XAT 2020 score vs percentile analysis along with cutoff requirements, cutoff influencing factors and participating institutions allow aspirants to gauge their chances of getting admission into MBA schools.
XAT 2020 score vs percentile analysis will aid the aspirants of the XAT examination to have an idea of the probable percentile of their XAT scores. The XAT 2020 exam was conducted on 5 January 2020, and the results were announced on 16 January 2020.
XAT is the gateway to secure admission to XLRI Jamshedpur and other Xavier Associate Management Institutes. Around 160 business schools also offer admission through XAT to their MBA/PGDM programmes. The XAT score vs percentile 2020 details have been shared below for the candidate's reference for the upcoming examination.
XAT 2020 Score vs Percentile
The XAT score vs percentile 2020 is the analysis of the percentile of the candidates against their XAT scores. The following tabulation is the section-wise XAT exam 2020 score vs percentile analysis.
| Section | XAT score | XAT percentile |
| Verbal & Logical Ability | 9.5 | 85 |
| 10.5 | 90+ | |
| 13.5 | 95+ | |
| Decision-Making | 9.0 | 85 |
| 10.5 | 90 | |
| 11.5 | 95+ | |
| Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation | 10.5 | 85 |
| 12.5 | 90 | |
| 15 | 95+ |
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NOTE - The General Knowledge section is not considered for the estimation of XAT score vs percentile.
The overall XAT score vs percentile analysis is tabulated below.
| Overall XAT Score | XAT Percentile |
| 40.5 | 99+ |
| 35+ | 95+ |
| 32+ | 93+ |
| 30+ | 90+ |
| 28+ | 89+ |
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XAT 2020 Cutoff
The XAT 2020 cutoff is the minimum score or percentile required to get admission to the participating institutions. Only the candidates who score the sectional and overall minimum cutoff set or above will be eligible for admission to the participating institutions.
XAT 2020 Cutoff for Business Management (BM) program
| XAT Section | Cutoff for Male Candidates | Cutoff for Female Candidates |
| VALR | 74 | 72 |
| DM | 78 | 74 |
| QA | 85 | 75 |
| Overall | 95 | 93 |
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XAT 2020 Cutoff for Human Resource Management (HRM) program
| XAT Section | Cutoff for Male Engineer | Cutoff for Female Engineer | Cutoff for Male Non-Engineer | Cutoff for Female Non-Engineer |
| VALR | 79 | 74 | 78 | 73 |
| DM | 73 | 68 | 73 | 68 |
| QA | 75 | 70 | 70 | 65 |
| Overall | 93 | 91 | 90 | 88 |
XAT 2020 Cutoff for Participating Institutions
The candidates have to score the minimum cutoff and above set for the participating institution if they wish to get admission. The XAT 2020 cutoff for the top participating institutions was as follows.
| Participating Institution | Cutoff |
| BIMTECH Greater Noida | 75+ |
| IFMR Graduate School of Business | 79-80 |
| XIME Bangalore | 80+ |
| XIM Jabalpur | 80+ |
| BULMIM | 80+ |
| Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) | 80-85 |
| K J Somaiya Institute of ManagementStudies & Research | 84-85 |
| MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications,Ahmedabad) | 80-84 |
| IRMA (Institute of Rural Management, Anand) | 80-84 |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management | 80-84 |
| T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) | 80-84 |
| XISS Ranchi | 85+ |
| Graduate Institute of Management (GIM) | 85-88 |
| Institute of Management & Technology (IMT) | 90+ |
| Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) | 91+ |
| S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) | 90+ |
| XLRI Xavier School of Management | 95+ |
XAT 2020 Cutoff Influencing Factors
The cutoff of the participating institutions is determined by many varying factors such as the following.
- The total number of candidates who appeared for the exam
- Availability of seats
- Level of difficulty of the XAT exam
- Normalisation of XAT scores
- Average of the candidates’ performance
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