In order to increase your score in CAT, I would suggest asking your tutor for more than one method to solve the problem. Always make sure that you follow the method that you feel is easy for you to understand and solve the problem.
For CAT aspirants, it is important to overcome the jolt of initial failures. Bisharah Saeed’s shares his experience in analysing mistakes committed in the first attempt and choosing the right b-school for MBA.
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It is common for us to be in situations where we flunk exams or are unimpressed by the grades that we receive. This is not a very big deal although many students literally waste a lot of time thinking about what has already happened and cannot be undone. Instead, they should focus on analysing what went wrong and prepare for it the next time when they appear for CAT exam. If you were left unimpressed by your grades after the CAT exam, the following things might help you as it definitely did in my case:
- Do not feel disheartened and tensed. It is just an exam. If you are keen on clearing the CAT in the first go, make sure that you start preparing well in advance. In addition, there is the option of repeating next year.
- In case, you feel that you are not in a position to attempt CAT again, there are other entrance tests such as KMAT, CMAT, MAT, etc., which can help you get into top-tier MBA colleges. The only thing you have to do is check whether the college or course you are targeting accepts these entrance tests.
- Talking about colleges, it is something that you should be very careful about while choosing. The reviews about a college that you find on the website are one thing and the reviews that you hear about the college from the alumni are something else. I would suggest going with the latter as they would be able to give you a more clear and honest opinion. This exercise will also make it easier for you to decide which college would be the best fit for you.
- In order to understand what percentile ranges are accepted by various colleges, there is a list provided on the website of T.I.M.E where they have graded the colleges according to the quality and have assigned rating AAA+, AA+, etc. The corresponding percentile ranges are also available on the website.
In order to increase your score in CAT, I would suggest asking your tutor for more than one method to solve the problem. This can be also done online as well as through other ways as sometimes the method taught in class need not be the one that you might feel is efficient or easy for you. Always make sure that you follow the method that you feel is easy for you to understand and solve the problem.
About the Author:
Bisharah Saeed is a second-year 'Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)' student at Rajagiri Business School. He has a bachelor’s degree in Automobile Engineering. Bisharah has over 10 months of work experience at Amazon.
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Answered 4 days ago
Yes. IIMB does require the CAT exam, but the rest of the top B-schools in Bangalore also take in candidates through the state-level CET, ie, the Karnataka PGCET exam, or through MAT or CMAT.
Top B-schools in Bangalore without CAT | Cutoffs Required |
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Note: All info. is from official sites and can change.
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Answered 4 days ago
IIM Calcutta has only mentioned accepting GMAT score for admission into EMBA courses.
However, CAT is commonly accepted by other similar institutes for both MBA and MBAEx courses. Thus, candidates are advised to ask admission desk for confirmation on this question.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 5 days ago
It is not possible to determine a candidate's admission in IIM Calcutta MBA course through CAT score alone. In Stage 1, a score 85% in CAT will be enough for a general category candidate to be selected for PI+WAT admission stage.
Final admission cutoffs are based on many factors other than CAT score.
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Answered 5 days ago
No, IIM Calcutta cannot get into MBA courses without appearing CAT first. CAT is a mandatory entrance exam and it is conducted every year for admissions into all MBA courses offered by this institute.
However, candidates who are applying for MBAEx course will be required to appear in GMAT for admissi
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Answered 5 days ago
To get a seat at IFMR Chennai, students have to first appear for any one of the entrance exams accepted by the institute for the MBA/PGDM course admission. CAT, XAT, NMAT, CMAT, Andhra Pradesh ICET, IPAMT and SAT India are the entrance exams accepted by this institute for admission to the management
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Answered 5 days ago
No, you cannot use the CAT score for direct admission to the MBA/PGDM course at this university.
You would need to first appear for the CAT entrance exam, and then get shortlisted for the PI and or GD rounds to be considered for a seat. Since the CAT cutoff is not released publicly, the closest esti
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Answered 5 days ago
The Vishwakarma University CAT cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the MBA/PGDM course for the All India quota.
For the General AI category, the estimated Vishwakarma University MBA cutoff 2025 was 50. Students who gained this percentile are then eligible to enter the second round of admission
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Answered 6 days ago
The National Institute of Bank Management Cutoff 2026 for General AI category in CAT exam is 80.
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Answered 6 days ago
No, you cannot use the CAT exam result for direct admission to the MBA/PGDM course at AIMS Institutes, Bangalore.
The college accepts the CAT, XAT and MAT exam results for admission to the management programme. Students have to first attain the qualifying cutoff percentiles and then sit in the select
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Answered 6 days ago
Candidates applying for admission in MBA at IIM Raipur should have qualified the CAT exam. Check below the application fee of CAT:
- INR 2,300 for general category students
- INR 1,150 for SC/ST/PwD students
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