MBA Entrance Exam

It's absolutely fine if you believe and are confident enough about yourself and your self-study. You can easily get all the study material for CAT. Just be confirmed about the books and authors you would be using are the appropriate and the best once. However, I'll suggest you to join some good coaching classes if you don't think that you'll be able to crack CAT with good percentiles with your self-study. (Because cracking CAT is not enough, you gotta crack it with excellent percentiles to secure admission in a good B-school)

If you are high achiever in graduation, go for MBA from prime institutes like IIMs. There are now more institutes in different parts of the country, and the ministry of HRD has recently asked the prominent institutions to double the intake. For that, you need to crack CAT entrance examination. This is the best option for serious students. For the medium achievers, any good university with a set of trained faculty in management subject, and a good accreditation will be an ideal choice. For this, you need to qualify MAT or XAT exam.

Admissions in XLRI are done through XAT. You need to secure at least 95 percentile in XAT to be considered and called for an interview.
CAT is for admissions in IIMs and numerous other colleges across India. Some top colleges admitting via CAT are SP Jain, MDI Gurgaon, IMT Ghaziabad etc.

Dear Sanjeev Kumar,
To get into any of the IIMs, you need to score a minimum of 90 percentile in CAT. All the best.

Hello yaaswanth,
Agriculture engineers have little edge over other candidates.hence, anything above 90 percentile score should be sufficient to secure the seat till you reach for GD-PI process.

Dear Aayush Jain,
Both are good but I'd prefer MAT. It has got scope across India whereas CMAT is confined to few states. Therefore, I'd prefer MAT.
All the best.

Qualifying MAT is not big task. Believe in your basics and practice quant and reasoning. By studying newspapers you can answer both English and current affairs sections.You are just need to attend the exam with a fresh mind after abundant practice. That's all!

To get in top IIM's say A-B-C, you should score above 99 percentile. For XAT again you should have scored about 95 percentile. In IIM's academic background is also an essential factor. Good luck!