Percentile refers to your relative performance with respect to the other candidates. X percentile means that you scored better than X% of the total candidates.

On the other hand, XAT percentage is like the normalised score which you got in the exam. So if in Decision Making section, your percentage is 16.524 and percentile is 49.407, it means that your normalised score is 16.524 and you did better than 49.407% of the appearing candidates.

A total of 98 percentile means that your total score was better than 98% of the students. Even with 49 percentile in DM, you got a very good overall percentile. The reason behind this would be because your percentile in the other two sections- Quantitative ability and Verbal and logical ability must be really high. This would be because of high percentages in those sections, resulting in a better total percentage and hence a better total percentile. Hope it helps.

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It's very good that you have score 80 percentile in verbal section , however XAT Percentile is equally important. Performance is calculated on the overall scores there is no thing like more or less focus. Keep trying, you will get through this soon.

Hope this answer helps.

Hello aspirant, I hope you are doing good.

If you have got 97 percentile in XAT , that's quite good percentile and you have a chances to get calls from XLRI .

There is gap between your 12th and graduation which is not a big deal because many of them ahve this issue.

But make sure to have a genuine and relevant information on why you have these much years gap.

I hope this helps.

Hi Abhay,

The work experience weightage with respect to the score is comparatively less so you need to first focus on securing good score. When it comes to work experience it will bore you benefit if it is in some relevant field such as Finance consulting agencies else it won't be much beneficial for you.

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For 30 - 35 marks you have chances of securing 90 - 95 percentile. Since you got 20 marks in XAT exam, you can get 75 and above percentile. The colleges in which you have chances of getting in are :-

• XIME Bangalore
• XIM Jabalpur
• (BULMIM), New Delhi
• BIMTECH Greater Noida

• Globsyn Business School Kolkata
• FIIB Delhi
• Gitam Business School
• IES Management College and Research Center
• JIMS Rohini
• Indus Business Academy
• ITM Navi Mumbai
• GIBS Business School Bangalore
• IIMS Pune and others.

Hi Anirudh,

I really feel bad for your situation and I am not going to give you false hopes. So by your CAT score you may find it difficult to get any calls from the good or average B-Schools. Same is the result with your XAT. However, there is nothing to lose hope. There are few options which you can avail as of now:

1. Go for other exams like CMAT, MAT, MHCET, TANCET. These colleges will give you another chance of getting into a decent B-School. There are many people who do not go for CAT and XAT because of their difficulty level as well as the number of people attending those exams. MAT is conducted several times in a year. If you have missed one, you don’t have to worry as there will other chances and it goes on throughout the year. However, before applying you should keep a check on the month specific eligible institutes. NDIM is a good B-School located in Delhi and it accepts MAT ,CMAT,XAT,CAT scores. You can also apply for ATMA exam which will also be beneficial for you and it is also relatively easier compared to the other exams.
2. Another thing that you can do is go for Management Quota as there are few seas that are reserved in this quota. The only downside is that you have to pay extra(few lakhs) to get yourself admitted under this quota. Rest everything will be same.

Now it’s your call which one to go for. Though there are several colleges which accept low scores but that will a total waste of money unless you are going solely to earn your MBA degree and not placements. If you want to get placed in a good company at the end of the 2 years, then you should one of the two options above.

I hope I have been able to solve your query . All the best!!!