I have decided to go for management after engineering but I am unable to decide between CAT and GMAT. Which one should I give?

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    Qamre Alam | Contributor-Level 9

    7 years ago
    I will prefer CAT at this time, its your choice. You should have to do hard work because management course is a professional course. So, you need to do hard work and make a good personality.
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    Smita G MCA, MBA, DISM, DCA, CPISM | Guide-Level 11

    7 years ago
    The group of Indian B-schools that have designed the CAT and accept it for admissions, also accept the GMAT. So the makers of the CAT treat the GMAT as an equally acceptable competitive option,. The CAT is only administered at select locations within India. The GMAT is also your only option at most international and US-accredited business schools inside of India or out. If you want to go abroad GMAT is the latest and better. If you are an Indian resident, and are applying to B-schools in-country, there still can be some advantage to taking both the GMAT and the CAT. Having scores on both exams may give you a wider choice of schools to
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