Is CAT necessary to pursue MBA?

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8 years ago
No CAT is not necesary to do MBA. There are many other exams which you can apply for and can do MBA. Some of them include- MAT, GMAT, IIFT and XAT. You can give any of these tests and do MBA. Although, seats are already filled up for this academic session. You can apply for next year.

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Ankit Kumar
7 years ago
No, CAT is not necessary to do MBA. There are many other exams, which you can apply for and can do MBA. Some of them include- MAT GMAT IIFT and XAT. You can give any of these tests and do MBA. Although, seats are already filled up for this academic session. You can apply for next year.

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Himanshu Madan
8 years ago
No, you can also go for MAT, CMAT, IIFT, SNAP and NMAT. All the best. You will get a good college if you clear any of the exams above. CAT is only important to get admission in IIMs.

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Taslim Arif
8 years ago
No, but better to give CAT examination, because MBA from any IIM is a miracle in itself. You can also do MBA from any other private colleges without CAT, but all good private colleges takes CAT performance. So, I will suggest you to give CAT examination. Best of luck. For MBA in abroad, you have to

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Satyam Jain
8 years ago
Hello, See if you want to get admission in a reputed college you will have to take CAT because CAT score is accepted by the majority of colleges. Other good colleges conduct their own entrance test like FMS and IIFT . The entrance exams other than CAT which you can take are:- 1. XAT (Xavier Admissi

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3 years ago
No CAT is not necessary to take admission for MBA. You can apply for admission without appearing in any entrance examination. MBA is a foremost career option that is pursued to be the best career option after the compilation of BBA. The majority of students seek to pursue MBA after BBA or other comm

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Vineet Kumar Rohilla
7 years ago
CAT is not compulsory to pursue MBA, but yes any other entrance exam is necessary, as per the college and University norms, you can't pursue MBA without giving any entrance exam, so check where you want to take admission and which exam you have to give. All the best.

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Syed Asif
7 years ago
Well, CAT is mandatory to take admission in all the IIMs and also some renowned B-schools prefer CAT score. But if you want to go for MBA from any other B-school apart from that then you can attend any other national/state level or university level entrance exam.

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Sanjana Sodhi
7 years ago
Yes, the eligibility criteria for seeking admission in a majority of B-Schools for MBA / PGDM is that candidate must be a graduate with minimum 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in any discipline from a University recognised by Association of Indian Universities / AICTE/ UGC, etc. Candidates appearing fi

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Abhishek Desai
7 years ago
Hello, Absolutely not. CAT is necessary only if you want to pursue MBA from an IIM or a top-ranked non-IIM. There are other exams as well which you can give to get admission into similar reputed B-schools like XAT, CMAT, SNAP, IIFT, NMAT, MAH-MBA CET, etc.

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