The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) declared the result for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023 today officially around 5pm. After the confusion which occurred in the morning as we reported earlier where many students could login and download their score sheets for CAT 2023. However, soon that page was taken off and when IIM Lucknow was contacted, they advised students to keep visiting the page.
In between 5-6PM CAT takers started receiving SMS messages as the official announcement was made. That was definitely a commendable and better way to communicate.
Candidates who appeared for IIM CAT 2023 will be able to check their results at the official website — iimcat.ac.in.
Like previous few years, this year also the Toppers are from Engineering background, 11 of the 14 candidates who scored 100 percentile are engineers. About 29 candidates scored 99.99 percentile of which one is a women candidate.
Now, as a next step every IIM will release a shortlist based on the percentile, along with the cut-off. Then, the GD / PI process will begin, based on which admissions will be finalised.
Now, as a next step every IIM will release a shortlist based on the percentile, along with the cut-off. Then, the GD / PI process will begin, based on which admissions will be finalised.
This time, the majority of the toppers are from Maharashtra. There is one topper each from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. 4 toppers are from Maharashtra and 2 from Telangana.
A total of 91 non-IIM institutions will also use CAT 2023 scores this year for admission into their management programmes. This time, around 2.88 lakh candidates appeared for the exam out of around 3.28 lakhs registered eligible candidates. The overall attendance was approximately 88%. Out of the 2.88 lakh candidates, 36% were female candidates, 64% male candidates, and 5 candidates registered from the Transgender category.
CAT 2023: How is Percentile Calculated?
To calculate the CAT percentile, firstly each candidate’s raw scores are calculated considering the marking scheme i.e. 3 marks for each correct answer and -1 for every incorrect response. No marks are deducted for wrong responses in non-MCQ-type questions. After determining the raw scores, the CAT percentile is calculated.
Check the step-by-step procedure below:
Step 1: Every candidate’s score is evaluated section-wise and then an overall score is determined by totaling the section-wise scores.
Step 2: In the second step, section-wise and overall scores are normalised to calculate the scaled CAT score.
Step 3: Lastly, the normalised scores are converted into percentiles which are communicated through the CAT scorecard.
CAT 2023: What is the Normalisation Process?
Since the CAT MBA exam is held in different slots, a normalisation process is required in which candidates; marks are scaled to bring equity to the marking process. The normalisation process has been used for years to gauge candidates; performance across various sessions. Following are the important parameters for CAT normalisation process:
- Highest score
- Lowest score
- Top 10 percentiles
- Lowest 10 percentiles
- Median score
- Mean score
Expected Cut-off for Top IIMs
Check expected cutoffs as per past trends below:
Institute | Cut-off percentile |
IIM Ahmedabad | 99-100 |
IIM Bangalore | 99-100 |
IIM Calcutta | 99-100 |
IIM Lucknow | 97-98 |
IIM Indore | 97-98 |
IIM Kozhikode | 97-98 |
IIM Amritsar | 95-96 |
IIM Nagpur | 95-96 |
The IIM admission process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI), after the CAT 2023 results are declared.
A total of 91 non-IIM institutions will also use CAT 2023 scores this year for admission into their management programmes.
There are a total of 14 candidates who scored 100 percentile, 29 who scored 99.99 percentile and 29 other candidates who scored 99.98 percentile. However, among these 72 candidates, there is only one female candidate, and the rest are all male candidates. This is for the sixth time that no female candidate has managed to score 100 percentile in the CAT exam.
This time, out of 3.28 lakh registered eligible candidates which itself is a record breaking number, around 2.88 lakh candidates appeared for the exam. The overall attendance was recorded at approximately 88
This time, there were a total of 66 questions, of which 24 were in Section 1: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), 20 in Section 2: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and 22 questions in Section 3: Quantitative Ability (QA).
