I am having 85% in 10 th ,75% in 12th and 80+ % in my grad till 7th semester,i am ST category candidate, what should be my ideal score in cat to get into A band B-schools?

Dear Ansh, IIMs shortlist candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test, Group Discussion, and Personal Interviews. Performance in the CAT examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs.

IIM Ahmedabad:
QA         DLR       VARC        Overall
ST            50           50           50             60

10th Rating:

Percent score         Rating Score

<= 55             1

> 55 and <= 60            2

> 60 and <= 70             3

> 70 and <= 80              5

> 80 and <= 90              8

> 90                10

The same rating score is used for 12th Science /Commerce Streams. For Arts/Humanities:

Percent score        Rating Score

<= 45            1
> 45 and <= 50           2
> 50 and <= 60            3
> 60 and <= 70            5
> 70 and <= 85            8
> 85            10

From each Academic sectors top 5% from each stream and each Category will be short listed. It might look like:


Category   Upper Limit

General    100

NC-OBC-cum-transgender   57

SC     32

ST   16

PwD   6

After shortlisting the Candidates, the selected Candidates will have to go through WAT and PI rounds. Selection at this stage will strictly be based on the shortlisting of the candidates done separately for each Category ) on the basis of their Final Composite Score. . The numbers selected in different reservation categories will be in proportions mandated by law.

Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50

AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10

CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25

Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15


After the AWT & PI round, admission offers are made by IIMA to successful candidates. The final selection is based on a diverse set of attributes which includes performance in CAT, performance in AWT & PI, academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements, work experience, etc.

IIM Bangalore:

QA        DLR        VARC      OVERALL
ST                  60           60           60              70

For all the Candidates shortlisted, the 10th and 12th board results are initially adjusted by dividing each such score by 90th percentile score of that board. And then an adjusted score is calculated for the Bachelor's degree for each of the candidates based on the final scores obtained by the candidate are used for the Bachelor's degree and professional degrees. For example,
CAT = 40
10th board = 20
12th board = 10
Bachelors = 20
Gender Diversity = 2
Work Experience = 8
The 40 points for CAT are derived from the performance in each of the three sections as follows:
Verbal & Reading Comprehension - 14 points
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning - 16 points Quantitative Aptitude - 10 points.