CAT Percentile Predictor
Enter your academics once and see the exact CAT percentile you need for a PI call at 46 programmes, from IIM A, B, C to FMS, MDI and the IITs. Worked out from each school's selection formula and last year's cut-offs, for CAT 2026, 2027 and 2028.
About you
Cut-offs differ by category, PwD status and gender.
Class 10 & 12
Several IIMs compare your marks with others from the same board.
Used by DoMS IIT Kanpur, DBE & DFS
Out of 100 · we use your 12th % if blank
Graduation
Engineers and non-engineers are scored differently by most schools.
Picked from your stream — change it if your degree fits another group
Work experience
Full-time work only. Schools count it on different dates, so we work out each one for you.
No work-ex counted for CAT 2026
Starting a job before then? Choose “Working now” and pick your joining month; we'll count the months up to 31 July 2026.
Free with an Optima Learn account. Your details stay saved on this device.
Covers IIM A, B, C, L, K, I, Mumbai, the newer IIMs, FMS, MDI, IIFT, IIT B-schools, IISc and Delhi University programmes.
How it works
Your target percentile in three simple steps
Share your academics
Class 10, 12, graduation, work-ex and category: only what the schools' formulas actually use. It takes about a minute.
We apply each school's formula
Your profile points and last year's RTI cut-offs give the exact CAT percentile you'd have needed for a PI call, school by school.
Download it and start preparing
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Success Stories
Hear from aspirants who converted their dream B-school calls with Optima Learn
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Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
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IIM Ahmedabad
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IIFT, Delhi (Batch of 26')
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XLRI (Batch of 27')
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FMS, Delhi (Batch of 27')
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Got Questions? We Have Got Answers!
How the percentile predictor works
You enter your Class 10, 12 and graduation scores, work experience and category. For each of 46 programmes we apply that school's own shortlisting formula (academic ratings, work-ex and diversity points) and last year's composite cut-off for your category and gender, then work backwards to the overall CAT percentile that would have earned you a PI call.
No. Every number is a calculation from the schools' selection criteria and the cut-offs disclosed through RTI replies and admission policies. The same profile always gets the same result.
Yes. Pick the CAT you are taking and we work out your work experience up to that year, on the dates each school uses (31 July, 31 December or 31 January). Still in college? Choose 'In college', or 'Working now' with your joining month if you will start a job before then. The cut-offs are last year's, which are the best guide until schools publish new ones.
Each school weighs your profile differently. IIM A, B, L and K give a large share of their composite to 10th, 12th, graduation and work experience, so weaker academics have to be made up with a higher CAT score. FMS looks only at sectional CAT scores and gender, and several newer IIMs use a single percentile cut-off.
'Not possible' means even a perfect CAT score would not have reached last year's cut-off with this profile. 'Not eligible' means the programme has a rule your profile doesn't meet, such as engineers only, at least 24 months of work experience, an agriculture degree or Maths in Class 12.
They reproduce last year's shortlisting closely, but cut-offs move every year and a few programmes (marked 'Based on user data' or 'Approximate data') do not publish full criteria. IIM Ahmedabad also changed its formula for the 2027–29 batch. Treat them as targets to beat, not guarantees.
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