CAT Cut-offs in top MBA colleges: Choose the best with your CAT score; Shortlisting criteria announced

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
January 8, 2018
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
CAT Cut off 2017
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

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
Last Year Cut Off Percentile
Expected Cut Off for Admission 2018
Comments
IIM Ahmedabad
99.9
99.5
Non-engineers may get shortlisted at much below percentile than 99 in CAT  
IIM Calcutta
99.69
99
 
IIM Indore
90.11
92
 
IIM Kozhikode
95.57
96
 
FMS Delhi
99.48
99
 Sectional cut offs apply
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
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
2017
2016
Increase/decrease
 (2017-2016)
Total applicants
231,067
232,436
- 1369
Total Actual test Takers
199,632
195,679
+ 3953

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Application for PGDM 2018-20 at TAPMI is open till January 16, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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