CAT 2024 Result Live Updates; Expected Date, How to download IIMCAT Score card

Check below qualifying CAT cut off percentiles required for MBA programmes at IIM Ahmedabad.

Check below qualifying CAT cut off percentiles required for MBA programmes at IIM Calcutta.

Check below qualifying CAT cut off percentiles required for MBA programmes at IIM Bangalore:

Check below qualifying CAT cut off percentiles required for MBA programmes at IIM Lucknow.

Check below CAT 2024 cutoff for PI shortlisting for IIM CAP institutes.

IIM CAP is a common admission process for 10 new IIMs, under which one of them conducts the PI shortlisting process for all CAP participating campuses. These include IIM Nagpur, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Trichy and IIM Udaipur.

Candidates will need to key in their CAT 2024 ID and password on the login page of iimcat.ac.in for checking their CAT result 2024.

The CAT result has been announced within 15-20 days of the exam in the last two years, so one can expect CAT 2024 result to be declared by IIM Calcutta around the same time.

SPJIMR CAT cutoff (minimum) is 85 percentile and above. Most of the times, admissions close at 95 percentile.

For admission to MICA Ahmedabad, candidates need a minimum of 80 percentile in CAT. Additionally, they need to have MICAT score of above 50.

The NIRMA CAT cutoff for 2025 admission can be expected to be 80 percentile and above. Section wise, the CAT cut offs could be 50 percentile for VARC, DILR and Quantitative Aptitude.

IIT MBA CAT cut offs are:

There is no revaluation process in CAT. Once the CAT result has been released it is final. If any candidate wishes to improve the score, they can appear for it next year.

After CAT 2024 result announcement, colleges accepting CAT score will begin shortlisting process. This process will begin in January 2025. The PI shortlisting will be done on the basis of CAT score and academic profile.

CAT cut offs are determined on the basis of:

• Difficulty level of the exam
• Number of test takers
• Overall pass percentage
• Scoring trend (low or high)
• Number of MBA seats

Check the list of top non-IIMs which accept CAT score for MBA admission and their expected CAT 2024 cut off.

• Amity University
• Fore School of Management
• Goa Institute of Management
• International Management Institute, Delhi
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
• Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam
• Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
• Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management
• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
• Praxis Business School, Kolkata
• L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bangalore
• Shiva Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad
• SIMSREE Mumbai
• P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
• TA Pai Management Institute

Trinity College for Management and Technology, Ghaziabad

• Amity University
• Alliance School of Business 
• Asia-Pacific Institute of Management (AIM, Delhi)
• Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, BITS-Pilani
• Christ University-Institute of Management, Bangalore
• CMS Business School, J.P. Nagar, Bangalore
• Chandigarh University
• Flame University
• GITAM School of Business
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon
• GNA University, Phagwara
• IBS Business School
• Infinity Business School, Gurgaon
• Institute of Management, Nirma University
• IIKM Business School, Calicut
• IBS Business School, Bangalore
• Indus Business School, IIEBM, Pune
• ICOFP Mumbai
• ICFAI University, Mizoram
• IBS Business School
• Jagdish Sheth School of Management 
• JK Lakshmipat University-Institute of Management, Jaipur
• Jaipur National University (JNU), Jaipur
• JRE Group of Institutions (JRE), Greater Noida
• Lotus Business School, Pune
• Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
• MATS University, Raipur
• IIM Shillong
• School of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar
• School of Business Studies - Sharda University
• SOIL Institute of Management
• SRIRAM Group of Institutions, Greater Noida
• Universal Business School, Mumbai
• Vignan's University, Guntur
• XIME Kochi

XIME Bangalore

• AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalore
• Amrita School of Business – Bangalore
• Acharya Bangalore B-School
• Asian Business School (ABS), Noida
• Amrita School of Business, Kochi
• Bengal Institute of Business Studies (BIBS), Kolkata
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• Christ Institute of Management, Pune
• Doon Business School (DBS), Dehradun
• Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, Kolkata
• FOSTIIMA Business School, Delhi
• International Institute of Business Studies, Bangalore
• International School of Business and Media (ISB&M) Bangalore
• International School of Business & Media, Kolkata
• IIKM Business School, Calicut
• IILM Institute for Higher Education, Delhi
• International Institute of Business Studies, Bangalore
• International School of Business & Media, Pune
• Indus Business School, IIEBM, Pune
• International Institute of Management Studies, Pune
• Institute of Management, Nirma University
• ISBR Business School
• Presidency College
• Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management
• JIMS, Delhi
• Lotus Business School (LBS, Pune)
• New Delhi Institute of Management

• Asian Business School
• School of Management Sciences Varanasi
• New Delhi Institute of Management
• Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
• School of Management Sciences Lucknow
• International Institute of Management Studies Pune
• Jagannath International Management School Delhi
• Acharya Business School Bangalore
• Doon Business School
• FOSTIIMA Business School
• Bengal Institute of Business Studies Kolkata
• PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore
• International School of Management Excellence Bangalore
• Apeejay School of Management Delhi
• AIMS Institute Bangalore
• School of Communication and Management Studies Kochi
• Balaji Institute of Modern Management Pune
• Gitam School of Business Visakhapatnam
• Amrita School of Business Bangalore
• Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management
• MIT College of Management Pune

CAT exam is conducted in three slots and due to uniqueness of questions each test form, one can be slightly tougher than another. To ensure that no candidate has an advantage or disadvantage due to variation in difficulty levels, the examination authority follow CAT normalization process in which the raw CAT scores of all candidates are evaluated on the same scale.

Check below estimated CAT 2024 score vs percentile:

• CAT 2024 Slot 1: Moderate
• CAT 2024 Slot 2: Moderate
• CAT 2024 Slot 3: Moderate

CAT 2024 result cum scorecard will mention candidate’s:

• Name
• Roll number
• Gender and category
• Exam date and slot
• Sectional scores
• Overall score
• Sectional percentiles
• Overall percentiles

Given below are the IIM CAT cutoff for SC, ST and PwD category candidates for PI shortlisting. Actual cut offs will be higher.  

Given below is the table indicating IIM CAT cutoff for OBC category candidates. These are qualifying CAT 2024 cut offs for PI shortlist. Final cut will be higher.

Check below IIM CAT cutoff for General category candidates. The below given CAT cut offs are qualifying percentiles, the final CAT 2024 cut off for every IIM will be higher.

To score 99.99 percentile in CAT 2024, candidate must have a score of at least 104-116 out of 204. This is an estimation based on CAT 2024 exam difficulty level

Candidates who plan to pursue MBA in 2025 academic session, can appear for CMAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA after CAT. These exams will be held in January and February 2025.

CAT cut offs usually do not rise or fall drastically. However, since the CAT 2024 was less difficult than previous year, there can be a rise in CAT 2024 cut off by decimals.

In CAT, maximum weightage is on VARC. DILR and Quantitative Aptitude have same weightage.

• VARC: 72 marks
• DILR: 66 marks
• Quantitative Aptitude: 66 marks

In CAT 2024, there were 68 questions in total. DILR and Quants both had 22 questions. They were divided into:

• VARC: 24 questions
• DILR: 22 questions
• Quantitative Aptitude: 22 questions

CAT result 2024 will be uploaded in student dashboard of IIMCAT. Candidates will have to log on to iimcat.ac.in website to check their result.

CAT 2024 result is unlikely to be announced today. Shiksha will share all the updates related to CAT result announcement here.

CAT result 2024 will be released for all three exam slots on the same day. Candidates irrespective of their exam slot will be able to check their CAT exam result 2024, in student dashboard.

In case a candidate has forgotten their login password for CAT 2024 and they are unable to download their result, they can create a new password by using the ‘forgot password’ option available at the login page.

The final CAT 2024 answer key may be released along with the CAT result 2024, if any of the objections raised by candidates are accepted as valid. If not, then the final answer key will not be released.

CAT 2024 result announcement date has not been declared yet. However, it is expected that the scorecards can be released by December 15, 2024. The official date may or may not be announced by IIM Calcutta.

CAT scaled score refers to the adjusted marks derived from raw scores of candidates through normalization process. This is done to ensure, there is no disparity in evaluation of performance of the candidates across three CAT exam slots due to variation in difficulty levels.

Check the table below for expected CAT 2024 cut offs for IIMs.

Check below CAT cut off for IIMs for General category. These are qualifying CAT cut offs, which means candidates who meet the cut off, will be eligible for PF shortlisting.

CAT percentile is the relative rank of candidates in comparison to all the test takers. If a candidate has scored 99.99 percentile, it means his performance in CAT is better than 99.99 percent of the candidates. CAT percentile is calculated through a formula.

The total marks of CAT 2024 is 204. In 2023, the total marks was 198. The marks has increased this year, due to increase in total number of questions in CAT (from 66 to 68).

• 3 marks are awarded for every correct attempt
• 1 mark is deducted for every incorrect attempt
• 0 mark for unanswered question

To check the CAT result 2024, candidates need to follow the steps given below:

• Go to iimcat.ac.in website
• Click on ‘scorecard download’ option
• Enter CAT ID and password
• Locate scorecard tab
• Download it as PDF

Given below are the dates on which CAT result was announced previously.

• CAT 2023 result date: December 21, 2023
• CAT 2022 result date: December 21, 2022
• CAT 2021 result date: January 3, 2022
• CAT 2020 result date: January 2, 2021
• CAT 2019 result date: January 4, 2020

This year, around 3.29 lakh applications were received for CAT 2024. Out of that, a total of 2.93 candidates appeared for the exam on November 24, 2024.

Provisional CAT 2024 answer key was released on December 3, 2024. However, many candidates could download the IIM CAT response sheet from the official website on November 29, 2024 only.

The CAT result 2024 will not be issued offline. Candidates will have to download it from the official website of CAT only.

CAT 2024 result download date has not been announced but it is expected that the scorecards will be released by December 15, as for the last two years, the CAT result has been released within 15-20 days of the exam.

Candidates who appeared for the exam in November 24, 2024 will be able to download the CAT 2024 result through login. The credentials required for download are:

• CAT 2024 ID
• Password

CAT 2024 result download link will be activated at IIM CAT website. Shiksha will share direct link to download CAT 2024 scorecard.

CAT 2024 result date has not been announced by IIM Calcutta. However, candidates can expect the result to be declared by December 15, 2024.