The IIMs have released their 2023 qualifying CAT cutoffs in their admission brochures.
Here are the 2023 category-wise qualifying CAT cutoffs for IIM Ahmedabad admissions-
Category |
Cutoff percentile |
General |
80 |
OBC |
75 |
EwS |
80 |
SC |
70 |
ST |
60 |
The expected final CAT 2023 cutoff for IIM Ahmedabad is 99 (if you have 80+ percentage in 10th, 12th and Bachelor’s). If not, around 99.5+ percentile is a decent CAT score to expected a call.
To secure admission into IIM Ahmedabad, you need a very high percentile in the CAT examination. But percentile is not the only criteria, and the final selection also depends on other factors like Analytical Writing Test (AWT), Personal Interview (PI), etc.
Moreover, the 99-99.5+ criteria is for engineering students. This has been done to maintain batch diversity. General students from other backgrounds can get a call and convert successfully at less than 90 percentile.
Keep a track of the updated final cutoffs as soon as IIM Ahmedabad releases the admission criteria 2024-26.
For the batch of 2020-23, the minimum CAT cutoff is 80 at IIM Ahmedabad. A detailed description of the CAT cutoff for shortlisting candidates is given below.
Category |
Verbal and Reading Comprehension Percentile Rank (PVRC) |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning Percentile Rank (PDILR) |
Quantitative Aptitude Percentile Rank (PQA) |
Overall Percentile and Rank (PT) |
General |
70 |
70 |
70 |
80 |
NC-OBC-cum-transgender |
65 |
65 |
65 |
75 |
SC |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
ST |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
PwD (General, NC-OBC-cum-transgender, SC) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
70 |
PwD (ST) |
50 |
50 |
50 |
60 |
You can get detailed information about the shortlisting process at IIM Ahmedabad from various pages on the internet. However, having a good CAT score is not enough to secure admission at IIM Ahmedabad.
Here is my friend’s profile that didn’t make the final list. despite having a good CAT score and decent academic record.
So, the cut-off is not the ultimate factor to be selected. There are various other aspects that play crucial roles if you will be shortlisted or not.