guru now i entered in the market.
really cat is not tough.but situation changed everything
that is the main reason.
my first attemt in the cat.
and i got 74....but i9 ma satisfied without any prepration i got it.

hey puys...
congrats to everyone on doing so well...
Can anyone tell me how the non-iim insitutes like MDI,IMT,MICA,SP JAIN, NITIE etc will inform the call getters....
Also in how many days will one know for certain if we have/have not got a call....
8-)

thanks

Can anyone tell me wat percentile one ll get for a score ranging from 57 - 62........???

let d prediction be close as much as possible....


Rgds,
Suren

Last year 60 marks corresponded to arnd 65-70 %ile ...so this year it wud be arnd 75-80 %ile ..

ATB !!

Can anyone tell me wat percentile one ll get for a score ranging from 57 - 62........???

let d prediction be close as much as possible....


Rgds,
Suren

Around 80%.....:grin:

Can anyone tell me wat percentile one ll get for a score ranging from 57 - 62........???

let d prediction be close as much as possible....


Rgds,
Suren

Hi,

Actually all 6 calls are not possible for any score below 100.

IIMA has clearly mentioned the total aggregate has to be 33% of the total. which is 100 marks...

If the negate the erroneous DI question the total may come to 296...hence the 33% may become 98.67 something.

So may be at 99 its possible....

Regards

IIMA has mentioned that the minimum overall cutoff will be 33% of the total (and not 1/3rd of total, which we invariably assume). Thus a call from IIMA at 99 - 33% of 300 - is possible, albeit, improbable.

P.S. I apologise for posting on this thread.

Just checked PG connect feature today..
out of 900 IIFT calls there are around 180 ppl from PG, about 20%.

In CAT number of ppl above 98%ile will be 4500. So assuming PG will again get around 20% of ppl in that list, which seems quite an genuine estimate. So 20% of 4500 = 900. So about 900 students should be lurking here n there in PG.

From the poll above ppl above 100 are about 272, a mere 6-7%.
So 100 as 98%ile that many insits are predicting should come down a lot, more towards TIME's prediction or should I even say towards Endavor's prediction.

Yeah I know you are smiling. But that's what one comes up with while sitting bored in office; finding far fetched analogies.

Hope your words come true
But main this to notice here is that quite a few PGits donot knw abt this poll. Just compare no. of votes in this pole compared to no. of votes in CAT Discussion thread....Quite a big diff...
So keep finger crossed and let the :bomb: blasts on jan8

Hi,

Actually all 6 calls are not possible for any score below 100.

IIMA has clearly mentioned the total aggregate has to be 33% of the total. which is 100 marks...

Regards

IIMA has mentioned that the minimum overall cutoff will be 33% of the total (and not 1/3rd of total, which we invariably assume). Thus a call from IIMA at 99 - 33% of 300 - is possible, albeit, improbable.

P.S. I apologise for posting on this thread.

came across dis link in d CAT Overall Picture Thread...dis URL was given by a puy niswa...

jus pasting it from dere...hpe it helps

IIMC to raise PGP seats

dats wot ya call a New Year Bonanza!!!!

if u hav 125 or above then ur percentile this year is going to be 99 %

Hi,

Actually all 6 calls are not possible for any score below 100.

IIMA has clearly mentioned the total aggregate has to be 33% of the total. which is 100 marks...

If the negate the erroneous DI question the total may come to 296...hence the 33% may become 98.67 something.

So may be at 99 its possible....

Regards

I warned you its a feel good post..

varunspidey Says

Seeing ure feel good post heres my addition...say the level of performance has gone down by 20% then the cut-off should be 95-100 for 99% hurrahh.....all 6 calls at 95...woww!

Hi,

Actually all 6 calls are not possible for any score below 100.

IIMA has clearly mentioned the total aggregate has to be 33% of the total. which is 100 marks...

If the negate the erroneous DI question the total may come to 296...hence the 33% may become 98.67 something.

So may be at 99 its possible....

Regards

Hey It is interesting to know that so many people have scored above 120 and 130...by the way last year at 99%ile the score was 130...Now lets give a number for the level of difficulty for last year cat as given
Quant-100
DI-100
LANG-100

Overall-100
this year the level of difficulty for maths went up by almost 100%, if not more
The level of difficulty for Lang come down by around 20 %
The level of difficulty for come down by about 20%

So the overall difficulty level has gone up by 20% by that logic the cut off should come down by around 16.66 % that means by around 21 to 22 marks.....that means to score 99% ile in CAT 07 you have to 109 marks only... :)

And to that this year we have IIM S too...which possibly will give you a call at a score of 95+

So Enjoy

P.S.- there were too many assumptions & generalizations ??:

Seeing ure feel good post heres my addition...say the level of performance has gone down by 20% then the cut-off should be 95-100 for 99% hurrahh.....all 6 calls at 95...woww!

Hey It is interesting to know that so many people have scored above 120 and 130...by the way last year at 99%ile the score was 130...Now lets give a number for the level of difficulty for last year cat as given
Quant-100
DI-100
LANG-100

Overall-100
this year the level of difficulty for maths went up by almost 100%, if not more
The level of difficulty for Lang come down by around 20 %
The level of difficulty for come down by about 20%

So the overall difficulty level has gone up by 20% by that logic the cut off should come down by around 16.66 % that means by around 21 to 22 marks.....that means to score 99% ile in CAT 07 you have to 109 marks only... :)

And to that this year we have IIM S too...which possibly will give you a call at a score of 95+

So Enjoy

P.S.- there were too many assumptions & generalizations ??:

Just checked PG connect feature today..
out of 900 IIFT calls there are around 180 ppl from PG, about 20%.

In CAT number of ppl above 98%ile will be 4500. So assuming PG will again get around 20% of ppl in that list, which seems quite an genuine estimate. So 20% of 4500 = 900. So about 900 students should be lurking here n there in PG.

From the poll above ppl above 100 are about 272, a mere 6-7%.
So 100 as 98%ile that many insits are predicting should come down a lot, more towards TIME's prediction or should I even say towards Endavor's prediction.

Yeah I know you are smiling. But that's what one comes up with while sitting bored in office; finding far fetched analogies.

gaurav.r.arya Says

Not supposed to be posting on this thread....... mod clearly said so on the 1st page

hmm dint kno that....there shouldnt be a "thread" for a poll then....as in there should be a seperate link for polling alone. just a suggestion

Long after i posted and went to bed,
With CAT spinning in my head,
Not a word no one has said,
This thread seems to be dead!!
ahaa monsieur..shakespeare in the making...umm sry but no one seems to be polling or posting on this thread so thought sum crap wont do any harm.

Not supposed to be posting on this thread....... mod clearly said so on the 1st page

Long after i posted and went to bed,
With CAT spinning in my head,
Not a word no one has said,
This thread seems to be dead!!
ahaa monsieur..shakespeare in the making...umm sry but no one seems to be polling or posting on this thread so thought sum crap wont do any harm.

See the point here is that there will be about a lomited number of people u would know say about 30-50 who would have got scores that ure saying.....the thing is when u spread this across 2.5 lakh students u`ll get my point.....there will be at least 2500 99 percentilers this time......and i seriously doubt that competetion would have varied so significantly over one year that in a much tougher paper just 10 - 15 marks less would fetch the same percentile!! see the guys you and i know are the serious ones who would probably be in the 98.5 - 99 + bracket......in short those serious about CAT.....but there are lakhs of people who come unprepared and take the test because of the sheer hype.....frankly if u ask me in the worst possible case also i dont expect more than 3000-3500 people crossing 100...simple reason is since we are only interacting with the top bracket of puys....the results may seem daunting!!! ..... however if one thinks collectively this case probably will not hold true across all the guys taking cat....another thing...i`ve seen quite a few of these guys expecting good scores depending too much on english....now as you know english can have a huge variation....so anyone expecting >35 in english probably will not be too certain of their score ....See ultimately we`ll know the result only on 8th....but till then...whatever i`ve said is in compliance with last years trends...which even the institutes feel will not be very different....i'll give a few predictions by institutes....

Time
90 = 97.5-98 percentile
100 = 99.2 percentile

IMS
90 = 96.5 - 97.5 percentile
100 = 98.5 - 99 percentile

Arun sharma
90 = 99.2 percentile
100 = 99.6 percentile

I could give a lot more but i think u`ll probably see what i`m getting at....
Even seniors.profs at nitie are expecting that the calls this time would be at a maximum of 95 marks...and as u know nitite does not issue calls below 98%......anyways sorry if the post is too long just wanted to elaborate everything!!!

Wont say if i agree or not coz im not sure myself!....u cud be rite of course....i have one question was it the same last year? i mean lotsa people posting such high marks on pagal guy deflating peoples hopes and all :)....i hope sum old puys can answer that......but either way thanx man that was a real morale booster.
P.S. While IMS predictions are still kinda believable I think Arun Sharma's cutoffs are for Dalmiya college not the IIMS.. must be a misprint

In most of the mock cats i hav seen the poll represents abt 10 percent of the population taking the test.going by that also the 100 mark(245 as of now) shld yield 98.5-99percentile.

varunspidey Says

Kaash mere dostt!! but i doubt it seriously there are too many people who seem to have cracked it this time man.... in my coll itself in VJTI i.e. there are atleast 7-8 people above 120 and countless above 100.. ek coll ka aisa haal to puri india main kya hoga yaar... i think 99 percentile will be 115 yaar...ohk go ahead groan! but even im in a mess acc to my prediction .....and ive heard people from the NIT'S have phodaooed it big time! true?? nitians out there?

See the point here is that there will be about a lomited number of people u would know say about 30-50 who would have got scores that ure saying.....the thing is when u spread this across 2.5 lakh students u`ll get my point.....there will be at least 2500 99 percentilers this time......and i seriously doubt that competetion would have varied so significantly over one year that in a much tougher paper just 10 - 15 marks less would fetch the same percentile!! see the guys you and i know are the serious ones who would probably be in the 98.5 - 99 + bracket......in short those serious about CAT.....but there are lakhs of people who come unprepared and take the test because of the sheer hype.....frankly if u ask me in the worst possible case also i dont expect more than 3000-3500 people crossing 100...simple reason is since we are only interacting with the top bracket of puys....the results may seem daunting!!! ..... however if one thinks collectively this case probably will not hold true across all the guys taking cat....another thing...i`ve seen quite a few of these guys expecting good scores depending too much on english....now as you know english can have a huge variation....so anyone expecting >35 in english probably will not be too certain of their score ....See ultimately we`ll know the result only on 8th....but till then...whatever i`ve said is in compliance with last years trends...which even the institutes feel will not be very different....i'll give a few predictions by institutes....

Time
90 = 97.5-98 percentile
100 = 99.2 percentile

IMS
90 = 96.5 - 97.5 percentile
100 = 98.5 - 99 percentile

Arun sharma
90 = 99.2 percentile
100 = 99.6 percentile

I could give a lot more but i think u`ll probably see what i`m getting at....
Even seniors.profs at nitie are expecting that the calls this time would be at a maximum of 95 marks...and as u know nitite does not issue calls below 98%......anyways sorry if the post is too long just wanted to elaborate everything!!!

Hehe ya i agree with u there...by the looks of it i feel that in the Maths section one would score at least 25 marks lesser than last years paper....The DI was more or less same...just maybe little tougher..so may b one scored 5 marks less there....the english was more or less same....
So going by that logic and assuming same level of competetion a score of 100 this year would equate to 130 last year which would be very close to 99 percentile!!!! Even i personally feel 100 would be between 98.5 and 99.2!!! Lets see what finally happens!!! personally i`m expecting about 115 - 130!!!

Kaash mere dostt!! but i doubt it seriously there are too many people who seem to have cracked it this time man.... in my coll itself in VJTI i.e. there are atleast 7-8 people above 120 and countless above 100.. ek coll ka aisa haal to puri india main kya hoga yaar... i think 99 percentile will be 115 yaar...ohk go ahead groan! but even im in a mess acc to my prediction .....and ive heard people from the NIT'S have phodaooed it big time! true?? nitians out there?

either there are plenty of jobless ppl voting randomly with their 'scores' over 100, or im quite screwed.

ps: last year ,a person with a score of 80 got a 90 percentile.
hence, this year, a person with an 80 should ideally get 92+.

but by the looks of the poll, a person with a score of 135 would be lucky to get a 63 percentile!!

Hehe ya i agree with u there...by the looks of it i feel that in the Maths section one would score at least 25 marks lesser than last years paper....The DI was more or less same...just maybe little tougher..so may b one scored 5 marks less there....the english was more or less same....
So going by that logic and assuming same level of competetion a score of 100 this year would equate to 130 last year which would be very close to 99 percentile!!!! Even i personally feel 100 would be between 98.5 and 99.2!!! Lets see what finally happens!!! personally i`m expecting about 115 - 130!!!

either there are plenty of jobless ppl voting randomly with their 'scores' over 100, or im quite screwed.

ps: last year ,a person with a score of 80 got a 90 percentile.
hence, this year, a person with an 80 should ideally get 92+.

but by the looks of the poll, a person with a score of 135 would be lucky to get a 63 percentile!!

Exactly.
with these scores a student with 100 marks will go to70 percentile

:

I am of the opinion that the reason for few voters in this years poll(compared to last year etc) is primarily due to the poll being accessible only by a link on the CAT-07 'Overall Picture' thread.
Most people (especially people who dont frequent PG) login to PG after CAT, go to the main thread, and invariably poll if they see an option upfront on the page.

However, having said that, this would mean that the people who have polled this year are the ones who are consistent visitors on PG & would therefore mostly belong to the top bracket of the CAT competition. So relax guys, we are probably seeing a distorted picture of the whole spectrum(Distorted in our favour )

It does look distorted with a large percentage in the top brackets...

and the other reason may be that people who have better scores as according to the coaching insti keys are more likely to take part in the poll... and show off their marks...

I am of the opinion that the reason for few voters in this years poll(compared to last year etc) is primarily due to the poll being accessible only by a link on the CAT-07 'Overall Picture' thread.
Most people (especially people who dont frequent PG) login to PG after CAT, go to the main thread, and invariably poll if they see an option upfront on the page.

However, having said that, this would mean that the people who have polled this year are the ones who are consistent visitors on PG & would therefore mostly belong to the top bracket of the CAT competition. So relax guys, we are probably seeing a distorted picture of the whole spectrum(Distorted in our favour )

i'd like to add something more to what anir said.since everyone even the high scorers are having a considerable swing in their va marks according to the various coaching insti's keys,the normal tendency would be to vote for your highest score in the poll.for e.g. i have voted for my best score which is ims' score ,but in reality that might not be the case i.e when everybody gets their best possible marks.

Puys, here is 1 fact to soothe nerves. Last year, by this time number of votes were ~1250. This year, the number stands at 375. That points to this -

People who have scored well will always vote, it is only when people don't score well, they may not vote. So, the difference between the two figures mentioned above (1250 - 375) is chiefly because of people having low scores and not voting here. Just keep this in mind, and calculate the percentage of people above 120 after that.


Anirban

sorry...
just read the mods post

well people ,
dont worry . there is tendency of people who scores good they like to vote while others try to avoid this.
So, there is not much to worry.
Also , stay cheerful as what you did was good, even gr8. because there are always thousands of people who are behind you.

varunspidey Says

Heck what a scary poll.....look at the no of people above 120!! The paper might have been on the tougher side but looks like people have upped their levels too.....they have literally toyed with the CAT man lol My 115 seems so bleak:(

SCARY... VERY SCARY.

I was preety pleased wid my score until now....
How many ppl have killed the paper...
15% over 130 => i so didn't expect that

Heck what a scary poll.....look at the no of people above 120!! The paper might have been on the tougher side but looks like people have upped their levels too.....they have literally toyed with the CAT man lol My 115 seems so bleak:(

Hi Puys
My first impression from the survey is that it might not be a true reflection of the actual score distribution. As is clear that anybody having a feeling of 'doing wel' in the exam is likely to be excited abt posting & boasting abt his score. No doubt ppl from in the 130+ region are high & ppl in the lower ranges <80 is low. Although this is a higly unlikely scenario & will not give a true picture of how the composition of score are for the general population.

Although if such conclusions are not made, then as a stand alone measure it is a gud idea to collect info on how ppl are scoring.

PS: i have been working on MR data for some time & hence thought it valuable to share my 2 cents

Cheers!
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figuringout Says

I think we need a 130-140,140-150 and 150+ too. These will make a difference.

Don't think so.. I am sure anyone above 130 is assured of all six calls ( with even splits of course). We are catering to a larger student base here and are interested in recording all possible percentiles rather than have polls on the higher ranges and try separate the 99.9 percentilers from the 99.8 percentilers

PS: In case you did not know, the maximum no of poll options are 10

PPS: Do not post on this thread. Please follow the instructions in the first post. All the posts here will be deleted, including this one after some time

I think we need a 130-140,140-150 and 150+ too. These will make a difference.