With CAT percentile of 75 can I get admission in top private B-Schools like FMS, MDI, S.P. Jain, if not then suggest me some college?
Asked about Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi - Master of Business Administration (MBA)
My scores: 10th-83%, 12th-71% and BE-76%.
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It is difficult to get admission in S.P Jain, FMS, etc. However, you can try and apply for PGDM courses of Welingkar, SIMSR, etc where GD-PI performance is given more importance. You can also refer to the link below for the list of colleges.
Link: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/colleges-accepting-cat-scores-range-70-to-80-percentile-blogId-11956. -
It is quite difficult to get admission in any of these B-Schools with this percentile assuming you are a general engineer male. For details of the top B-Schools in India you can refer to the following link:
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/ranking/top-mba-colleges-in-india/2-2-0-0-0 -
You can't get admissions to above mentioned colleges, however you can target for B-Schools like Jaipuria Institute, ITM Navi Mumbai etc.
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You have good academics, FMS, MDI Gurgaon and S.P. Jain will be hard to crack but ofcourse you can try. Some other colleges like MDI Musridabadh, IMI Delhi, XIMB Bhubaneswar, Symbiosis will be good with 75 percentile in CAT. -
It seems difficult, but still, you should try for it. Hope for the best. Thanks -
Hello,
With 75 percentile in CAT you will not get call from any of these colleges but can apply for BIMTECH Noida, BITS-Pilani, NDIM-New Delhi and IFMR. -
Your percentile is very low and you are not eligible for leading B Schools like FMS, MDI, S.P. Jain
At this CAT percentile, you can try, IMT Hyderabad, IMT Nagpur, IFIM, BIMTECH, NIRMA and others. -
It is generally hard to get admissions in any of the colleges mentioned by you with 75 percentile. But, don't not get demotivated and keep reading to what I am about to write further. Generally, it is essential to score 80 or above percentile if you really want to get admission in a good college. Just a little hardwork and faith is all what is required for you to achieve that and much more. Now since my childhood friend's brother is pursuing Global MBA in SP Jain School of Global Management (different from SPJIMR), I was quite impressed by the curriculum that this college has to offer. However, there are 2 things that you need to keep...more
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Hi Saurabh,
First of all, FMS Delhi is not a private B-School. It's a faculty of University of Delhi.
With 75 percentile you can certainly not be able to get into FMS Delhi. -
Hi Saurabh,
It is very difficult to get an admission in a top B-School like MDI, Gurgaon with 75 percentile in General Category. However, there are a number of decent colleges, where you can apply and have a chance of getting admission.
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