More than 1.9 lakh candidates took the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year. The results, declared on January 14, 2014, will start a flurry of events among test takers and MBA colleges. The first thing is the baffling wait for GDPI (group discussion and personal interview) calls. Institutes bring out the list of short-listed candidates and then start round two of selecting the final candidates. Often, MBA institutes already publish a minimum cut-off score for GDPI round. Candidates scoring above this minimum cut-off and satisfying other eligibility criterion (e.g. academic scores) can expect a call for round two. However, do remember, the final cut-offs in most colleges are way higher than the initial short listing score.
Let us take a look expected cut-offs for GDPI rounds in various colleges, based on the data of CAT 2012.
| CAT score |
Institute |
| Above 99 percentile |
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad |
| Above 95 percentile |
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta Faculty of Management Studies Management Development Institute (MDI) National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) |
| Between 90 to 95 percentile |
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Indore Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Vinod Gupta School of Management (IIT Kharagpur) Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar Institute of Management Tecnology, Nagpur K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research Indian Institute of Science (IISc) - Bangalore |
| Between 85 to 90 percentile |
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi Great Lakes Institute of Management Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak Goa Institute of Management (GIM) FORE School of Management, New Delhi LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration) University Business School (UBS), Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Between 80 to 85 percentile |
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI) Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM) Banaras Hindu University Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur National Institute of Technology, Surathkal Amity Business School |
| Between 75 to 80 percentile |
Institute of Management, Nirma University Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) |
| Between 70 to 75 percentile |
Amrita School of Business (Bangalore, Coimbatore, Kochi & Amritapuri) Christ University Institute of Management Alliance University Balaji Institute of Technology & Management, Pune Birla Institute of Management Technology Indian Institute Of Social Welfare And Business Management(IISWBM) National Institute of Bank Management, Pune
School of Petroleum Management |
| Between 60 to 70 percentile |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani) Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) |
| Between 50 to 60 percentile |
Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore AIMS (Acharya Institute of Management & Sciences) |
| Below 50 |
ITM Business School NIILM Centre for Management Studies Army Institute of Management, Kolkata (AIMK) - West Bengal Institute of Public Enterprise Skyline Business School National Institute of Technology (Durgapur) Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development School of Management, KIIT University St. Joseph College of Business Administration SCMS School of Business MIT-SOB:MIT School of Business Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) |
| Some other institutes accepting CAT |
Institute of Rural Management Anand International School of Business & Media (ISB&M) SIES College of Management Studies, Mumbai
Institute of Management Studies (IMS) Ghaziabad |
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