MBA Entrance Exam

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, the admission criteria designed by ICFAI University Mizoram for the MBA course does not require students to submit CAT scores. Thus, candidates interested in taking admission are not required to appear for the Common Admission Test. Students who wish to enrol into the course are just required to submit an application form. The form is available on the university's official website. Moreover, the selection is made based on students academic background and performance in the interview round.

No, securing a high CAT percentile is not enough for admission. One has to clear the selection process round too, like WAT and PI.

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