cat percentile

Hi, CAT Percentile is calculated just like any percentile score is calculated. A percentile represents the rank of a candidate in an examination, relative to the rest of the candidates who appeared for the same examination in the same time-frame.

Let's say there were 10 students who gave an exam, including you.

· If you  ranked 1st, then there are 9 students behind you, or 90% of the  test-takers are ranked after you. Which means that you have a 90%tile  score.

· If you stood 3rd, then there are 7 test-takers ranked after you. You will have a 70%tile score in this case.

If there is  an exam where 1000 people appeared, including yourself, and you ranked 75th, then there were effectively 925 test-takers who were ranked below you  (because they scored lesser marks than you did). In this case, your percentile score will be (925/1000)x100 = 92.5 %tile

In CAT, the percentile is calculated up to three decimal places and rounded off. So, people scoring 100 %tile have actually scored a percentile of 99.995 and above; and similarly people scoring 99.99%tile are those who have scored a percentile greater than 99.985, but less than 99.995.