Hi Utkarsh,

Since you have decided that you will be going for CAT, taking a 1 year Gap will bring in on you a lot of questions and professors and recruiters who will be interviewing you will take that as a negative point since they would look for people who can manage both work and academics.  I am telling you because you have a dip in class 12 marks and that will definitely fetch some questions which you have to answer tactfully. Adding onto it some more questions regarding the gap will not be favouring your chances of selection both for the institute as well as for any placement process which you will be seating for.

Nevertheless, I am going to post some colleges and their cut-offs and average package which you can get at the end of two years.

College	CAT Cutoff	Average Package(in Lakhs Per Annum)
IIM A	99+	20-25
IIM B	99+	20-25
IIM C	99+	20-25
FMS	98+	23.2
SP JAIN	98+	22.90
NITIE	97+	19.77
MDI GURGAON	95+	20.13
IIT Bombay	98+	20.8
IIT Delhi	97+	16.54
IMT Ghaziabad	90+	12.5
XIMB	91+	12.91
TAPMI	85+	11.06
GIM	80+	11.22
LIBA	80+	9
IFMR	75+	9

Its really futile to give the average package for IIM A,B,C since at that level you are bound to get a job with a hefty package. Now you an start preparing for CAT and try to aim other exams also like SNAP, XAT, TISS-NET, CMAT as there are several good B-Schools which will give you the same package like the above mentioned. It just opens the door way to a varied choices from which you can safely choose. 4-5 hours per day would be okay if you have no knowledge about aptitude and reasoning else if you have already practiced, 2-3 hours per day would be sufficient to crack any MBA entrance exam. Pracice a lot of mocks as several exams will test your time management skills too besides your knowledge.

I hope I have been able to solve your query. Do write to us if you face any problem regarding your preparation. All the best!!!

You'll have to get at least 98 percentile to get a call from IIMs and other top colleges like SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon and NITIE. You can get a call from newer IIMs for 95 percentile also if you're working along with preparing for CAT. And for other good colleges you'll have to score a minimum of 90 percentile. With 90 percentile and above you can get the following colleges

• IMT Ghaziabad
• IMI Delhi
• XIMB Bhubaneshwar
• VGSOM IIT Kharagpur
• Sailesh J Mehta, IIT Bombay
• FORE School of Management and others.

All the very best

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