Top MBA Colleges Accepting 90 Percentile in CAT 2024: Check Cut Offs, Fees, Placements, Admission Status

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1. Top CAT Accepting Colleges 90 Percentile and Above: IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode
2. Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score 90-99 Percentile
3. MBA Colleges Announce Low CAT Cut offs
4. Top MBA Colleges Use Other Parameters in Admission along with CAT Scores

1. Top CAT Accepting Colleges 90 Percentile and Above: IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode
IIMs are the foremost among the top MBA colleges accepting CAT score with high sectional and overall percentile. There are 21 IIMs at present and all the IIMs will accept only CAT 2024 score for admission 2025. The sectional and overall, CAT score cut offs go in the range of 90 to 99 percentile in the shortlisting process of IIMs. The admission process 2025 in IIMs opens from August first week with the start of CAT registration process and the last date to apply for admission is the last date of CAT exam registration. Read all about IIM Admission. You can check the Fee and placements and other details about the top IIMs below:

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2.Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score 90-99 Percentile
Apart from IIMs, there are highly ranked and internationally accredited MBA/ PGDM colleges among the MBA colleges accepting CAT score. Some of the prominent MBA colleges excluding IIMs which will accept CAT 2024 score percentile 90 & above for MBA admission 2025 are:  

3. MBA Colleges Announce Low CAT Cut offs
MBA Colleges announce low CAT cut off required in shortlisting. But there is a good difference in the cut offs announced by these MBA colleges accepting 90 Percentile in CAT 2024 and actual cut off percentile for admission 2025. For example IIM Ahmedabad has announced cut off as low as 80 percentile in CAT but the actual cut off percentile goes above 98.

4. Top MBA Colleges Use Other Parameters in Admission along with CAT Scores
Top MBA colleges accepting 90 percentile and above in CAT 2024 have relaxed the weightage for CAT score in the final selection process and have increased the weightage on other parameters. So while zeroing in at the top MBA college with your CAT percentile, please remember that following components also play important role in securing final admission offer:

• Your Academic Profile: 90 percent & above marks from class 10 onwards can get you a weightage of 20-30 percent
• Work Experience: A weightage of 5 to 10 percent is awarded for relevant work experience of 2-3 years, in final selection process
• Non-Engineering Back Ground: Academic diversity also helps you to get additional weightage of 2 to 5 percent in getting final admission offer
• Gender Diversity: If you are a female, all the top MBA colleges will award you a weightage between 3 and 5 percent over and above other parameters in final admission process.

All the above components can help you to get MBA admission in top B-schools like IIM Ahmedabad, FMS, SPJIMR even if your CAT score is below actual cut off. 

All these MBA colleges in India will accept the CAT scores for MBA admission 2025. It must be noted that the MBA colleges accepting CAT exam scores are not only 21 IIMs but also include top MBA colleges in India as shared above and hundreds of others.  

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