What is the cutoff for OBC candidate in CAT to get in IIM-B?

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Asked by Srujan Kumar
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Nikita Nallamothu
8 years ago
The CAT cutoff varies according to the number of students applying etc. There are other factors also that are considered for shortlisting like 10th,12th, Graduation marks, work experience (number of months and quality), academic diversity and gender diversity. For OBC 96+ should be a good estimate.

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Anirudh Agrawal
8 years ago
Hi, It is simply not possible to know the exact CAT percentile which can guarantee a call. It depends on other factors as well, such as the academic diversity, work-experience (both in terms of number of months and relevance) and academic diversity. Apart from that, it also changes from year to ye

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Akshat Raj
8 years ago
Dear Srujan, For IIM, Bangalore CAT cutoff is not really a good indicator (can go as low as 94-98 percentile) but the overall score is. I would, therefore, suggest that you use Shiksha Call Predictor, wherein you can enter all your graduation scores, etc and, get a scientific answer to your question

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