What CAT percentile do I need to score in order to have a healthy chance of converting IIM Calcutta? My profile is 9.8/83/8.3 (GEM fresher).

There is no specific percentile that will get you into IIM Calcutta. But if you want to stay on the safer side you meet to score at least 99.65-99.70+ in CAT. The minimum cutoff required for the general category remained 85 percentile, however, the actual cutoff to get a call remained much higher i.e around 98-99 percentile.

For the final selection, 4 parameters are considered:

1. CAT score (weightage 30)

2. Personal Interview (weightage 48)

3. Point awarded for Academic Diversity at Bachelor’s level for Non- Engineering degree (weightage 4)

4. Work Experience (weightage 8)

Since you are a fresher you need to work hard for the Personal Interview as it carries the highest weightage.