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How CAT 2017 saw a rise in non-engineers in the 100 percentile club

This year two women and three non-engineers made it to the top 20 candidates with 100 percentile

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Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
Efforts by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to create a level-playing field for non-engineer students to enter the country's premier business schools have finally started to pay off, with three non-engineers among the 20 candidates scoring a perfect 100 percentile in the CAT 2017.

Besides three non-engineer, two women were among those scoring a 100 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 — the entrance test of IIMs — results for which were declared on Monday.

While the total number of candidates bagging a perfect score remained the same as of last year, the change was in the presence

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