Is CAT compulsory for MBA admission?
Asked about Xavier School of Human Resource Management, Xavier University Bhubaneswar - MBA in Human Resource Management
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if u want to go iim. then cat mandatory.otherwise mat,xat,cmat also available. -
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 -
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 increasingly every year immensly because of the CAT craze !
XAT (Xavier Admission Test)
Xavier Business schools conduct XAT. XLRI, Jamshedpur, XIM Bhubaneshwar, XIME Bangalore, Loyola Chennai, GIM Goa, etc accept XAT scores.
Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET)
The IITs conduct JMET. Other than the IITs, IISc also accepts JMET scores for management course...more -
NO , you can prepare for other exams like MAT , CMAT , GMAT etc. -
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. -
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 -
No CAT are not compulsory. You can also give XAT CMAT GMAT NMAT ATMA MH-CET IIFT SNAP etc etc -
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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It is not compulsory but it will definitely give you admission in top B schools of india if you crack it. And I'll suggest you that you must give CAT. -
Hi
If you want admission in any of the IIMs then you need to appear for the CAT exam, else MAT, XAT, CMAT, etc are there for other colleges.
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