CAT

No, GAT and CAT are not compulsory for admission to the UG Diploma at ISAS Pune. CAT and GAT are basically for design courses. These entrance exams are widely accepted by NIFT for both UG and PG courses. ISAS International Beauty School grants admission to UG Diploma courses without the scores in entrance exams.

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research has not released the official cutoff. Based on previous year trends, CAT cutoff for 2024 stood somewhere around 85 percentile for the General (All India) category students.

Below mentioned is the CAT percentile for various SPJIMR courses.

·         Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM): 85 percentile

·         Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM): 85 percentile

·         PGDM in Business Management: 85 percentile

No, securing a high CAT percentile is not enough for getting the final admission offer. One has to fulfil other selection criteria such as performance in WAT, GD, PI and overall academic and professional profile.

Apart from the CAT scores, B-schools consider candidates' written and spoken communication skills through Written Ability Test or Essay Writing, Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds. The B-schools also consider candidates' overall profile such as past academic records, work experience and extracurricular activities or abilities. Candidates Class 12 scores and overall academic profile plays a decisive role in selection as institutes look for consistency in excellence.

The B-School with CAT cutoff of 85 percentile that has the highest fee is MICA Ahmedabad. The course fee of MICA's PGDM in Communication is INR 21 lakh. The fee is to be paid in instalment. MICA offers scholarships to meritorious students. MICA Scholarships are awarded annually on the basis of student's overall academic performance and family income. The scholarships are awarded for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Communications) - PGDM (C) and Post Graduate Diploma in Management - PGDM and the 1-year Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Crafting Creative Communications (CCC).

The MBA institute with an 85 percentile CAT cutoff that has the lowest fee is Delhi School of Economics. The fee is INR 30,000 for two years. The course fee is low in this institute because it is a government aided institution. DSE is a highly reputed for Economics and MBA programmes and provides excellent placement opportunities to its students.

The top private B-schools with CAT cutoff of 85 percentile are listed below:

• Goa Institute of Management
• LIBA Chennai
• Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai
• TAPMI Manipal
• KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Mumbai
• BITS Pilani Department of Management Studies
• IMI Delhi 

There are a very few IIMs which have CAT cutoff of 85 percentile. These are IIM Nagpur, IIM Amritsar and IIM Bodh Gaya. Since these IIMs have been launched in the last decade, the cut offs are low for admission to MBA/PGP courses. Reserved category students can apply with 85 percentile in most of the IIMs as the cut off for them is much lower in comparison to General category candidates.