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Hello folks! Good afternoon. The CAT 2020 Response Sheets<\/strong> are officially out. These are tricky times for sure. We thought the CAT 2020 Scores<\/strong> would make us less anxious but the opposite has ended up happening to quite a few of us. Naturally, questions about respective percentiles for respective CAT 2020 Scores, sectional cutoffs and the like, start to arise. These are just a few first thoughts about the CAT 2020 Scores and what comes next after them. Read on<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

CAT 2020 Scores – First Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My gut feeling is that all the scores are a little lower than what most CAT Aspirants expected 10 days ago. Among all the percentile predictions you have seen based on the CAT day, the most conservative ones will most likely turn out to be closer to the truth: The ubiquitously unexpected lower marks translate to higher percentiles as in…the scores we expected for 90, 99 percentiles will turn to be lower than we expected. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plenty have done well, but quite a few of them are quite surprised by the number of errors they have seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For DILR<\/strong>, my intuition is that for crossing the 80th percentile<\/strong>, if you\u2019re upwards of 7-8 marks<\/em>, you should have a decent shot in all the slots but if it is downwards of 5-6 marks<\/em>, then it will be dicey<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise for Quant<\/strong>, I think 12-15<\/em> marks should allow you to cross the sectional cutoff<\/strong>, but with 9-10<\/em> marks…we begin to enter dicey territories<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VARC<\/strong> has erratic error rates<\/em>. Accuracy<\/strong> has played a crucial role, so 18-20<\/em> marks should enable you to cross the sectional cutoff<\/strong> while anything downwards of 16<\/em> should be within dicey territories<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the first takeaway is that sectional cutoffs will be lower than expected<\/em><\/strong>. The other takeaway is that overall, these lower than expected scores could mean higher percentiles due to the ubiquity of the scores among all CAT Aspirants, across all 3 Slots<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as percentile predictors are concerned, you should definitely check out this article about CAT 2020 Percentile Predictors and the Ethical Dilemmas<\/a><\/strong><\/em> they elicit. 2IIM has decided not to put out a percentile predictor, the reasons for which are lucidly expressed in the aforementioned article. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have come up with a Score Calculator<\/strong> to help you arrive at your CAT 2020 Scores faster, so do check it out here! : https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/CAT-score-calculator.shtml<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tentatively, a score of 65-70<\/em> should be in the ballpark for the 90th percentile<\/strong>, with 80-85<\/em> allowing you to reach the 95th percentile<\/strong>. These are my gut feelings<\/em>, so definitely take them with a pinch of salt.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On what the CAT 2020 Scores can do, please keep in mind that what you\u2019re capable of doing and who you are is NOT determined by your score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wonderful live session<\/strong> we held a few hours ago answers a bunch of questions that students asked me after the release of the CAT 2020 Scores<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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