CAT

Hi,
No, clearing the minimum criteria doesn't guarantee a call. It depends on one's overall profile, 10th, 12th marks, work experience, etc.

Hi, If you are targeting top 20-30, then you must write CAT. Alternatively, you may focus on IIFT SNAP (for Symbiosis), NMAT. NMAT- NMIMS
MHT- CET- for MBA colleges in Maharashtra
SNAP- Symbiosis college
XAT- for XLRI
IIFT - for IIFT D AND IIFT Kolkata
CMAT- Many colleges accept CMAT Score.

Hello,
You are having good score in your education. IIMs consider 5 to 10% weightage from your previous education score so you need to prepare well for CAT exam to get IIM. According to last cut-off, you need to score above 90.

Some coaching institutes are:
IMS India
Cl Educate
Triumphant Institute of Management Education.

Hello! Some of the top-ranked colleges in India which do not accept CAT scores are (with the exams mentioned alongside):
1. XLRI XAT.
2. SP Jain XAT.
3. JBIMS - CET, CMAT.
4. IIFT.
5. TISS TISSNET.
6. NMIMS - NMAT.
7. SIBM SNAP.
8. ISB GMAT. https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/20-mba-entrance-exams-you-can-take-this-year-blogId-11473 Kindly visit the link to know more about these exams.

CAT common Admission test. It is most accepted score to get admission in MBA and PGDM. It is administered by IIMS. CMAT-common management admission test is online test conducted by AICTE. Here students are all eligible for all management programme approved by AICTE. NMAT-NMAT by GMAC is the MBA entrance exam conducted by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The exam will select the candidates for admission to NMIMS University and 23 other B-schools across India. The computer-based test is conducted in a 75-day long window from October to December.

Hello! Getting direct admission into any IIM (or any reputed B-school for that matter), for its full-time MBA programme is impossible. For an IIM, one needs to appear for the CAT, clear the necessary cutoffs, and perform well in the interview rounds (if shortlisted).

Hello,It is extremely tough as no reputed college/university admits candidates without making him/her undergo the GD-PI rounds. Along with these rounds, the interviewers assess the candidates on their overall profile and decide whether they are a right fit for their college or not. Nevertheless, cracking these interview rounds isn't rocket Science and anyone with suitable preparation can ace them.

CAT percentile varies between 95-100 for general category depending on the overall profile.

The approximate cut off for MMS is 96 percentile for both the years.
However, the cut offs vary during the Cap rounds.
And for CAT, it is around 94 percentile.