What is the required percentile in CAT in order to get admission in IIMs or other good management institutes?

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Asked by Sachin Tagala
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srishty chaudhary
2016-08-14 14:52:59
You have to score above 90 percentile if you want to get admission in a decent MBA college.

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manoj vyas
9 years ago
You need to score above 95 percentile in CAT exam to get admission in IIMs. For other colleges, you need to score more than 85 percent marks.

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9 years ago
If you belong to general category, score above 95 percentile to get admission in IIM or SP Jain. Try to score 80 percentile in each and every section of CAT exam.

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Saurabh Gupta
2016-08-14 13:26:07
Hi Sachin, The percentile depends on your category and other profile factors (like your work exp., graduation and school. Scores, etc.). In general, for a general category student, you would need at least 99 percentile for getting into the top IIMs (A, B, C and L). For the newer IIMs, you can expec

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