Hi!

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is the first and the most important component to get admission to best institutes such as FMS Delhi or IIMs. In order to get admission to any of these institutes, you must obtain a good percentile in the CAT. However, scoring a mere percentile in the CAT will not give you a guarantee to get an interview call from these institutes as they have a very complex admission process.

These institutes give consideration to a lot of factors while giving an interview call to candidates. These factors include CAT score, Class 10, Class 12, and Bachelor's degree marks, work experience, academic, and gender diversity, etc. If you even score a great percentile in the CAT , this will not mean that you will get a confirm Interview call. However, if you belong to the reserved category, then there are good chances of receiving an interview call from IIMs and FMS even at a low percentile.

Therefore, the CAT score is not the only criteria but is one of the criteria for admission to these institutes. The marks obtained by you in Class 10, Class 12, and Graduation will play a major role to get a shortlist for the WATPI/ GDPI rounds and during your final selection. Therefore, you have good chances to get admission in FMS and IIMs subject to the condition that you must perform well in the CAT followed by the WATPI/ GDPI process.

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Hey nikhil! Thanks for contacting careers 360.

Congrats on getting good scores.

Earlier, the fms used to have a cutoff on the basis of it's own test. But now the fms cutoff is based on the cat score. The fms cutoff is used to shortlist candidates for group discussion and personal interviews before admission.

The fms cutoff score has increased to 99 Percentile score in the cat.

If you want you can also refer to the answer written by an expert. Use the link below.

https://www.careers360.com/question-whats-the-min-cut-off-for-getting-admission-in-fms

Wish you all the best!