Post CAT 2017 result declaration on January 8, CAT 2017 cut offs in top B-schools including IIMs and other top MBA colleges for admission to 2018-20 batch may go up or down depending upon the admission policy announced by the respective IIM or other top MBA college. The IIMs have already announced their minimum required sectional and overall CAT cut offs for first stage shortlist apart from other key academic and other parameters they would consider in the shortlisting process.
IIM Ahmedabad cut off, IIM Indore cut off, FMS Cut offs were already announced at the time of announcing their admission policy for 2018-20 batch. IIM Ahmedabad CAT cut off is lowest among all the 20 IIMs as it requires on 70 sectional percentile in CAT 2017.
Other prominent MBA colleges CAT cut offs will depend upon their past trends in shortlisting process based on CAT scores. The cut offs prescribed in other top MBA colleges include all other IIMs CAT cut off, SPJIMR CAT cut off, MDI Cut off, IMI Delhi Cut off, IMT Ghaziabad Cut off, XIMB CAT cut off, TAPMI cut off, BIMTECH Cut off, Great Lakes Cut off, IMT Nagpur cut off, K J Somaiya Cut off, Welingkar Cut off among other B-schools.
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FMS, SPJIMR to consider sectional CAT cut offs also
It should be noted that Admission to the flagship MBA/PGDM 2018-20 programmes in most of the top MBA colleges is open on the basis of CAT 2017 cut offs. Apart from the 20 IIMs, there are some of the top MBA colleges like FMS Delhi, SPJIMR Mumbai among others who have prescribed minimum qualifying sectional CAT cut offs for each of the three sections in CAT 2017 to shortlist the candidates for final admission round.
MDI, IMI, IMT & others to consider overall CAT cut offs
On the other hand there are many prominent top MBA colleges in India who would consider overall percentile scores in determining the CAT 2017 cut offs to shortlist the candidates for GD-PI-WAT round to generate the final merit list. Some of these prominent MBA colleges who are supposed to consider the overall CAT score as cut offs are MDI Gurgaon, IMI New Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, TAPMI Manipal among others.
Check your CAT score to choose the top MBA colleges
CAT 2017 test takers searching for MBA admission are looking for the top MBA colleges where they can apply now and need the relevant information on how good the B-school is. Below is shared the information on expected CAT cut offs in admission 2018-20 batch at the top MBA colleges:
B School
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Last Year Cut Off Percentile
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Expected Cut Off for Admission 2018
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Comments
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IIM Ahmedabad
|
99.9
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99.5
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Non-engineers may get shortlisted at much below percentile than 99 in CAT
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IIM Calcutta
|
99.69
|
99
|
|
IIM Indore
|
90.11
|
92
|
|
IIM Kozhikode
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95.57
|
96
|
|
FMS Delhi
|
99.48
|
99
|
Sectional cut offs apply
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MDI Gurgaon
|
94
|
94
|
|
SPJIMR Mumbai
|
92
|
92
|
Sectional cut offs apply
|
IMI New Delhi
|
90
|
90
|
|
IMT Ghaziabad
|
90
|
92
|
|
XIM Bhubaneswar
|
91
|
91.5
|
|
JBIMS Mumbai
|
96
|
95
|
|
Great Lakes Chennai
|
85
|
85
|
Profile Based Shortlisting
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TAPMI Manipal
|
80
|
81
|
|
IRMA
|
80
|
80
|
|
KJ Somaiya
|
86
|
85
|
|
Institute of Management, Nirma University | 80 | 80 |
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Although total number of CAT applicants this year was less than last year, the number of test takers in CAT 2017 is more than last year. Accordingly it is expected that CAT cut offs may go higher than last year:
CAT exam year
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2017
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2016
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Increase/decrease
(2017-2016)
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Total applicants
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231,067
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232,436
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- 1369
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Total Actual test Takers
|
199,632
|
195,679
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+ 3953
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MBA/PGDM Admissions 2018 Open - Important Dates
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Application last date to IMNU is open till January 29, 2018
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SOIL Gurgaon
Application Open for One year PGP and Two year PGDM at SOIL Gurgaon |
IRMA Anand (Gujarat)
Application for PGDRM at IRMA is open till December 31, 2017 |
TAPMI Manipal
Application for PGDM 2018-20 at TAPMI is open till January 16, 2018 |
Great Lakes Chennai and Gurgaon
PGPM (cycle 2) Application Deadline- 24th Jan, 2018. |
KJ SIMSR Mumbai
Application for PGDM 2018-20 at K J Somaiya is open till January 31, 2018 |
GIM Goa
Application for PGDM 2018-20 at GIM Goa is open till January 3, 2018 |
BIMTECH Greater Noida
Application Open for PGDM 2018-20 at BIMTECH Greater Noida |
LIBA Chennai
Online Application for PGDM 2018-20 at LIBA is open till January 31, 2018 at a cost of Rs.1500/- |
LBSIM New Delhi
Application for PGDM 2018-20 at LBSIM New Delhi is open till December 31, 2017 |
CIMP Patna
Application for PGDM 2018-20 at CIMP is open till March 2nd week, 2018 |
BIM Tiruchirappalli
Application last date to BIM Trichy is open till January 31, 2018 |
KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar
Application Open for MBA 2018-20 Batch |
We School Mumbai
Application Open for PGDM 2018-20 Batch |