NMAT

This scores are considered low.But you can still get an admission.Try applying for private colleges like ICFAI Business school, Alliance University, Narsee monkee institute of management studies, shiv nadar University ITM Business school.colleges given above accept Students based on NMAT scores.

Yes, but why are you not trying to take a break and prepare once more. With 66 percentile in CAT and 181 in NMAT, you can apply to Tier 2 and Tier 3 MBA colleges. Check individual college cutoffs on their official websites. The process includes filling application forms, appearing for GD/PI/WAT rounds, and final selection based on overall performance, including academic background and work experience.

NMAT scores are accepted for admission at more than 50 b-schools. There is no common admission policy for all NMAT participating colleges. All participating colleges for NMAT will set its own eligibility conditions, cutoff scores, academic requirements, work experience preference, and selection process.

Some of the NMAT participating colleges may have selection rounds, such as Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD), or Personal Interview (PI). Some b-schools may have more weightage for NMAT scores, while some might have more weightage for the internal selection rounds.

No. IIM admissions are based on the CAT exam scores. More than 50 colleges accept NMAT scores for MBA/PGDM admissions, IIMs are not among the NMAT participating institutes. Admission to IIMs is not possible using NMAT scores. Top b-schools such as SVKMs NMIMS, XIM Bhubaneswar, KJ Somaiya, TAPMI, among others accept NMAT scores for admission. Candidates aiming for admission to IIMs must appear for CAT exam and meet the admission criteria, such as WAT, PI, etc.

NMAT scaled scores are based on the raw exam score after adjusrting for the difficulty level of the exam version. The scaled score helps ensure fairness across different test slots. Whereas, the NMAT percentile score was calculated earlier to evaluate candidates on a relative scale. Lately, GMAC dropped releasing the NMAT percentile score. NMAT scorecard hosts the NMAT scaled score for all three sections as well as the overall scaled score of the candidate.

NMAT scorecard issued inside the login dashboard indicates the adjusted raw marks of a candidate after considering the difference in the difficulty level for all candidates. Scaliong of NMAT scores ensures fairness while evaluating candidates getting different question while appearing for the NMAT exam. 

Before the scaling of scores, GMAC evaluates each candidate's performance based on the actual number of correct answers and incorrect responses by the candidates. NMAT reports the scaled score to candidates and institutions.

GMAC does not provide any hard copy for NMAT scorecard on the exam day. However, test takers receive an unofficial digital score immediately at the test centre once they submit the exam responses. Candidates get the official score report for MMAT within 48 hours of the exam delivery. Candidates can download the NMAT official scorecard from the official website. Several participating b-schools may also require a hard copy of NMAT scorecvard at the time of selection rounds. Therefore, candidates must download and print the official scorecard if a hard copy is required by an institution.

NMIMS cutoff 2025 was released for enrollment to the management programmes based on the NMAT entrance exam. In 2024, the cutoff was a 248 score for the General AI category. Hence, according to this score, candidates who attained at least the previously mentioned score become eligible for 2nd round of admission, which involves WAT (Written Ability Test) and PI (Personal Interview). 

For more details, students can go to the official Shiksha's cutoff page for NMIMS by clicking here. 

The NMIMS 2024 cutoff for the NMAT was a score of 248 for admission to the MBA/PGDM course. Hence, going by this score, we can say that the NMIMS cutoff 2026 might be somewhere around this score. 

Although it is an estimated guess and the NMAT cutoff is subject to many factors, like difficulty level of the exam, previous year trend, seats available, etc. 

Note - The cutoff score is an estimate and not official.