank (r) is the allotted rank to the candidate based on the scaled score that he has got in VARC section to all the candidates who appeared for the exam. If two or more candidates get the same marks in VARC section, then the same ranks will be allotted to the candidates.
The percentile score of a candidate (P) will be calculated with the rank (r) in the VARC section as:

P= [(N-r)/N] X 100

A similar methodology is used for the calculation of the percentile scores of other sections and overall CAT percentile calculation.

What are Scaled Scores in CAT?

CAT scoring is a complex process that includes scaling and normalization. Based on the scaled scores, the merit list of candidates is prepared since the exam is held in two slots.
CAT normalization process ensures equity and fairness in the performance of students across sessions.
The exam is held in two sessions, 9 AM to 12 PM (Forenoon session) and 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Afternoon session). The question papers, for obvious reasons, slightly vary from each other. Thus, the scaled score makes sure that the performance which is evaluated, is fair for all. The scaled score which is calculated might be slightly more or less than the raw score

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Normalization Process

CAT Score Normalization Process

CAT normalization process is done by adjusting scale and location difference of score distribution across both the question papers (forenoon and afternoon). The scaled scores obtained by this process will be converted into CAT percentiles.
After this, the candidates will be shortlisted for further rounds like Writing Ability Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview. To ensure fairness and complete equity in the performance of the aspirants in both the sessions, their scores go through CAT normalization process and then finally arrive at individual overall percentile and percentiles in different sections.
The below-mentioned steps are followed to calculate the scaled score of each section through the normalization process. Take a look at the example of how the scaled scores are calculated.

Step I: Mean and Standard Deviation for Morning Slot

Mean and Standard Deviation (SD) is calculated of the raw scores in the VARC section for all the candidates who appear in the morning shift of CAT.
Mean = M1 and SD = S1
Hence, G1 = M1 + S1

Step II: Mean and Standard Deviation for Afternoon Slot

Similarly, mean and SD of the candidates appearing in the afternoon slot is calculated of the raw scores in the VARC section.
Mean = M2 and SD = S2
Hence, G2 = M2 + S2

Step III: Overall Mean Calculation

Now, calculate the mean and SD for all the candidates who appeared for both morning and afternoon shifts of the raw scores in the VARC section.
Mean = M and SD = S
Hence, G = M + S

Step IV: Raw Score Morning Slot

Now calculate the mean raw score in the VARC section of the top 0.1% candidates who appeared in the morning slot. Denote this by M1 0.1

Step V: Raw Score Afternoon Slot

Similarly, for the candidates in the afternoon slot, calculate the mean raw score in the VARC section of the top 0.1% candidates. Denote this by M2 0.1

Step VI: Overall Raw Score

For the top 0.1% of candidates who appeared for CAT exam for both shifts, calculate the mean raw score in the VARC section. Denote this by M 0.1
Similarly, this technique will be followed to get the scaled score of all the sections.
Hence, Total Scaled Score = Sum of scaled scores of VARC, DILR, and QA

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CAT Composite Score Calculation

CAT Score vs Percentile: Composite Score Calculation

The composite score of the candidates is arrived at by calculating their score after considering several parameters. These include

Overall CAT score (scaled)
Class 12th Marks
Class 10th Marks
Graduation Marks
Work Experience
Gender Diversity
Academic Diversity

A lot of colleges give different weightage to different factors for the calculation of composite scores. All the top IIMs and other B-Schools have different criteria and based on that the final merit list is generated and the candidates are called for GD and PI rounds. Some other top B-schools like SP Jain also consider the overall profile of the students and then release the calls. The composite score is calculated by each institute individually and some criteria will be discussed later in this article.

Top IIMs Admission Criteria

Admission Criteria for Top IIMs based on CAT Score

The selection process for top IIMs involves a preliminary screening based on CAT scores, class 10th and 12th marks, graduation, work experience, gender etc. All these factors play a crucial role in the selection of the candidate for the next round of WAT, GD and PI. The composite score is generated on the basis of all these factors and a merit list is prepared. The score calculations of some of the top IIMs are below

IIMs	Formula to calculate composite score
IIM Ahmedabad admission criteria	Composite Score (CS) = ARF-CS * Normalized AR score + CATF-CS * Normalised overall score in CAT Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Composite Score (ARF-CS) is 0.35 & CAT Multiplication Factor for Composite Score (CATF-CS) is 0.65
IIM Bangalore admission criteria	CAT (weight = 25), 10th class(weight = 10), 12th class (weight = 5), Bachelors/Graduation (weight = 10), Work Experience (weight = 10)
IIM Kolkata admission criteria	Composite score = CAT Score (30%) + Personal Interview (PI) (48%) + Written Ability Test (WAT) (10%) + Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Graduation level for Non-Engineering degree (4%) + Work Experience (8%)
IIM Lucknow admission criteria	Scaled CAT (CS) 60% + HSC marks (12M) 10% + Graduation marks (GM) 10% + Work Experience (WE) 10% + Diversity Factor: (DFa): Academic Disciplines AD, 5% + Diversity Factor (DFb): Gender 5%
IIM Tiruchirappalli admission criteria	CAT score (50 %) + Written Analysis Test (14 %) + Personal Interview (14 %) + Work experience (5 %) + Performance at Undergraduate level (10 %) + Professional Qualification (2 %) (Pass in the final examinations of CA / ICWA/ CS) + Gender Diversity (5 % for female candidates)
IIM Kozhikode admission criteria	CAT Score (45%) + Class X Percentage Score (30%) + Class XII Percentage Score (15) + Gender/Academic Diversity Score (10%)

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CAT Score vs Percentile FAQs

Ques: What score is needed to get 99.5+ percentile?

Ans: There is no particular score that may guarantee a 99+ percentile since it changes every year with the difficulty of the CAT exam. But based on previous years’ analysis, for getting a 99.5+ percentile in CAT 2022, it is important to attempt at least 45 questions out of 66 with 98% accuracy. Hence, a score of 100+ would be sufficient to get 99+ percentile.

Ques: When will CAT 2022 Result be declared?

Ans: CAT 2022 result will be declared by IIM likely on January 3, 2022, on the official website- iimcat.ac.in. The scorecard will be available for download using the login credentials of CAT.

Ques: Will 99+ percentile be sufficient to get an interview call from all top IIMs?

Ans: Getting a 99+ percentile does not guarantee a call from top IIMs since a lot of other factors like past academics, gender, and academic diversity, etc also play an important role.

Ques: How do I check my CAT 2022 result?

Ans: CAT 2022 results will be released on the official website in January 2023. Candidates who take CAT 2022 will be able to check their results by entering their user id and password on the website- iimcat.ac.in.

Ques: What is the difference between CAT raw score and CAT scaled score?

Ans: CAT raw score indicates the score obtained in the exam based on the marking scheme. The scaled score is calculated after normalizing the raw scores considering the difficulty level of all the exams conducted in two/ three slots. Hence, the scaled score may either be slightly more or less than the raw score.

Ques: Why is normalization done in CAT?

Ans: CAT exam is conducted in 3 slots (morning, afternoon, and evening) and the difficulty level of the questions varies in the slots. To ensure that the results are fair and equity is maintained for candidates of all slots, the normalization process is carried out.

Ques: Is CAT percentile calculated according to raw scores or scaled scores?

Ans: CAT percentile is calculated on the basis of the scaled scores. CAT scaled scores are calculated after normalizing the raw scores for the difficulty level across all 3 slots of CAT exam.

Ques: Which are the top non-IIM colleges for MBA in India that accept CAT scores?

Ans: Apart from IIMs, there are various top MBA colleges in India that accept CAT scores. The top non-IIM colleges that will accept CAT 2022 scores are:

Name of the Institute	CAT Score Required
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi	99 Percentile
DMS, IIT Delhi	96+ Percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay	98+ Percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras	95+ Percentile
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon	94+ Percentile
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai	85+ Percentile
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)	94+ Percentile
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad	90+ Percentile
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai	97+ Percentile
TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal	85+ Percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai	79+ Percentile
Institute for Financial Management & Research (IFMR) Chennai	80+ Percentile

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*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.

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