Cut-off Calculation : Graphical Analysis

Preparing for the CAT is not just learning and revising English grammar or number theory and geometrical figures or reading up caselets with premises and conclusions. Knowing the CAT and its unpredictable ways, an awareness of the kind of scores you need to achieve is very crucial. The following pages have been created after a thorough analysis of the trends the CAT has shown over the past five years.

Getting you familiar with the concept of cut-offs and giving you an in depth knowledge of the kind of scores which will be required to clear the cut-offs, is listed below in tabular form. Keeping in mind the difficulty level and paper pattern this table will help you understand what you have to aspire and aim for in the final CAT. FACTS : CAT 2008 QA RA VA Overall 29+ 32+ 38+ 121 (98 percentile)

Actual scores for at least one IIM call 90+ percentile per section

Bringing you a comparative analysis of the past five years papers, along with the scores, percentiles and cut-offs for each year. Based on this analysis, we are able to construct a cut-off chart with a high probability of accuracy.

A look at the graph clearly shows that over the years CAT aspirants have shown a consistent performance in terms of scoring. This trend is significant to all future CAT aspirants that no matter what difficulty level has been exhibited in the CAT the percentiles have more or less remained steady.

Percentile Vs Marks comparison of CAT 2004 to 2008.

Note: We have scaled the scores of CAT 2004 and CAT 2005 out of 300, to compare them with CAT 2006 and CAT 2007.

Percentile Vs Score 2004-2008 PERCENTILE out of 356 2004 99 98.5 98.2 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 2005 2006 2007 2008 ACTUAL CAT SCORES OUT OF 300 Actual score

105.7 92.33 142 100 98.5 95.4 89 84 88 86.5 128 121

114.6 135 109.0 126 105.57 123 103.5 121

85.34 120

79.34 113.34 96.75 111 74.66 108 104 92 106

80.12 70 76.8 73.8 71.2 68.8 66.4 64.8

87.66 101 83.55 96 80.5 77.5 74.5 72.5 92 88 84 82 81

66.66 99.5 64.66 97 62 60 58 56 93.2 90.5 88

85.67 70.5

62.56 54.66 83 60.8 59.2 58 53.34 81.5 52

68.37 79 66.5 77 73 72

79.67 64.5 62.8

50.66 77.9

84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 65 60 55 50

56.5

49.34 76

62.25 71 69

55.18 48 53.8

74.34 59.5

46.66 72.67 58.26 67

52.75 45.34 71.34 56.82 66 51.6 50.3 49.3 48.3 47 44 69.8 55.35 65 54.1 63

43.34 68.5 42 67

52.89 61 60

41.34 65.67 51.7 40.66 64.5 63 -

50.45 59 49.3 58

46.32 40 -

48.24 57 47.22 56 46.29 55 45.21 54 44.25 52 40 37 47 42

32.25 39 29 35

Note: 2004 and 2005 scores are interpolated and scaled up from 150 to 300 marks. 2005(ACTUAL MARKS) 2006(ACTUAL MARKS) QA RA VA QA RA VA 39 19

Score at 90 Percentile 20.66 22.00 27.34 42

Score at 50 Percentile 6.66

6.66

8.66 65

13 65

18.5 56

4.5 44 30.17 70.63

Percentile at 10 Percentage Score

PERCENTILE/SECTION VS SCORE CAT 2007 Percentile 90 85 80 75 70 50 23 19 17 15 13 07 VA 25 20 16 14 12 06 QA 40.63 36 32 29 27 17 RA

Percentile at 10 % score 62 65.52 32

PERCENTILE/SECTION VS SCORE CAT 2008 Percentile 90 85 80 75 70 50 38 32 28 26 21 12 VA 29 26 21 19 16 09 QA 32 28 25 23 21 13 RA

Percentile

at 10 % score

61

54

36

Although there are a large number of colleges that accept CAT scores, each one has its own specific requirements and specifications. Even though there are always examples available of people who have managed to get in even without fulfilling all of those specifications, by and large they will hold a certain value, and before applying, each of you should identify whether or not you will personally be able to meet the requirements; otherwise you are just increasing your own chances of being disappointed.

Over the years Career Forums predictions of cut-offs have more or less matched up to that declared by the IIMs and other non-IIM B-Schools accepting CAT scores. Hence this year too we will maintain the same standard.

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