Going by the answer keys released yesterday by IIM Kozhikode, talking to experts and feedback received from many students – it seems to be a real disaster for most students.
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According to experts, 8 attempts in Quant and DILR, which were the toughest of all, are considered outstanding.
Slot 2 again is said to be the toughest among the 3 slots. Somewhere around 35 – 40 score can be considered to be 80+ percentile.
Now is it something to be depressed about ? Well, we don’t think so
- It’s been overall not great. So normalisation will come into play big time.
- Hence cutoffs are expected to fall drastically.
- Plenty of decent B Schools – 150+ leading B Schools applications are open now and most of them are DMS IIT Delhi, IMS BHU, MICA, XIMB, BITSoM, IMT G, FORE School of Management, MANAGE, BIMTECH, TAPMI, K J Somaiya with an increased number of seats.
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- XAT – is closing tonight but there is a bleak chance of extension, is an alternative.
CAT 2025 (Slots 1 , 2 & 3 ) Decoded
There are plenty of videos from expert in Campusutra You tube channel do watch and send us your queries, we shall have then addressed in the next LIVE session of XAT – tentatively to be held on Dec 15th Mon.
The pressing concern however is that students dedicate over a year to prepare for CAT, yet if the exam paper remains so confusing and difficult in nature, will CAT drive students away instead of attracting ?
CAT 2025 Percentile vs Score
| Percentiles | Score |
| 99 | 91.166 |
| 95 | 70.33 |
| 90 | 56 |
| 85 | 46.5 |
| 80 | 42 |
| 75 | 35 |
| 70 | 29.3 |
