Is CAT compulsory for MBA admission?

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kunal das
9 years ago
if u want to go iim... then cat mandatory...otherwise mat,xat,cmat also available.

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Rakshith Bv
9 years ago
There are many entrance exams for MBA in India. Only CAT exam is not necessary but it's mandatory exam if you want to join in top colleges and IIM's !!! And it's one of the toughest exams in India. Every year many aspirants will strive to get a better CAT rank. And the no.of aspirants in increasing

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Shaurya Singh
9 years ago
No it is not compulsory. Although it is advisable to give CAT as most of the b schools accept it. U can give other management exams like XAT,NMAT,CMAT,MAT,IBSAT,ATMA

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Dr  Swastik Sahu
9 years ago
Most of the reputed colleges in India accept CAT score only for admission into MBA program. Because CAT is considered as the best exam. However some colleges accept MAT and GMAT too.

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Syed Ziya Hashmi
9 years ago
NO , you can prepare for other exams like MAT , CMAT , GMAT etc...

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Rahul Ghosh
9 years ago
No CAT are not compulsory.. You can also give XAT CMAT GMAT NMAT ATMA MH-CET IIFT SNAP etc etc

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arjun khurana
9 years ago
no there are several other entrance exms like mat cmat xat or private exms like ibsat , nmat , snap etc all exms have varying difficulty levels

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P
9 years ago
XIMB-XUB takes in scores of CAT, XAT and X-GMAT(conducted by XIMB-XUB in Bhubaneswar) for its MBA programs.

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Abhishek Desai
7 years ago
Absolutely not! Giving the CAT is a must, only if you are aiming all the IIMs. Else, you can appear for the other exams too like NMAT, CMAT SNAP CET, etc. as per your dream college(s): https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/20-mba-entrance-exams-you-can-take-this-year-blogId-11473 kindly visit this

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9 years ago
most of the top colleges asks for CAT score but you can also opt for MAT or GMAT

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