Top 20 PGDM Colleges in India: Courses, Fees, Admissions, Average Package

Ideally, one would say that 99 to100 percentile is good for MBA Admission. However, it is not possible for all candidates to score so high. So, what shall be considered a good score in CMAT. A good CMAT score is basically a score that will get you a seat in your desired college. So, if you desire a Tier 1 college, a good score in CMAT will be 85 percentile and above. If you desire a Tier 2 college, a good score in CMAT will be 70 to 85 percentile and for a Tier 3 college, less than 70 percentile in CMAT will be good. Now, if you want to understand CMAT. Score in terms of percentile, so that while giving the exam you know how much raw score is needed to get the required percentile for the desired college, you need to know how much CMAT score is equal to percentile. About 340 to 350 score is equal to 100 percentile in CMAT About 281to 340 score is equal to 90 to 99.99 percentile in CMAT About 201 to 280 score is equal to 81 to 89 percentile in CMAT About 171 to 200 score is equal to 71to 80 percentile in CMAT About 140 to 171 score is equal to 61 to 70 percentile in CMAT About 116 to 140 score is equal to 51 to 60 percentile in CMAT.

Having a good academic profile for IIM admission is very critical. The top 6 IIMs lay a lot of emphasis on Class 10 and Class 12 score for selection of candidates for WAT-PI round. The academic profile is evaluated again at the time of preparation of final merit list. It has been seen in the past that some candidates despite having 99+ percentile, were not selected for PI round due to low score in Class 12.

The academic profile is assessed for academic as well as gender diversity. Which means a candidate who studied Arts in Class 12 may be selected for PI with lower marks than a candidate who studied Science in Class 12.

Candidates aiming for IIMs must know that while the importance of academic profile is very important for top IIMs, it is moderately important for rest of the IIMs. For, other top MBA colleges, overall profile matters more than academic score. So, if you do not have superlative scores in Class 10 and 12, build a good profile with work experience and extra curricular activities to increase your chances of selection.

IIM waitlist means the number students who are kept waiting for the second shortlist. The institutes select a number of students for admission out of which some miss the first list due to a few points. Such students are kept in waitlist incase any candidate from the first list chooses to not appear for WAT-PI. Those who are kept in the waitlist are invited for WAT-PI if there are seats remaining to be filled after WAT-PI round of the first batch of the students. Also read: IIM Waitlist Movement - Meaning and Past Trends

The number of colleges accepting TANCET scores change from year to year based on the recognition of colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu. Based on the previous year's admission details, a total of 230 colleges offer admissions based on TANCET scores. These colleges offer MBA or MCA admission. Several colleges offer both MBA and MCA courses. These 230 colleges included 1) Government Engineering Colleges 2) Government Aided Engineering Colleges 3) University Departments 4) Self-Financing Engineering Colleges 5) Stand Alone Institutions.

Departments of the following Universities accept TANCET scores for MBA and MCA admission: 1) Anna University 2) Annamalia University 3) University of Madras 4) Bharathiar University 5) Bharathidasan University 6) University College of Engineering 7) Mother Teresa Women's University The list of universities above is based on previous years list of TANCET colleges. With the upcoming admission session, list of university may or may not change. Candidates can find the list of TANCET colleges at Shiksha's TANCET colleges web page (https://www.shiksha.com/mba/tancet-exam-colleges).

Yes, the CAT accepting MBA colleges conduct either GD/PI or WAT/PI. Since MBA is a professional course about business and team management, personality assessment round is essential to ensure that the aspirant has the flair for management which can be polished during the programme. Communication skills, problem solving ability, management and leadership are essential qualities for MBA thus, every B-School conducts GD/PI or WAT/PI.

CAT admission process for non-IIMs includes Written Ability Test (WAT) or Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). For admission the institutes also take into consideration candidate's academic record and work experience. Overall, the admission process of all CAT accepting colleges is same where selection is based on candidate's overall personality, communication ability and consistency in academics.

More than 50 colleges accept NMAT scores. Some NMAT colleges are:

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management
• Indian School of Business (ISB) (Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics (AMPBA)
• SPJIMR (For PGMPW and GMP) 
• SDA Bocconi Asia Center (formerly MISB Bocconi)
• XIM University
• T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), A Constituent Unit of MAHE, Manipal All MBA Programs, India
• ICFAI Business School
• SOIL Institute of Management
• FLAME University 
• Stoa School
• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
• ISBR Business School
• Athena School of Management, Mumbai
• School of Business, Woxsen University
• IFMR Graduate School of Business
• Thapar School of Management
• SRM University, Delhi NCR, Sonepat
• Shiv nadar Institute of Management Studies
• School of Petroleum Management, PDPU
• Jain University
• CMS Business School
• ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
• GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam
• BML Munjal University
• Bennett University
• Universal Business School
• Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore
• SRM University, Chennai 
• Chitkara university
• Alliance University
• Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University
• MIT World Peace University, Pune
• BSE Institute Limited
• Amity University
• Jindal Global Business School, Delhi/NCR
• VIT University
• University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
• IILM University
• Myra School of Business
• Mody University
• Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
• Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
• IIHMR University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
• IFIM College
• Jagdish Sheth School of Management
• ATLAS SkillTech University
• ISME School of Management and Entrepreneurship
• iMET Global
• Ansal University, Gurgaon
• Rishihood University