MAT

You are eligible to get admission at ISB&M.
Eligibility criteria is bachelor degree in any discipline. Candidates appearing for final year bachelor degree examinations can also apply provided they complete all degree requirements by September 30, 2017. All AICTE programme require a test score and 50% in graduation.
Visit us at www.isbm.ac.in for further admission process.

You should prefer the book which contains all the topics as prescribed in the MAT syllabus. Some books are:
1. Mission MBA guide by B.S. Sijwali and Tarun Goyal by Arihant
2. MAT entrance exam with practice CD by GKP
3. The Pearson MAT super course with CD by Pearson
4. Study package for MAT by Arun Sharma
5. 10 challengers MAT: 10 mock tests for MAT by Dharmendra Mittal
6. MAT score accelerator by Disha publications
7. MAT solved papers by Disha experts
8. 10 mock test papers for MAT by career launchers
9. Barron's guide for MAT by Eugene D.Jaffe
10. MAT Entrance guide by Deepak Aggarwal

For finance, IFMR Chennai is considered as one of the best colleges.
The cutoffs for IFMR are:
1. XAT-80
2. CMAT-91
3. CAT-80

It might be above 80 percentile. It depends on the difficulty level of each year. Yes, you can get admission in a B-school.

It might be above 80 percentile. It depends on the difficulty level of each year. Yes, you can get admission in a B-school.

Yes, you should apply now and you will get good college for PGDM.

Yes, MAT score is valid for 1 year.

You can apply to all courses at SIES with MAT score, the cutoffs are nearby 97 percentile so you have decent chances ahead. You need to focus on GDPI even if it is not good, because you cannot escape the process.

CAT exam enables you to fill the form of the college where CAT is mandatory. Some average colleges have MAT mandatory, otherwise, they will not allow you to fill the college form. These are mandatory only for MBA students. CAT is widely accepted all over India in all management colleges.

You can apply to XIME Bangalore and IPE Hyderabad. You should try for SIMS, Mumbai as it one of the greatest colleges.