CAT

No, the registration has not begun yet. The registration for CAT 2025 are excepeted to begun from August and the results for the exam will be released in the month of December. So, you will have to wait till december to join the course through CAT exam. But, you can join the course through MAT CBT coexam as its applications are currently open.

Yes, candidates with valid scores in CAT can apply for an MBA course at GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management. However, candidates who have not appeared in the CAT can get admission to MBA courses with the scores in other accepted entrance examinations, such as MAT, CMAT, CUET PG, UPTAC, and other accepted entrance exams. Hence, candidates can apply for an MBA in GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management with CAT and other accepted entrance exam scores too. 

IIM Nagpur released the qualifying CAT cutoff percentiles for General, NC-OBC, SC, ST, EWS, and DAP categories. Candidates will be shortlisted in the first stage of the admission process based on the qualifying CAT percentile. For candidates belonging to the General AI quota, the minimum qualifying cutoff is 95, while the sectional cutoff is 75. For other categories, refer to the table below:

The IIM Lucknow CAT qualifying cutoff 2024 has been released for admission to PGP, PGP-ABM, and PGP-SM courses for different categories. For 2025 admission, the IIM Lucknow PGP-ABM qualifying CAT cutoff is 85 percentile (overall) for the students belonging to the general category in the AI quota. For EWS and NC-OBC categories, the minimum qualifying percentile is 77. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the sectional and overall cutoff percentiles for different categories. 

No, your CAT 2026 attempt will not be considerd a gap year because you will be in your final year when you take the exam in November 2026.

• The CAT exam is usually held in November every year.
• Since you graduate in November 2026, you will still be a student at the time of the exam.
• A gap year is counted after graduation, but in your case, you will graduate after the exam.

If you take CAT 2027 instead, then 2027 would be considered a gap year.

Yes, candidates will be considered for admission with 78.14 % in the CAT exam. However, candidates must make sure tofulfilll other qualification criteria as well.  Other admissionqualificationsninclude, academic record, work experience, and performance in the selection process. Further, MBA academic qualification includes BE/ BTech/ BPharm/ BArch/ MCA/ MSc or ant first-degree course from BITS Pilani with 60% aggregate, and Mathematics/ Statistics as a compulsory subject in Class 12 with 60% aggregate.

Yes, students can get admission at Centre for Liberal and Advanced Studies, SAGE University Bhopal  MBA without CAT. The institute accepts admisison based on entrance exams. The institute accepts other national exams such as MAT, XAT, CMAT, and others. Candidates can appear on any of the exams accepted the institute. It is manadatory for students to qualify the national entrance exams.