IIM Shortlist 2025: Check Cut Offs, Shortlist and Final Admission Status of all IIMs

The CAT (Common Admission Test) is a highly competitive entrance exam for admission to various management programs offered by top business schools in India. The percentile score in CAT exam is based on the relative performance of the test taker compared to all the other test takers.

The cutoff percentile for admission to top business schools varies from year to year and also depends on factors such as the number of candidates, difficulty level of the exam, and the number of available seats. In general, a percentile score of 90 or above is considered a good score and can help you secure admission to some of the top business schools in India. However, to increase your chances of admission to the top-tier business schools, a percentile score of 95 or above is preferred.

IIM Ahmedabad considered two kinds of CAT scores for MBA admission - Qualifying and Final score. After qualifying CAT score, the minimum sectional and overall CAT score is used to shortlist students for the Analytical Writing Test (AWT) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds. The overall CAT qualifying cutoff for 2023 admission at IIM-A stood at 99 for General category candidates, while the final cutoff is considered to stand between 99 and 100 percentile, for other category candidates. Check out more details on IIM-Ahmedabad Cutoff here. 

The CAT score required for IIM Sambalpur MBA is 92 percentile. The aforementioned cutoff is the IIM Sambalpur MBA 2024 qualifying cut off and not the final cut off. The IIM Sambalpur final cut off is yet to be released. The category wise CAT 2022 qualifying cutoff for IIM Sambalpur MBA is mentioned below:

Click here, to check which College you are eligible for according to your CAT Percentile 

The weightage given to Class 12 marks while shortlisting candidates for the personal interview round is 40%, which is the highest among other factors. However, while preparing the final merit list after PI round for admission offers, the weightage of class 12 marks comes down to 10%. Hence, it can be concluded that having a good score in Class 12 is an advantage for candidates seeking admission to IIM Indore MBA.

The other components considers for shortlisting for PI and final admission offers along with the weightage given are mentioned in the below table:

Shortlisting for PI:

For Final Admission Offers:

Note: The numbers above are taken from the IIM Indore PGP Admission 2023 brochure. 

Candidates aspiring to take admission to the MBA programme must meet the overall and section-wise CAT percentile to become eligible for the Personal Interview (PI) round. The minimum overall and section-wise CAT percentile in the year 2022 was 93 for admission to the MBA programme at IIM Kashipuir. Candidates having the required CAT percentile will be shortlisted for the Personal Interview (PI) round. Hence, students are advised to prepare well for the CAT exam and should aim to score accordingly.

IIM Kashipur CAT cutoff 2023 will be released after the CAT 2023 result. As per the previous year cutoff 2022 and 2021, the CAT percentile was 93 for the General All India category candidates. For ST and Sc category candidates, the CAT percentile were 60 and 70, respectively in 2022 and 2021. 

Considering the previous years percentile, it is expected that IIM Kashipur CAT cutoff 2023 will range between 94-95 for the General category students under the ALL India Quota. 

Candidates can refer to the table given below to check out the previous year CAT percentile for various categories: 

Sectional cut off in CAT exam refers to the section wise percentiles required by the candidate for making it to the Personal Interview round of the IIMs or other top MBA colleges. The sectional cut offs are lower than overall cut offs of any institute. To understand better, check the table below for sectional CAT cut offs for IIM Ahmedabad:

For sectional cut offs of all IIMs, check this article – IIM shortlist and selection criteria

IIM Trichy admission to the management course is based on CAT scores, followed by WAT, GD & PI porcess. IIM Trichy accepts both qualifying CAT cutoff and final CAT cutoff for admission. However, the institute do not release CAT cutoffs in the public domain and are exclusively accessible only via account login to candidates who have appeared for the exam. Considering the previous year cutoff trends, the estimated CAT 2023 cut off percentiles for IIM Trichy will range between 94 and 95 for the General category students. 

On the basis of IIM admission criteria 2023, IIM Trichy qualifying CAT cutoff 2022 was 93 for the General category students. This year the estimated qualifying CAT cutoff is 93 for the General category students. For SC and ST category students, the estimated qualifying cutoffs are 54 and 40, respectively.