What is the CAT cutoff required to get into IIM Bangalore?

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Ankita Phadke | Beginner-Level 5

9 years ago

The expected cut off will range between 98 to 99 percentile. IIM- B has many more parameters to judge for shortlisting such as academic performance in class 10th, 12th, graduation and work experience. After that to get admission in IIM-B, your performance in GD and PI round will also count.

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Virajita Sharma | Contributor-Level 10

a year ago

For IIM Bangalore admissions 2025, the minimum required CAT cutoff is 85 percentile for general category students. The qualifying CAT cutoffs have also been announced for candidates in other categories. Students can find IIM Bangalore section CAT cutoffs for various categories are listed in the tabl

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Mani Khanna | Contributor-Level 9

a year ago

IIM Bangalore considers two kinds of CAT scores for MBA admission - Qualifying and Final score. Qualifying CAT score is the minimum sectional and overall CAT score used to shortlist students for the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. Candidates above minimum cutoffs in

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