CAT Score Calculator 2026: Calculate Your CAT Raw Score and Expected Percentile

CAT Score calculator tool prepared by Shiksha.com helps students to get their accurate exam score before the result is announced. With the help of Shiksha CAT score calculator, candidates can also evaluate their expected CAT percentile. They can use the score predicted in the Shiksha CAT percentile predictor tool to know how much percentile they will get. All this, even before the CAT result has been announced.

Competition to get a seat in top B-Schools is very high as nearly 2.5 to 2.9 lakh candidates appear for the CAT exam every year. So, the wisest thing to do is not to wait for the result and evaluate your admission chances much before. Score calculator for CAT exam is the best tool to assist you in college selection. Just enter your score and know your best options for MBA with Shiksha’s score predictor.

How to use CAT Score Calculator?

For calculating your score with Shiksha CAT score calculator, follow the below simple steps:

1. Visit IIMCAT.ac.in website
2. Download your CAT answer key
3. Count number of correct and incorrect attempts for each section
4. Enter the count in the given fields of CAT score calculator page
5. Click on predict now and see the result

How CAT Score is Calculated?

Shiksha CAT score calculator predicts your marks and percentile based on, the official marking scheme of the exam:

• +3 for correct attempt
• -1 for incorrect attempt
• 0 for unanswered questions
• 0 for incorrect attempt in TITA questions

Shiksha’s CAT marks calculator takes the above marking scheme into account to predict the result of user and suggest best MBA colleges in the score range.

CAT Score vs Percentile 2026

Knowing only the CAT score is not enough to choose the most suitable B-School. You need to know the CAT percentile too, as the MBA colleges shortlist candidates on the basis of CAT percentile and not CAT raw score. So once you get your score from CAT Score Calculator, use Shiksha’s CAT Percentile Calculator to predict your percentile. Here’s a table indicating CAT score vs percentile calculator.

CAT Score	CAT percentile
153–154	99
143–144	98
135–136	97
129–130	96
125–126	95
121–122	94
119–120	93
117–118	92
115–116	91
113–114	90
111–112	89
109–110	88
107–108	87
105–106	86
103–104	85
93–94	80
83–84	75
73–74	70
63–64	60
53–54	50