MBA Entrance Exam

You are advised to appear in XAT, SNAP, NMAT and / or IIFT to seek admission in top BSchools others then BSchools using CAT score for MBA admission.

Hello! Yes, provided you are really interested in getting admission into the main campus of IBS I.e. the Hyderabad one. The other campuses are not too great; you can skip them altogether if you wish.

CAT score is used by different BSchools for admission in MBA/PGDM. Every BSchools has its own rules and regulations for scholarship. There is nothing called CAT scholarship criteria.

As the 2017 MBA/MMS admissions were concerned, only the latest February and May MAT attempts scores were considered for DTE CAP rounds. However, the notification is out regarding 2018 CAP rounds that the scores of XAT,MAT and ATMA won't be considered and only CAT,CMAT and CET scores will be taken into account for admissions

You may refer to following link for list of top MBA BSchools accepting MAT score: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/ranking/top-mba-colleges-in-india-accepting-mat/2-2-0-0-306

Don't take it in a wrong sense, beggars are not choosers. Still, there are some colleges that offer MBA through distance learning i.e. Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, ISB-Hyderabad, NMIMS, IIM A, B and C, but they do not provide any placements, you have to serve your own plate.

SNAP registration commenced on August 10, 2017 Thursday and SNAP Test registration closes on November 24, 2017 Friday.
https://www.snaptest.org/importantdates.html

IIM conducting CAT does not publish data on state wise candidates and other information. Anyway, this information is also not relevant to any perspective candidate as the selection is based on merit.