Which is tougher to crack: CAT or MAT?

Hello, Undoubtedly, CAT is tougher to crack. The difficulty level of MAT is way easier than that of CAT. Common Admission test (CAT) is important prerequisite for admission into more than 100 management institutes across India .The of the most,if not the most important Examination for getting into quality & most prestigious B-schools of the nation. CAT is organized by IIM generally the older ones till now(There are 19 functional IIMs among which 6 are commonly categorized into the newer ones). Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardized test being administered to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Around 630 B-schools consider the MAT scores.MAT is commissioned four times in a year(feb,may,sep,dec) where as CAT is an annual Exam. When it comes to difficulty level of the exam the CAT is much higher in the difficulty scale,though primarily the syllabus remains same for both the exams,with an additional section of General knowledge in MAT. Good Luck !

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MAT is easy. If you are preparing for CAT then no need of separate work for MAT. The syllabus is almost the same. I was also a student who prepared for CAT immediately after my graduation. The important things which you should look into while preparing for this exam are as follows: 1. Select one of the best coaching centers which offer quality education- TIME is one of the famous coaching centers for CAT. 2. Dedication- Be focused on the aim which you need to achieve. 3. Try to read Hindu newspaper editorial. Most of the passages which appear in CAT are from Hindu editorial. 4. Try to maximum number of online mock test. You will definitely clear CAT by doing the above. 5. Try to read as much as you can and make note of points. 6. Revision of each week topics is very important. 7. Mathematical ability questions will be little twisted try to do as faster as you can.

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If you compare CAT with MAT, CAT is relatively more difficult than MAT. This mainly is because CAT was started by the premier B-School IIMs, hence the difficulty level is very high. Also, they are more focused on the speed and accuracy level of the candidates. Also, CAT exams are conducted only once a year and hence if you want to retry CAT, you would lose a year. However, MAT exams are conducted four times a year. Also, CAT exams have higher negative markings for the wrong answers compared to MAT exam. It is understood that any average student can easily score an 80% percentile in MAT without much preparation, however, for CAT you will need to be really hard working and dedicated to get a good score. It is really important to choose wisely which questions to answer, to avoid negative marking. Answer the questions where you are more confident first and then try the others to save time.

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There is no doubt that CAT is much tougher exam compared MAT. Only thing is that MAT have more number of questions and time is limited but the level or quality of questions asked in MAT exam are very easy and stands nowhere near to questions asked in CAT exam. And the CAT exam score are accepted by the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and other top ranked B Schools like: SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Management Development Institute (MDI) National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Department of Management Studies (DMS), IIT Delhi Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), IIT Kharagpur MAT exam score are accepted by most of the B School which are nowhere near to above mentioned B schools. Here are few B school accepting MAT exam score: ABES Engineering College Accman Institute of Management Accurate Institute of Advanced Management Accurate Institute of Management & Technology AIMA-Centre for Management Education (PGDM) I hope this helps you!

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CAT is easily tougher to crack as compared to MAT and there are several reasons for the same:- 1. Competition: Being conducted by the IIMs, CAT has cut-throat competition every year as majority of the top-ranked IIMs and non-IIMs (FMS, SP Jain, MDI, etc.) consider its scores for their respective admission processes. Around 2 lakh candidates of various backgrounds appear for CAT every year. Whereas the number of top-ranked B-schools accepting scores of MAT is very less thus the competition isn't that stiff. 2. Level of Difficulty (LOD): The LOD of CAT makes it one of the two toughest MBA entrance exams (along with XAT) in India whereas the LOD of MAT is quite easy. MAT can be cleared by strengthening just the basic concepts, formulas, etc. whereas CAT is more about the implementation of those basic concepts in solving complex problems. Also there is negative marking, thus signifying the emphasis on accuracy while solving the questions. 3. Cutoffs: The cutoffs of all prominent B-schools, in terms of percentage, are quite less (one needs to solve about 65-70% of the total 100 questions to reach 99 percentile and above). Bottom line: CAT is way tougher than MAT. One can easily clear MAT with a great score if preparing diligently for CAT.

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Common Aptitude Test (CAT) and Management Aptitude Test (MAT) are only two national exams for management that are accepted by most of the B-Schools. Common Aptitude Test (CAT) is conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) whereas Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). Common Aptitude Test (CAT) is conducted only once a year basically in the fourth quarter of the year and Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is conducted four times a year, once in every quarter. The syllabus and preparation basically is same for both the exams. The main three sections of both the exams are Verbal and reading comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) and the last Quantitative Ability (QA). The score for Common Aptitude Test (CAT) comes in percentile while for Management Aptitude Test (MAT) comes in percentage. There are negative marking for both the exams. The cutoff percentage for Common Aptitude Test (CAT) is decided by IIMs every year while for other B-Schools it differs. So to conclude I would suggest you to give more emphasis on Common Aptitude Test (CAT) as the questions are more standard than Management Aptitude Test (MAT).

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