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How do percentiles here translate to CAT percentiles? Any idea? Or scores even
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Hi Soham. I understand that you want to know the percentile you can expect if you are getting a certain percentile in the mock. I will try to explain how your percentile could be affected:
1. Performance: The most important factor is your performance. All speculations would fail if you perform well/worse on the CAT day. A person scoring percentile in the 80s could have a good day, and score 99+ percentile, and vice versa. Some are unable to perform under the pressure of a real exam. To counter this, try to simulate the CAT environment while giving mocks, so nerves don't get the best of you on the CAT day.
2. The number of test-takers: The number of test-takers increases significantly, as many candidates do not attempt mocks. A Rank of 70 among 10000 test-takers translates into 99.3+, and in 2.3 lakh candidates, it would fetch one a 99.9+ percentile.
3. Quality of test-takers: The aspirants who give mocks are serious aspirants. Scoring a decent percentile among them would mean that your percentile would be better when there are non-serious students who have given zero mocks.
This is a question that arises in almost every aspirant's mind. But the best way forward is to not speculate, but improve. It is not wise to form huge expectations from the paper if you are scoring well in mocks, nor is it wise to become dejected when you are not. Just try to give your all on the CAT day. All the best.
1. Performance: The most important factor is your performance. All speculations would fail if you perform well/worse on the CAT day. A person scoring percentile in the 80s could have a good day, and score 99+ percentile, and vice versa. Some are unable to perform under the pressure of a real exam. To counter this, try to simulate the CAT environment while giving mocks, so nerves don't get the best of you on the CAT day.
2. The number of test-takers: The number of test-takers increases significantly, as many candidates do not attempt mocks. A Rank of 70 among 10000 test-takers translates into 99.3+, and in 2.3 lakh candidates, it would fetch one a 99.9+ percentile.
3. Quality of test-takers: The aspirants who give mocks are serious aspirants. Scoring a decent percentile among them would mean that your percentile would be better when there are non-serious students who have given zero mocks.
This is a question that arises in almost every aspirant's mind. But the best way forward is to not speculate, but improve. It is not wise to form huge expectations from the paper if you are scoring well in mocks, nor is it wise to become dejected when you are not. Just try to give your all on the CAT day. All the best.
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I know how to calculate percentiles, that's not what I am asking. My bad on asking about how the score translates, it looks like a stupid question in hindsight. I am asking for more of a rule of thumb, how does percentiles here translate to Cat percentile range. Just to get an idea.
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Percentile is a relative term and it depends on the number of people who have appeared for the exam. As CAT is attempted by very large number of people so the score at which you get a percentile in CAT can be quite different from the percentile scored in mocks even if you get the same score .
https://youtu.be/iDSbyhoTEHw You can watch this video to get an idea about the scores vs percentiles in actual CAT.
