MBA Entrance Exam

No, there are no more scholarships available in ITM.

Basu, certain average colleges offer you admission without CAT but then they don't talk of placements.
The best like IIMs, etc take admission with CAT only.
Certain private ones like LPU, AMU, BMLMU, etc offer admissions with CAT/XAT/MAT or their own tests. They even have good placements.
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You cannot get a good college with that low CMAT score in Mumbai/Gujarat, as the cutoff of all decent colleges is 95+ percentile. And the colleges you might will be either average or below average. Better reappear for CMAT(or any other exam) and score well rather than taking admission into an averag

3 years are more then enough for CAT preparations.

Apart from CAT, you can give other entrance exams like NMAT, SNAP, CMAT, CET, MAT which are of lower difficulty level as compared to CAT and XAT. And with thorough preparation of 4-6 months, even an average student can score well in these exams. Good luck!

Hello Deepak,
Yes, there are many other top colleges which you can aim without giving CAT. Some of them are as follows, with the respective exams mentioned alongside:-
1. XLRI, SP JaIn - XAT
2. NMIMS Mumbai - NMAT
3. SIBM, SCMHRD Pune - SNAP
4. JBIMS - MBA CET
5. IIFT(Kolkata and New Delhi campuses) - IIF

There is no rule which debar you from appearing in Civil Services Examination and CAT simultaneously. Both are highly competitive and their syllabus for not overlap. If you have the will and self motivation to prepare for both examinations simultaneously, you may go ahead with your plan.

CAT is an aptitude exam, and requires that you are able to apply your mind to solve the questions. It is not hard because of the exam itself (which I feel is way easier than all the Engineering and Medical Entrance examinations) rather it is because of the competition. Hence, you will need to put in

You need to go and check with the centers. Check the faculty.