ATMA Cut-off

Candidates appearing for the ATMA exam for admission to MBA programme, must have a good percentile to clear the cutoff of their preferred colleges. The validity of ATMA score is one year and students will be offered admission to colleges accepting ATMA scores through their ATMA result. Each institute releases their individual cutoffs. To gain admission, candidates need to match the cutoff criteria of their preferred institute. The ATMA exam has 180 questions and the total marks are 180. But, the raw scores are then scaled and the final marks are awarded out of 800. Knowing what is a good score in ATMA exam is subjective, however, the current trends suggest that the following will be considered a good score:
Very good score- More than 700
Good score- 650-700
Average score- 620- 650
Low score- Below 550
Based on the scores obtained in the ATMA exam, the percentile of the candidates will be calculated.

ATMA scores are accepted by over 750 management colleges in the country. The admission process includes ATMA exam, Group Discussion and Personal Interview . After the ATMA results are announced, individual institutes release their ATMA cut-offs. Students can check on the official websites of the institutes to know if they match the cutoff required for admissions. If the candidate matches the cutoff criteria, they will be called for further selection procedure which includes Group Discussion, Written Ability Test and/or Personal Interview . Listed below are some of the top colleges which accept ATMA scores:
1. Christ University
2. Prin. L. N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
3. Department of Management Science, University of Pune
4. ITM Business School
5. Jagan Institute of Management Studies
6. KIIT School of Management
7. VIT Business School
8. MIT College of Management
9. International Institute of Management Studies, Pune
10. JK Business School.