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GMAT is for doing MBA in foreign countries and CAT is doing MBA in India .

In GMAT the verbal section is difficult and Quant section is easy GMAT is of 350 marks and CAT is of 300 marks In CAT Quant is Difficult but verbal is difficult . 

You can appear for GMAT anytime in a year but CAT has a fixed date and is nearly in last week of November.

hello yashi tripathi,

A valid photo ID is a must to sit in gmat exam , an id that should contain your photograph , signature, with your registered date of birath and name. Passports are mandatory when you write your exam outside of your country of citizenship. If you are indian writing in USA its necessary that you take your passport to your exam venue for verification purposes.

best of luck.

Hello Ateeq. Yes, you can give cat and gmat exams, in order to get into top B-schools. You have a higher chance of getting into top B-schools, since the top B-schools prefer the students from more diverse background. Generally all the b-school throughout the globe prefer students from different background, because the major chunk of applicants are from engineering and management background, which leaves their program a 'bit dimensionless'. So, these b-schools require applicants from almost every academic background.Hence applicants from BAMS background can give CAT or GMAT and get into top B-schools of the globe quite easily.

Hey,

GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) is the owner of GMAT exam and  directs the GMAT fee waiver.  You need to fill the GMAT fee waiver form. The applicant might request and get the approval for upto 10 waivers within a period of 12 months. These vouchers waive the GMAT exam fee for the applicant. However, GMAC does not provide fee waivers directly to students, the school act as an mediator to district fee waivers and hence you need to work directly with the school. GMAC provides the fee waivers code to the applicant via a secured email. These fee waivers are usually offered to economically disadvantaged students, but however, it's upto each individual school to decide who gets a fee waiver.

The schools offer fee waivers firstly, to their currently enrolled students or alumni. Secondly, they offer to the applicants to their various business programmes. If you have any further related query, do visit the pathfinder below;

 https://www.gmac.com/frequently-asked-questions/fee-waivers

I don't want to discourage you, but it seems like you are thinking of getting into business school to get over your studies once and for all, and let me tell you this is not a good idea. Average work experience of 3 to 5 years is the requirement of the top international programmes. 

Nevertheless, you can get yourself enrolled into a Master of Science in Management programme, many top schools such as HEC Paris & University of St. Gallan ( as Master of Arts in Strategic and International Management ) offer these degrees for students with business undergraduate background, which are similar to MBA but do not really require any Job Experience.

As these programmes are pre-experience, more stronger in conceptual study than (1 year) MBA offered by same school.

I hope I've resolved your query, in case of any further doubt, feel free to revert back.

All the very best, have a bright future ahead!!

Hello Vinash,

First of all, are you asking about 2018 CAT? If yes, maximum of the colleges have closed their registration forms and you won't be to apply for most of them. Still, if you are interested to know about it, use the Pathfinder at Careers 360 website. Follow the link: https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat 

Now coming to the reality part, you won't be getting any "good" college with your percentile. There are some good B-schools in India that are well known for their finance domain. And they do not accept any marks less than 95 percentile. So, even if you are getting a college that would be below average for sure.

Let's come to the GMAT part. You need to score above 710 to get very good colleges. Irrespective of whichever country you want to study, you need to appear for GMAT. Having said that, you can also score above 630 and you would find good colleges. You need to apply to these institutes after getting your GMAT score. You will have the option of choosing up to 5 colleges immediately after you finish your exam and your scores will be sent to them. You need not pay for it because that would be covered in your GMAT registration fees. Apart from that, you have to apply to other colleges for which you need to pay.

Needless to say, it will be a costly affair. If you are ready to invest in it, please go forward. If not, kindly prepare for CAT 2019 and along with that do appear for XAT, IIFT, TISSNET, SNAP, NMAT, CMAT and MAHCET. The colleges accepting the scores of these exams are equally good. Please don't bother yourself with MAT again as most of the good colleges do not accept MAT score.

Hope this helps. All the best!

• Starting your preparation by taking a diagnostic test will help you gain clarity about the amount of preparation you need, it will give you a brief idea about your strengths and weaknesses and it will most importantly give you an idea about the areas you primarily need to focus at.
• It tells exactly which sections you are lacking in and what sorts of questions are causing you a trouble. This will let you reach your goal easier as you will start working on your mistakes.

• Set a goal based on the universities you have short listed, this will help you gain clarity that how much you need to secure than what you have secured and you will have to then work accordingly.
• Take mistakes you have made very seriously, keep checking the mistakes and correcting them so that you do not make them again. This will reduce half of your work. Treat your mistakes as opportunities and research about all of them.
• Keep taking 2-3 practice tests every week in order to see how much have you progressed and how far are you from the main goal you have set. Maintain a section wise progress record to know about which section needs attention.
• Time all your practice tests, take breaks between sections if necessary. Timing will give you an idea about how much time you are spending on each section and how much time you should ideally spend on it in order to meet your set goal.
• Read as much as possible, whether it be reading the newspaper for half an hour everyday or it be reading a novel you like, but just read in order to get a grasp of the language and reading will also enhance your vocabulary.
• Do mathematics and verbal everyday for at least 2 hours so that you get a good grip of it by the time you have to give your main examination. 
• Select your GMAT examination dates by keeping in mind that you might have to retake the examination if you do not meet your set standards and thus give yourself enough time to do so.