CAT Score Vs Percentile 2022

CAT Score Vs Percentile: Result Out; Check Your CAT Score Vs Percentile,  Conversion Process, Top Colleges

CAT 2022 result was out on December 21, 2022 for 2.22 lakh test takers. 11 candidates all Male, including 10 Engineers and 1 Non-Engineer, have scored 100 percentile while 22 candidates, including 1 Female, have scored 99.99 percentile  and 22 Candidates, including 3 Females, have scored 99.98 percentile. CAT 2022 exam was conducted on Nov 27, 2022 in 3 slots. Based on the slot wise difficulty level, IIM Bangalore has converted Raw CAT score to scaled score and then to CAT percentile as detailed below:

CAT 2022 Score Vs Percentile as Awarded to CAT Toppers
The table below shares the CAT percentile awarded to CAT toppers based on the Raw CAT scores

CAT 2022 exam had 66 questions. Moderate CAT score have got high percentile for top range of 90, 95, 99 and above in accordance with slot wise difficulty level. IIM Bangalore first converted your CAT exam raw score to percentile score after taking into account the various factors for score normalization. Let us know at a glance the CAT score Vs percentile for 99, 95, 90, 85,80 percentile in CAT 2022.

CAT 2022 Score for 100, 99, 98, 80, 85 Percentile: Slot-2 & Slot-3 Candidates Benefitted
Below is shared the CAT score range Vs CAT percentile range in CAT 2022. Key highlights of CAT score Vs percentile are:

• CAT 2022 Percentile has gone up at lower CAT score in one slot and has gone down at the same score in another slot
• CAT slot wise difficulty level has played very important role in percentile calculation in CAT 2022
• One DILR question from CAT slot-2 and CAT slot-3 was not evaluated as it was found ambiguous
• Less score in CAT slot-2 and CAT slot-3 has been awarded higher percentile as the total maximum score in each of the two slots has gone down to 195 marks for 65 questions instead of 198 marks for 66 questions

Check Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Percentile 99, 90, 85, 80 and below 

MBAUniverse.com CAT Percentile Calculation: CAT Score for 99%ile & Above

MBAUniverse.com CAT Percentile Calculation: CAT Score for 95-98%ile
The table below displays the required good attempts in CAT with Accuracy level needed for 95-98 percentile range:

3. IMS Learning: CAT Percentile Predictions
CAT 2022 score Vs Percentile calculation by IMS Learning are shared below.

CAT Score Vs Percentile by IMS Coaching

Source: IMS Learning CAT 2021 Analysis

Career Launcher: CAT Percentile Predictions
Below are the section wise CAT Score Vs Percentile Cut off calculations by Career Launcher for 99 percentile

Source: Career Launcher CAT 2022 Analysis  

T.I.M.E. CAT Percentile Predictions
Below are the section wise CAT Score Vs Percentile Cut offs as calculated by T.I.M.E.

Source: T.I.M.E. CAT Analysis

Hitbullseye CAT Percentile Predictions
Below are the CAT score Vs percentile calculations by Hitbullseye

Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT 2022 for admission 2023
Below are the top MBA colleges accepting CAT score and percentile in the range of 80 to 100 percentile.

Top MBA Colleges Accepting 90+ CAT Percentile
Top IIMs and other MBA colleges will shortlist you for final selection round for MBA admission 2023 on the basis of 90+ CAT percentile. Some of the top colleges are listed below

Top MBA Colleges Accepting 80+ CAT Percentile
Some of the Top MBA colleges including IIMs will shortlist the candidates at CAT 80+ percentile and above. A list of such top B-schools is shared below.

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CAT 2022 Exam Pattern     

• There are 66 total questions in CAT 2022
• +3 Marks for each correct answer and -1 Mark for each wrong answer for MCQs
• +3 Marks for each correct answer and Zero negative marks for wrong answer for Non MCQs
• Accordingly, total maximum raw score in CAT 2022 question paper is as under:

Source: CAT 2022 Question Paper & Scoring Pattern

CAT Marking Scheme Vs Percentile Score

Please note that it is not only the overall CAT score and percentile, but also the CAT section wise score and required minimum percentile which is also very important to clear the sectional cut offs in IIMs. Not only the 20 IIMs but also other top B-schools like FMS Delhi, SPJIMR, MDI, IITs, accept CAT percentile score in shortlisting and also award weightage to CAT score in final selection process. It may be noted that CAT score card does not display your CAT score Vs percentile and only the scaled CAT score Vs percentile is mentioned in CAT Score Card. Read here to know about the CAT Scaled Score and Percentile conversion process. Read More

Key Modifications in CAT 2022 Percentile Calculation Process
IIM Bangalore has kept the CAT percentile calculation process like last year with following criteria:

• All percentile scores greater than or equal to 99.995 to be rounded off to 100
• All percentile scores greater than or equal to 99.985 but strictly less than 99.995 to be rounded off to 99.99 and so on

CAT Score Vs Percentile Conversion: 3 Stages
CAT score conversion to percentile score goes through various stages. First the raw scores in CAT 2022 will be changed to scaled scores. Then the scaled scores will determine your CAT percentile. But your CAT score card will contain two main scores – CAT Scaled Score and CAT percentile score. The core marks that you obtained in CAT exam are not visible in the CAT score card. Only your Scaled CAT score Vs Percentile - overall and section wise will be displayed on your score card. So, there are three stages to convert your Raw CAT score into final percentile:

1. Raw Score in CAT: You can calculate it as per the marking scheme in CAT 2022 and the accuracy level with which you attempt the questions. Also can check it with answer keys as made available by IIMs after the CAT exam
2. Raw score to Scaled score: Calculation is done by IIMs after normalization of raw scores for all the CAT exam slots
3. CAT Scaled score to Percentile score: Calculation is done by IIMs depending upon the number of test takers across the CAT exam slots  

Common Admission Test (CAT) is the mandatory entrance exam for MBA/PGP admission in 20 IIMs and other top B-schools like FMS Delhi, SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurugram and IITs DMS. This year, IIM Bangalore conducted CAT on November 27, 2022 in three slots of 2 hours duration.  CAT 2022 registration number had gone up by 11% at 2.56 lakh candidates from 2.3 lakh candidates last year. This may result in higher competition and it is possible that you may need higher CAT score to get high percentile.  

CAT Score Vs Percentile Calculation: Detailed process
IIMs need to equate and normalize the CAT scores across all the exam sessions before arriving at accurate percentile. If there are more CAT exam slots, IIMs have to normalize CAT score for all the sessions according to the difficulty level of each session. Since CAT 2022 will be conducted in three slots, the conversion of raw CAT score to percentile will be arrived at after normalizing the scores of all three slots as per their difficulty level. 

Another key point to convert CAT score to percentile depends upon the number of candidates who have appeared in all the sessions of CAT. The percentile will fluctuate according to the number test takers. 

Read More: CAT 2022 - Exam Date, Registration, Syllabus, Preparation, Books