CAT Cut off 2022 Expected : Score vs Percentile

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2022 Exam is scheduled on November 27th 2022. Around 2 lakh students appear for the management entrance exam. CAT 2022 slot 1 is concluded and the paper is rated as “moderate” in terms of difficulty level. When it comes to a good net score, it varies as per sections. 

Check the section-wise net score that can be considered good, know your percentile based on the score CAT 2022 expected cut-off, and other details below.

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CAT 2022 question paper includes three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). There are a total of 66 questions and candidates can get 40 minutes to solve each section, making the total duration 120 minutes or 2 hours. Check the section-wise CAT 2022 good score below.

Find weight-age given to CAT 2022 Scores by the IIMs.

As per the expert, the Verbal section was the toughest. CAT cut-offs for top IIMs usually range from 98 to 100 percentile for General category students. For reserved category students the IIM cut off 2022 will be slightly lower around 95 to 98 percentile.

CAT 2022 Good Net Score

Calculation of scaled score of a candidate:

Following steps are followed to calculate the scaled score of a candidate in each of the three sections, i.e. VARC, DILR and QA in CAT 2021. The overall scaled score is obtained by adding scaled scores of these three sections. While illustrating the scaling process, QA section is chosen as an example. Similar process is valid for the other two sections, i.e. DILR and VARC. Three sessions of CAT examination are expressed as morning session (8:30 AM – 10:30 AM), afternoon session (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM) and evening session (4:30 PM – 6:30 PM), on November 27, 2022.

Step 1: Calculate the mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the raw scores in QA section for all candidates appearing in the morning session. Let Mean = M1 and SD = S1 and G1 = M1 + S1.

Step 2: Calculate the mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the raw scores in QA section for all candidates appearing in the afternoon session. Let Mean = M2 and SD = S2 and G2 = M2 + S2. 

Step 3: Calculate the mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the raw scores in QA section for all candidates appearing in the evening session. Let Mean = M3 and SD = S3 and G3 = M3 + S3

Step 4: Calculate the mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the raw scores in QA section for all candidates appearing in CAT (i.e. including all the three sessions). Let Mean = M and SD = S and G = M + S.

Step 5: Calculate the mean raw score in QA section of the top 0.1% candidates in the morning session and denote it by 𝑀1 0.1 

Step 6: Calculate the mean raw score in QA of top 0.1% candidates in the afternoon session and denote it by 𝑀2 0.1 

Step 7: Calculate the mean raw score in QA of top 0.1% candidates in the evening session and denote it by 𝑀3 0.1 

Step 8: Calculate the mean raw score in QA of top 0.1% candidates appearing in CAT (i.e. considering all the three sessions) and denote it by 𝑀0.1 . 

Suppose now XYZ is a candidate who appeared in the morning session and her raw score in QA section is R. Then the scaled score of XYZ in QA, say 𝑅̂ given by: 

𝑅̂ = (𝑅 − 𝐺1 ) 𝑀0.1 − 𝐺 𝑀1 0.1 − 𝐺1 + G

In case XYZ is a candidate who appeared in the afternoon session and her raw score in QA section is R. Then the scaled score of XYZ in QA, say 𝑅̂ given by:

𝑅̂ = (𝑅 − 𝐺2 ) 𝑀0.1 − 𝐺 𝑀2 0.1 − 𝐺2 + G

In case XYZ is a candidate who appeared in the evening session and her raw score in QA section is R. Then the scaled score of XYZ in QA, say 𝑅̂ given by:

𝑅̂ = (𝑅 − 𝐺3 ) 𝑀0.1 − 𝐺 𝑀3 0.1 − 𝐺3 + G

Similar Methodology is applied for computation of scaled scores for other sections. If this formula yields any scaled score as more than 100, it will be rounded down to 100.

Past year (2021) cut-off trends