CMAT 2019 is a pan-India common aptitude test for admission to MBA/PGDM courses in over a 1000 management institutes. CMAT is conducted in January every year in online mode. In 2019, CMAT is scheduled to be held on January 27 and the CMAT 2019 result will be declared in the first week of February 2019.
Soon after the declaration of CMAT 2019 results, the participating institutes will release their respective selection process and minimum cut off marks for shortlisting students.
There is no common admission process for CMAT hence the testing agency does not release minimum cut off marks for admissions.
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CMAT scores are accepted by over 1000 B-schools across India, including some of the popular management institutes listed below:
CMAT cut offs are arrived at keeping various factors in mind, like the difficulty level of the question paper of that particular year, average pass percentage of students, etc. Each participating institute will fix the minimum cut off marks for admission (2019-2021) taking into consideration the below factors:
- Total Number of candidates appearing in CMAT 2019
- Total number of seats available in the institute
- Total pass percentage of candidates in CMAT 2019
- Difficulty level of CMAT 2019 question paper
- Overall merit of the CMAT 2019 qualifying candidate
Below mentioned are the CMAT 2018 cut off marks of a few participating institutes. This list will give you an idea of marks to score in CMAT 2019 to be able to secure a seat in your preferred institutes:
CMAT 2018 cut offs:
| Institute |
Cut off marks |
| Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies |
99.92 percentile |
| Goa Institute of Management |
99.85 percentile |
| K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research |
99.2 percentile |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai |
99.06 percentile |
| Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi |
95 percentile |
| 85 percentlie |
|
| 82 percentile |
|
| 75 percentile |
|
| 75 percentile |
|
| 75 percentile |
CMAT 2019 is set to be held on January 28, 2019. Application process of CMAT 2019 is scheduled from October 22, 2018 to December 15, 2019.
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Yes, it is possible to get an MBA seat at CET Trivandrum with a valid CMAT score. The institute accepts CAT, CMAT, and KMAT scores for MBA admissions. Thus, students who did not appear for CMAT or did not score well can apply via KMAT or CAT scores. Students are selected for the programme after eval
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