CAT 2017: 25 from Ahmedabad score more than 99 percentile

Twenty-five students from the city scored 99 and above percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) held in November 2017. Like last year, 20 candidates scored an overall 100 percentile, but the profile of these candidates were different this year as compared to CAT 2016.

CAT was conducted in two shifts on November 26, 2017. A total of 1,99,632 candidates had appeared for the exam across 140 cities: the largest number in last three years.

Of the 20 who scored a perfect score, one belongs to Surat. While 20-year-old Meet Agarwal from Surat has scored 100 percentile, 22-year-old Aditi Kaviya from Ahmedabad has topped in the city, with 99.88 percentile.

"While in CAT 2016, all the top 20 candidates were men and engineers, this year the top 20 list comprise two women candidates and three non-engineers," said IIM Lucknow, the coordinating IIM for CAT 2017, in an e-mail.

"There were some students who, despite having a great score, did not get a call from the IIM-A. IIMA considers class 10, 12 and graduation results as well along with CAT score which is why many despite scoring 99.5 and above have not got a call from IIMA", said Hitesh Devalia, director, Endeavour Careers.

ONE OF THE NATIONAL TOPPERS FROM GUJARAT

• 25 from the city score 99 percentile and above
   
• Of the 25, 22 are from Endeavour Coaching, 3 are engineers
   
• Aditi Kaviya of Nirma University scores 99.88 and tops city
   
• Two brothers score 99.8 percentile and above