By: Abdullah Salman
To be very frank, you’re going to commit an error. The harsh reality strikes once we get ourselves stuck into the facts, only 5–10% dropouts can make it through.
You now must be knowing the reason for drop failure. Life is simple but not easy. You may start getting depressed after a few months and make things even worse.
The decision has got to be always yours, rest all are advised which get lost within the depth of the ocean. Do not drop, instead join a private B-school and pursue your favourite course. Give your best shot here. Work, enjoy and sleep. The curriculum is more than 40 years old. You’re simply asked to stay to a prescribed curriculum and follow it religiously, cram everything (including coding) just before the exam and top the exam like CAT/MAT/XAT with flying colours. Even in IITs/IIMs, notes are distributed a few weeks before the exam and students cram those notes and pass the exams.
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The only advantage of stepping into a private college is that the syllabus here is too easy. A little bit of self-effort just before the exam and you’ll top the exam with flying colours. Just like not every IITian/IIM student bags a 10 Million+ package, the same way not every local B-school college student remains at rock bottom. In India, the definition of engineering is IIT, AIIMS for medical and IIMs for Management. So join a private college, don’t hear what the world is going to say or think about you.
However, if you have got the potential and courage to give another shot, then do it. Just in case you fail again the following year, you won’t be having this question again in your mind ’What if I had dropped another year?’. Life is the too-short to look back and is too long if you begin cursing it. Never lose hope. Opportunities come to several but destiny involves few because you’re the bridge between the two and if you lose hope, you’re going to break the bridge’s only rope.
Always remember there’s no wrong or right decision. You make a choice and make it right.
About the Author:
Abdullah Salman M. is currently pursuing an MBA in General Management from TSM, Madurai. He has 15 months of work experience as a Network Engineer. He hails from Vellore, Tamil Nadu and has previously completed BE (ECE), from Anna University, Chennai.
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Answered 3 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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Answered 4 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 4 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 5 days ago
The National Institute of Bank Management Cutoff 2026 for General AI category in CAT exam is 80.
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Answered 5 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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