CAT Cut-off 2021 Likely to Decline, 85+ Percentile Scorers May Get Interview Calls from IIMs
Experts have analysed the CAT 2021 question paper and concluded that the CAT 2021 cutoff is expected to decline. Fewer choices of the number of questions increased the difficulty level and hence, the cut-off scores are bound to go down this year.
TheCommon Admission Test (CAT) 2021was successfully conducted on November 28, 2021, in three slots. The provisionalCAT 2021 answer keyhas also been released by the conducting body on December 8 and candidates can raise objections to it until December 11, 2021. By referring to the answer key andCAT response sheet, all test-takers can estimate their scores and get an idea of their result.
Theresult of CAT 2021is expected to be out in the first week of January 2022. Candidates will be eligible for admission to theCAT 2021 participating institutesincluding theIndian Institutes of Management (IIMs)based on the marks they obtain in the result. As per analyses by experts, theCAT 2021 cut offfor admission to the topB-Schools in Indiamight decline this year.
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According to theCAT 2021 paper analysisby T.I.M.E, fewer choices in terms of the number of questions made the question paper even more difficult. The leadingcoaching institutestated that cut-offs are bound to go down this year as the VARC section had lengthy passages and the sets in DILR were cumbersome and time-consuming which led to fewer attempts by the aspirants. Amit Poddar, Senior Regional Head of T.I.M.E., said that the cutoff scores, which is the minimum percentile required in each section to be considered for a call, could be around 85 percentile this year.
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Dileep Jaiswal, the co-founder of College Disha, said that the cutoff for unreserved category students could be 80 percentile forIIM Ahmedabad, 85 percentile forIIM Bangalore, and 60 percentile forIIM Kozhikode. He further added that management schools atIIT MadrasandIIT Delhiare likely to accept candidates with over 95 percentile in CAT 2021.
The cut off scores of CAT do not assure that candidates will get a call but they comprise the minimum criteria required to get a call from the leading MBA colleges of the country like IIMs,FMS,SP Jain,MDI, etc. The overall cut-offs of these colleges are usually beyond 95 percentile for general category students. Apart from them, to get a call from colleges likeIMT Ghaziabad,IMI Delhi,XIM, DSE, and someIITsas well, candidates require around 90 percentile in CAT.
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Candidates who score around 85 percentile in CAT 2021 can apply to colleges likeFORE School of Management,TAPMI,GLIM Chennai,LBSIM Delhi,IFMR,IMT Nagpur,BIMTECH, LIBA, etc. Those who are expecting to get around 60-70 percentile can look at otherMBA entrance examssuch asSNAP,NMAT,MICAT,CMATetc.
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