How is the CAT score and percentile calculated?

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Harsh Ranjan
8 years ago
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. If there is an exam where 1000 people appeared, including yourself, and you ranked 75t

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K
8 years ago
As there are many confusions in percentage and percentile. So, percentage is a ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. Whereas, percentile is dependent on the highest marks. It is a measured by using the statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations of candidates fall.

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P
8 years ago
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,

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Siddharth Bhardwaj
8 years ago
A percentile describes where you stand in terms of the applicant group. A candidate in the 99 percentile has scored better than 99 out of 100 (or 99%) of candidates that year. Similarly, candidate in the 75 percentile has scored better than 75 out of 100 (or 75%) of those years candidates. Because p

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GAURAV PRAJAPATI
8 years ago
Here, I can answer about how the CAT percentile is calculated. Most people are confused between percentage and percentile but both of these are different terms and have different meanings. First I will like to mention the difference between percentage and percentile. The percentage is a ratio expre

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