Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
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The XAT cutoff for Great Lakes is around an 80%(percentile).
So, yes you may get a call. However, you are on the border so keep your fingers crossed.
A few other colleges you can expect calls from if you have applied are:
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Hello Niharika! I am sorry to say but Great Lakes only accepts the score of CAT, XAT and GMAT. They do not accept CMAT score. Hence, you can't get into Great Lakes, Gurgaon. You have scored really well. Try for some other topnotch institute of management. All the best!
According your score you can expect the colleges like Pune University Department of Management Studies PUMBA, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research (KJSIMSR), Mumbai, XISS Ranchi, Acharya Bangalore Business School, Bangalore etc. You can check your other best chances with CMAT Pathfinder tool given below.
There is no any fixed cutoff. They consider the complete profile including academic performance and relevant work experience. Try to score more than around 90 percentile to fetch this college.
According, to careers 360 it has AAAA+ rating which means outstanding and its AIR is 4.
Ratings are based on Placements, Input (Student Quality , Teaching ), Process(Living, Learning ) and Output ( Alumni Score ,Research ,Salary Scores and ROI)
You can also check their placement report from the given
No, Great Lakes does not accept MAT score. They accept only CAT, CMAT, XAT, GMAT score. The cutoff you can expect around 85 to 90 percentile.
Great Lakes takes through various management exams namely GMAT/CAT*/XAT +/CMAT. Yes the past academics are considered for admission but there are other factors too like essays , work experience and performance in the interview.
Based on your past academics there does not seem to be much problem but make sure
Great lakes is very good college in term of placemnet, faculty & study environment as per the analyzing report of Careers 360, It has AAAA rating which means very good. The companies vist to the campus like Bajaj Finserv, Cognizant, DSB bank, Imfosys, Cryon Data. For further you can go
The campus is residential, well maintained and provides a peaceful environment, away from the city's chaos which can be a downside too as it takes time travelling to the city. The food needs a lot of improvement.
The college infrastructure is very good. It has been awarded with platinum Green campus award.The staff work very hard in maintaining hygiene and cleanliness inside the campus.It has gym a , three huge canteens single and double occupancy rooms for both boys and girls and girls hostel even has a lift in it and they also have attached bathrooms
Amazing campus, great management. All facilities are available on campus in terms of sports and a great library for reading. Internet and AC facilities are also great. Campus is a bit remote from chennai city
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