The much awaited CAT 2011 results are out. IIM Calcutta has announced CAT 2011 results on 11th January 2012. CAT 2011 results and score cards are available for download from https://weaiimcalcat.catiim.in/ or www.catiim.in. Candidates are requested to ensure that they have CAT registration data handy to retrieve their scorecard from the website. IIM Calcutta website is at www.iimcal.ac.in . Here we are providing approximate cut offs scores and percentiles for IIMs and other institutes which admit candidates through CAT 2011 scores. IIMs use their own selection procedure for short listing CAT qualified candidates. Candidates need the following data to get score card:
1) CAT Registration Number
2) E-mail address exactly as supplied during CAT registration. This should be as it appeared on the Admit card.
If you find any difficulty or unable to download CAT 2011 Score Card or locate your details, you can contact Candidate Care or call the Toll Free Number 1800 103 7383. You may be asked further details to verify your identity before solving the problem. Following are approximate cut offs, last ranks or percentiles of CAT 2010:
There are a total of nine IIMs in the country. Estimated number of seats available in all IIMs is about 1200. Each IIM will have 120 seats in PGP in Management. Out of these total seats, 75 percent seats (900) may be available for General Category candidates and the remaining will be allotted for Reserved Category Students. Candidates need higher percentiles to get a seat in top ranked IIMs such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow.
Following are the details of IIMs and Cut Offs: 1) IIM Bangalore 2) IIM Ahmedabad 3) IIM Kozhikode 4) IIM Calcutta 5) IIM Lucknow 6) IIM Indore 7) IIM Ranchi 8. IIM Shillong 9) IIM Rohtak 10) IIM Raipur.
Following are probable cut off details for various IIMs. But one should remember that IIMs only short list candidates based on CAT for further selection processes like Group Discussions and Interviews. Here are probable cut offs:
1) IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA): Should have around 99.3 percentile overall .
2) IIM Bangalore (IIMB): Overall percentile should be aroung 95.
3) IIM Lucknow (IIML): Your percentile should be around 97.
4) IIM Calcutta (IIMC): You need to secure about 98.96 percentile.
5) IIM Indore (IIMI): Your percentile should be around 98.
6) IIM Shilong (IIMS): A overall percentile of 85 is required.
7) Other IIMs: Need about 80-85 percentile.
There are several other reputed institutes and B-School use CAT scores for admission to PGDM and MBA courses. Candidates should check the standards of these non IIM B-School / institutions before joining in any course in them.