Is CAT exam compulsory for MBA in all the colleges?

Asked about IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management - Master of Business Administration (MBA)

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    deepika kapoor | Contributor-Level 10

    9 years ago
    no it is not compulsory
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    Dr Swastik Sahu Medical & Engineering Consultant | Scholar-Level 17

    9 years ago
    No, CAT is not compulsory for MBA in all colleges. There are some institute specific management exams too.
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    Naman Jain | Contributor-Level 6

    9 years ago
    No it's not compulsory for all MBA colleges .
    to get best colleges in India for MBA u should prepare for CAT examination
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    harshit patil

    9 years ago
    There are many entrance exam for MBA in India , CAT is not compulsory, but it is mandatory exam if you want to join top colleges & IIM etc
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    laluprasad sahu

    9 years ago
    No.You have other options like MAT,CMAT and many more entrance exams.
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    Vinod Sharma

    9 years ago
    No. But if you acquire a good score would be handy for getting better Institute
  • Shiksha Ask & Answer

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    Saikiran Guttedar

    9 years ago
    no its not compulsory but it depends on the institutions and there are many exams like mat, xat and others u can get management quota seat but it costs expensive then the normal one hope this helps you
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    veerain kaul

    9 years ago
    not all institutes but lot of decent ones . other decent ones take there own exam as well like NMat , Snap, Xat etc. the ones in tier 3 take any score to get students
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    Syed Ziya Hashmi | Contributor-Level 7

    9 years ago
    No , there are many exams like CMAT , MAT ,XAT, SNAP , GMAT , state entrance examss.
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    Rakshith Bv | Contributor-Level 6

    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 increasingly every year immensly because of the CAT craze !
    The entrance exams other than CAT are :
    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 acc
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