My son wants to join MBA in finance and banking. Is it a good choice? What minimum percentile is required in CAT to get admission?

Presently, he is studying BBA (final year) & CAT coaching simultaneously.

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Mohit Badhwar
7 years ago
The minimum requirement for a good MBA college is 70 percentile in CAT. Over it is always a better option. Those colleges will provide you 2-year PGDM course. In those 2 years, you can decide your area of specialisation. If he is very fond of banking and finance then SSBF (Pune) is the best option f

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7 years ago
Hi, Of course it is a great option. He can work with RBI, SEBI, NABARD and other PSU. Private Banks also look out for well-qualified professionals and pay them lucrative salaries. Fir details about CAT percentile, you can click here https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/minimum-cat-2015-percentile-re

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7 years ago
A good percentile would be close to 70 for admission to a good institute, but then candidate profile matters after the initial screening as the weightage to CAT percentile is not more that 12percentile by most of the B-Schools. Finance and Banking is a good choice but if he has a technical bend of m

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Syed Asif
7 years ago
60 percentile in CAT is the minimum requirement, but you must prepare him for 90+ percentile to get in to top colleges across your state. Good luck.

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Ragesh C.R
7 years ago
The minimum percentile to be offered is 60 percent.

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