Updated on Oct 23, 2015 17:33 IST

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To find the exact CAT cut-off percentiles to various MBA colleges across the country, Shiksha.com embarked on an RTI query about three months ago. We filed several RTI queries for various management colleges including the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top colleges.

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According to IIM Bangalore’s response, the minimum CAT cut-off for general category candidate, PGP 2014-16 batch, is 90.32 percentile. For 2015-17 batch, the overall cut-off stood at 91.46 percentile while that of 2013-15 batch is 92.97 percentile.

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 Shiksha had requested for the following information:

 1. Minimum percentile for CAT for students called for Written Ability Test, Group Discussion and Personal interview for full-time MBA across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

2. Minimum percentile for CAT for students who are selected for full-time MBA across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

3. Weightage given to work experience, written test, interview, GD, etc for final selection across all categories (General, SC, ST, OBC and other categories too) for last five years.

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Here’s what IIM Bangalore shared:

 

RTI Response

1. Minimum CAT percentile of the candidates shortlisted for WAT and PI process of PGP course for the last three years is given below:

PGP 2015-17 batch

Category

Sec 1

Sec 2

Aggregate

General Merit

80.05

85.19

90.6

NC-OBC

71.36

75.1

80.04

SC

60.38

60.45

75.14

ST

60.92

63.86

75.14



PGP 2014-16 batch
 

Category

Sec 1

Sec 2

Aggregate

General Merit

80.74

85.7

90.32

NC-OBC

70.77

75.78

80.28

SC

50.52

51.86

70.34

ST

52.06

54.56

70.34

 

PGP 2013-15 batch

Category

Sec 1

Sec 2

Aggregate

General Merit

80.57

90.42

90.7

NC-OBC

71.03

80.85

81.48

SC

51.3

50.18

70.63

ST

51.3

51.52

70.63

 

2. Minimum CAT percentile of the students admitted in PGP course for the last three years is given below:

PGP 2015-17 batch

Category

Sec 1

Sec 2

Aggregate

General Merit

80.05

85.19

91.46

NC-OBC

71.36

75.1

80.04

SC

61.78

63.86

75.43

ST

61.5

63.86

75.14

 

PGP 2014-16 batch 

Category

Sec 1

Sec 2

Aggregate

General Merit

80.74

85.7

90.32

NC-OBC

70.77

75.58

80.82

SC

50.52

54.56

70.34

ST

52.06

57.23

70.34

 

PGP 2013-15 batch  

Category

Sec 1

Sec 2

Aggregate

General Merit

83.67

90.42

92.97

NC-OBC

75.17

80.85

81.48

SC

52.79

50.18

70.63

ST

51.3

51.52

70.63

 

Shiksha.com has filed 182 RTI queries for various top colleges. Except for IIM Bangalore, no other IIM or has responded back.

Stay tuned to Shiksha.com to know more on the minimum CAT cut-offs at various top colleges.

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