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Yes, it is normal. Many people in the past have taken a drop of 6 to 10 months for CAT Preparation and have made it successfully to top IIMs. So, you are not the first one to do so. Just stay focused during the gap period, prepare well and score high. If there is a gap of one or two year between your graduation and CAT but I will suggest you that please utilize this gap, try to do something else as well with the preparations of CAT exams. It should not be a problem as long as you can justify the gap.

Yes, you can get admissions in non-core branches if you try in csab round of counselling. Moreover, it depends on your state of eligibility.

Hi, I would suggest you to go through this link and fill out the required details
College predictor in Shiksha to predict if you can get admission in your targeted engineering colleges. https://www.shiksha.com/college-predictor. Hope this helps. !

List of colleges in Telangana:
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad. Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. JNTUH College of Engineering (JNTUH CE), Hyderabad. ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad.