CAT Score vs Percentile 2024: How to calculate percentile score

“In order to ensure fairness and equity in comparison of performances of candidates across different test sessions, the scores of candidates shall be subjected to a process of Normalisation,” an official statement said while explaining the CAT normalisation process.

“The Normalisation process shall adjust for location and scale differences of score distributions across different forms. After normalisation across different forms, the scores shall be further normalised across different sections. The Scaled Scores obtained by this process shall be converted into percentiles for purposes of shortlisting,” it added.

CAT score vs percentile 2024: How to calculate percentile score

Step 1: Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who appeared for CAT

Step 2: Assign a rank (r), based on the scaled scores obtained in the QA section, to all candidates who appeared for CAT. In the case, two or more candidates obtain identical scaled scores in the QA section, assign identical ranks will be given to all those candidates.

Step 3: Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the QA section as: P = [(N − r)/N] x 100

Step 4: Round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points

Applicants get a call from IIMs for the next rounds of admission on the basis of the CAT cut-off for various IIMs and based on the preferences made by applicants. The shortlisted candidates are called for the next rounds of selection by the respective IIMs which normally include writing ability test (WAT), personal interview (PI) and group discussion (GD).