CAT

The IIM Lucknow CAT qualifying cutoff 2024 has been released for admission to PGP, PGP-ABM, and PGP-SM courses for different categories. For 2025 admission, the IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM qualifying CAT cutoff is 85 percentile (overall) for the students belonging to the general category in the AI quota. For EWS and NC-OBC categories, the minimum qualifying percentile is 77. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the sectional and overall cutoff percentiles for different categories. 

No, your CAT 2026 attempt will not be considerd a gap year because you will be in your final year when you take the exam in November 2026.

• The CAT exam is usually held in November every year.
• Since you graduate in November 2026, you will still be a student at the time of the exam.
• A gap year is counted after graduation, but in your case, you will graduate after the exam.

If you take CAT 2027 instead, then 2027 would be considered a gap year.

Yes, candidates will be considered for admission with 78.14 % in the CAT exam. However, candidates must make sure tofulfilll other qualification criteria as well.  Other admissionqualificationsninclude, academic record, work experience, and performance in the selection process. Further, MBA academic qualification includes BE/ BTech/ BPharm/ BArch/ MCA/ MSc or ant first-degree course from BITS Pilani with 60% aggregate, and Mathematics/ Statistics as a compulsory subject in Class 12 with 60% aggregate.

Yes, students can get admission at Centre for Liberal and Advanced Studies, SAGE University Bhopal  MBA without CAT. The institute accepts admisison based on entrance exams. The institute accepts other national exams such as MAT, XAT, CMAT, and others. Candidates can appear on any of the exams accepted the institute. It is manadatory for students to qualify the national entrance exams.

It is mandatory to clear CAT examination to seek admission at IIM Ahmedabad. The Institute considers CAT percentile for the admission to MBA, along with the understanding of the CAT percentile for IIM Ahmedabad that reached up to 99.6 in the past years which shows how challenging it is for a candidates to get admission to this Institute. Candidates are shortlisted for these programmes based on course-specific entrance exams, followed by shortlisting processes which generally comprise a Personal Interview (PI) round.

Yes, candidates can get into the Vidyasagar University MBA course with the CAT percentile. As per the admission guidelines of the university, candidates are shortlisted for the MBA course based on multiple national-level exams such as MAT/XAT/ ATMA/ CMAT. Candidates must make sure to apply for the entrance exams on their official website and secure valid scores. 

Applicants must make sure to have a valid eligibility crietria for the CAT exam. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree with minimum 50 % aggregate or equivalent CGPA (45 per cent aggregate for SC, ST and PWD/DA category) to appear in CAT 2025.

No, CAT is not compulsory for admission to AIMS Mumbai. Aspirants with a valid score in any of the accepted entrance exam such as XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAH CET, etc. can get admission provided they also fulfil the eligibility requirements. Candidates need to provide the entrance exam score in the application form. Once selected, candidates are required to participate in the counselling and document verification process.