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CAT 2023- Score Calculator & Percentile Predictor

After each CAT Exam, one question that burns in the mind of every CAT aspirant is “How have I performed?” Well, Career Launcher aims to answer this question with our CAT 2020 Score Calculator & Percentile Predictor. Over the years, we have collected the information of CAT attempts of thousands of candidates and with the help of Machine Learning techniques have been able to build a robust model of percentile prediction which has proven its worth over the years. Some of the standout results from CAT 2019 are given below:

Within 0.5%ile - Prediction accuracy of 97.7% for candidates scoring above 98%ile and 75.6% accuracy for candidates scoring above 95%ile

Within 1%ile - Prediction accuracy of 97.7%ile for candidates scoring above 98%ile, 97.5% accuracy for candidates scoring above 95%ile and 92.3% accuracy for candidates scoring above 90%ile.

CAT 2020 Expected Score and Cut Off

One thing that sparks the curiosity of every CAT 2020 Aspirant is the CAT 2020 Expected Percentile, Score and cut off for the coveted 99%ile. While this depends heavily on the level of difficulty of the CAT 2020 Exam and applicants themselves, a fairly accurate estimate can be drawn on the basis of the past few CAT Exams. The estimates given below are based on the judgments of the SubodhCheM-Gurus who have vast experience in the domain.

Normalization in CAT 2020 across 3 Slots

With the CAT 2020 Exam being conducted across 3 slots this year (Slot 1 - 8:30AM-10:30AM, Slot 2 - 12:30PM-2:30PM, Slot 3 - 4:30PM-6:30PM), there is an additional focus on normalization of the CAT score. In order to calculate the scaled score for all the students, some of the parameters which are calculated are:

Mean and Standard Deviation of each section according to your slot (Slot 1,2 or 3)

Mean and Standard Deviation of each section for everyone who appeared for CAT 2020

Mean raw score of 0.1% of the top scorers in each section slot-wise (Slot 1,2,3)

Mean raw score of 0.1% of the top scorers across everyone appearing for CAT 2020

Following this, based on a formula which is available to view on the official CAT 2020 website, the scaled score of each student is calculated. The main function of the normalization is to ensure that each student is a level ground when it comes to the CAT score.

CAT 2020 Analysis & Cut Off

Although CAT 2020 is expected to very different from previous CAT Exams due to the 2 hour time limit, the level of difficulty of CAT 2020 Exam is expected to remain along similar lines to CAT 2019. The VARC section of CAT 2020 might be slightly easier as compared to CAT 2019 while the DILR section is expected to remain the same as CAT 2019. The QA section of CAT 2020 may be slightly more difficult compared to CAT 2019 which will mean that the overall CAT 2020 Paper would be of a comparable difficulty level to last year. The detailed CAT 2020 Analysis and Cut Off will be updated on this page right after the exam. SubodhCheM Gurus will be taking the CAT 2020 in all three slots and, therefore, you will witness the most comprehensive and accurate analysis here.

CAT 2020: Updated Exam Pattern, Preparation, Notification, Exam Date, Syllabus, Selection Procedure

CAT (Common Admission Test) is the premium entrance exam held by IIMs for admissions into top business schools. The CAT Exam score is accepted as a qualifier in over a 100 Business Schools. It is the most popular amongst the MBA Entrance Exams due to the vast number of colleges accepting the CAT Score including the top B-Schools in India such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, etc.

Like all things in 2020, CAT 2020 has also decided to people a shock with their announcement on 15th September that the exam duration for CAT 2020 has been reduced from 3 hours to 2 hours with each section having an individual time limit of 40 minutes. This has led to some speculation that the number of questions would be reduced in order to maintain the level of difficulty. It is also possible that the number of questions remains the same while the level of difficulty is reduced making CAT 2020 more of a speed based test. The CAT 2020 Admit Card has been released on 28th October. It will give you details regarding your slot & exam center which is required for you to take the CAT 2020 Exam.

Since CAT 2017, the CAT Exam has released its question paper for public scrutiny which has convinced a few international business schools like Singapore Management University to accept the CAT score for admissions into their business programs.

The CAT Exam is also quite simple in terms of the procedures to be followed.

It starts with the CAT 2020 Notification which has been released on 29th July 2020. The CAT 2020 Notification will also be announced in all the newspaper dailies and informs the candidate on the CAT 2020 Exam Date (29th November 2020) and the CAT 2020 Registration Process.

As per the CAT 2020 Notification, the candidates will be able to fill the CAT Registration form from 5th August onwards with the deadline for the CAT 2020 form-filling being 23rd September 2020. This is an essential step for the candidate where they also fill in their preference of the CAT Exam Center.

The CAT Registration is followed by the CAT 2020 Exam itself which is held on 29th November 2020. A CAT Mock will be released just prior to the CAT 2020 Exam to give the candidate an idea of what to expect in the CAT 2020 Exam in terms of the test interface.

The final stage is the CAT 2020 Result and the selection procedures followed by the colleges to pick the best candidates for their college.

Read below for further details regarding CAT 2020 Exam, Notification, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Important Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Preparation strategy, and more.

CAT 2020 Notification

The first milestone that every CAT aspirant looks forward to is the CAT 2020 Notification. The CAT 2020 Notification, which has been released on 29th July 2020, marks the start of the fervent CAT Season which kicks off in earnest around August-September picking up the pace in November & December and finally stops around June. The CAT 2020 Notification is the time when the serious CAT aspirants start counting down their days for preparation. The CAT 2020 Notification may reveal some details about the CAT 2020 Exam like:

CAT 2020 Exam Date

CAT 2020 Exam Registration: Beginning and Deadline

Number of Centers in CAT 2020

Any Changes in CAT 2020 Exam Pattern – CAT 2020 has introduced a change in the CAT 2020 Exam Pattern which has seen the exam duration reduce from 3 hours to 2 hours. More information about the number of questions per section will be announced on 20th September.

Some other details about the CAT 2020 Notification and subsequent Registration are:

CAT 2020 Notification: Important Dates

Official CAT notification: 29th July 2020

CAT 2020 Registration Begins: 5th August 2020

CAT 2020 Registration Deadline: 23rd September 2020

CAT 2020 Admit Card Download: 28th October 2020 onwards (Live Now)

CAT Exam Date: 29th November 2020

CAT 2020 Registration Process:-

CAT registration is held exclusively online and will be opened on 5th August 2020, as per the CAT 2020 Notification released on 29th July 2020.

Visit www.iimcat.ac.in.

Click on the 'registration' tab.

Enter details as asked.

On successful registration you will receive a unique User Id and password via mail/SMS.

Log in to the official website with given user id and password.

Complete the application form for CAT exam.

CAT 2020 Eligibility Criteria

There is an eligibility criteria for CAT 2020 like there is for any year's CAT exam. The exact CAT 2020 eligibility criteria have been released as a part of the CAT 2020 notification. The CAT 2020 Eligibility Criteria is given below:

In order to be eligible for the CAT Exam, the candidate has to pass at least their Bachelor's degree with at least 50% (for General Category and for candidates from the NC-OBC caste). For SC/ST and Differently Abled (DA) candidates, the percentage required is 45%.

For the Degree to be counted, the University who has awarded the degree has to be recognized by the MHRD.

If the University awards grades or CGPA instead of marks, the conversion factor given by the University has to be used. If there is no conversion factor specified by the University, the CGPA has to be converted into percentage by direct conversion i.e. divide the CGPA received by the highest CGPA possible and multiply the result by 100.

Candidates who have completed their professional degrees with over 50% (45% for SC/ST/PwD) are also eligible for CAT.

CAT 2020 Registration

According to the CAT 2020 Notification, the CAT 2020 registration will begin on 5th August 2020. The last date to register for CAT 2020 is 23rd September 2020. The CAT 2020 Registration Fees has been updated as per the CAT 2020 Notification and is given below:

Rs. 2000 for General and OBC Categories

Rs. 1000 for SC, ST and PwD Categories

CAT 2020 Registration and Application form

According to the CAT 2020 Notification, each candidate has to fill out the CAT 2020 application form from the official CAT 2020 site in order to appear for the exam.

The steps in filling out the CAT 2020 Application form are detailed below according to the previous years’ CAT Application forms:

The candidate needs to register as a new user and fill out his/her personal details on the first page of the CAT 2020 application form.

Personal details of family members are to be filled in the form

Following this, the academic details have to be added to the form (the marks of all the subjects have to be used in calculating the aggregate percentage irrespective of the policy of the board).

The next section includes the work experience details

The penultimate form section to be filled includes the choice of programs that the candidate wishes to apply to (IIM A, IIM B, IIM C, New IIMs, etc.)

The final section to be filled includes the test center city in which the candidate wishes to appear for CAT Exam 2020. Most of the time, the centers are allocated according to the wishes of the student.

Following this, the payment of the application fee has to be made.

Upon payment, there will an email sent to the email ID filled as a confirmation of the payment as well as sharing the status of the application.

All future correspondence will be through this email ID.

Some of the documents required for this process are:

Scanned photograph and signature of the candidate

Grade Sheet from Xth and XIIth standard

Other documents depending on the candidate's qualifications (Work Experience Letter, Graduation Certificate, etc.)

CAT Exam 2020 Application Fee

The CAT 2020 Notification has been released. Each candidate has to fill out the CAT 2020 application form (starting from the 5th August 2020) from the official CAT 2020 site by the 23rd September in order to appear for the CAT 2020 exam. The CAT 2020 notification has also disclosed the CAT application fee:

The application fee for General category candidate is Rs 2000

The application fee for SC/ST/PWD category candidates is Rs 1000

The mode of application fee payment is through Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking

CAT Exam 2020 Syllabus

The CAT 2020 exam syllabus will remain the same as the syllabus for CAT 2019. There are three sections in the form of:

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Quantitative Aptitude (QA)

The VARC and QA sections consist of 34 questions while the DILR section consists of 32 questions. 

Here is the expected marking scheme of CAT 2020.

Each MCQ question has a marking scheme of +3/-1 while the TITA question has no negative marking which makes the marking scheme +3/0.

Each section is allocated 1 hour without exception and time is not carried over from one section to the other.

Therefore the candidate needs to be competent across all sections rather than scoring heavily in any one or two sections. In the same spirit, there are usually sectional cutoffs for most of the better colleges.

The VARC section is majorly interpretation based and not vocabulary based, due to which it does not have a fixed syllabus. Thus reading level and grammar rules of Class X and some practice would allow the candidate to adequately prepare for the CAT exam 2020 syllabus for the VARC section.

The DILR section has no fixed exam syllabus and only practicing different types of sets can help the aspirants prepare for the DILR section of the CAT 2020.

The QA section, like the VARC section, consists of topics from the CBSE Class X syllabus. The major topics in QA include:

Algebra

Arithmetic

Numbers

Geometry

Modern Maths

CAT 2020 Admit Card

The CAT 2020 Admit Card is one of the most crucial documents for every CAT 2020 Aspirant. It will be released on 28th October 2020 as per the CAT 2020 Notification. The CAT 2020 Admit card can be downloaded at any time till the date of the CAT 2020 Exam.

It is required not only at the CAT 2020 Exam Center but also in some of the procedures post CAT 2020. The CAT Admit Card contains several details such as:

Name

CAT 2020 Exam Center

CAT 2020 Time Slot

Category

CAT Registration Number

The personal details have to be carefully examined at the time of release to ensure that there are no mistakes in the CAT 2020 Admit Card. If there are some errors, the authorities should be contacted at the earliest to clarify these mistakes as soon as possible.

CAT Exam 2020 Result

The CAT 2020 exam result will be uploaded on the official website (https://iimcat.ac.in) and each candidate will be able to download his/her scorecard in its entirety after logging in. The CAT Exam result will be applicable only for the current academic year and will be declared in the second week of January, 2021 tentatively.

This page will be updated once the official dates are declared.

Colleges Accepting CAT 2020

As mentioned above, the CAT Exam is held for admissions into some of the best MBA colleges in India. Some of these colleges include:

IIM Ahmedabad

IIM Bangalore

IIM Calcutta

IIM Lucknow

IIM Kozhikode

IIM Indore

IIM Shillong

IIM Ranchi

IIM Udaipur

IIM Trichy

IIM Raipur

IIM Kashipur

IIM Rohtak

IIM Nagpur

IIM Vizag

IIM Sambalpur

IIM Sirmaur

IIM Bodh Gaya

IIM Amritsar

IIM Jammu

SP Jain

MDI Gurgaon

NITIE, Mumbai

FMS, Delhi

JBIMS, Mumbai

SJSOM (IIT Bombay)

DMS- IIT Delhi

...and many more Tier 2 and 3 college