A total of 14 students – all of them men, with 11 being from engineering backgrounds – scored 100 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2023, the results of which were declared on Thursday. There were no female candidates who achieved the 100 percentile, and only one of them reached the 99.99 percentile.
CAT Results Declared By IIM Lucknow
The aftereffects of the test, directed by the Indian Institute Of Management (Lucknow) for entrance into the executives courses across IIMs and 91 other business colleges, likewise saw 29 up-and-comers getting 99.99 percentile (the second most elevated score) and 28 understudies scoring 99.98 percentile.
While no female candidates scored 100 percentile, only one made it to the list of 99.99 percentile scorers.
Engineering Students Dominate Results
Men with engineering backgrounds, however, remained the dominant group among top scorers, as they have been in recent years. Among the 72 candidates who took the top three spots (by percentile), 53 were from engineering backgrounds, and 19 were from non-engineering backgrounds, according to the statement issued by Sanjeet Singh, CAT convener, 2023.
About CAT Exam 2024
- Among the 29 competitors got 99.99 percentile, nine are from Maharashtra, seven from Delhi, four from Karnataka, two each from UP, Telangana, Haryana, and one each from Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
- IIMs will now release their shortlists for subsequent admission processes based on, among other things, the CAT 2023 scores.
- Of the 14 students who scored 100 percentile, four are from Maharashtra, two from Telangana and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
This year, around 288,000 candidates appeared for the exam conducted on November 26. Out of the 328,000 registered eligible candidates, 67.65% registered under the general category, 16.70% under OBC, 8.60% SC, 2.33% ST, 4.72% EWS, and 0.43% PWD, according to the statement.