Hi Shivanee,

Different colleges have different mandates. Hence, there's no one particular answer that gets applied to each and every B-School. However, i have placed a list below that can help you with better decision making,

Common Admission Test (CAT)

The exam consists of four segments: Verbal, Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. These segments are accordingly grouped into sections. CAT has three sections:

• Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
• Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC)

The important dates related to the exams are,

CAT 2019 - Common Admission Test
Notification date	28-07-2019	06:00 AM
Registration – Online	07-08-2019	10:00 AM to 18-09-2019 05:00 PM
Late Registration – Online	25-09-2019	05:00 PM
Admit Card Release	23-10-2019	10:00 AM
Exam Date & Timings- Online	24-11-2019	09:30 AM
Result	07-01-2020	10:00 AM

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)

Usually, XAT is held on the first Sunday of the year (January). XAT scores are accepted by XLRI, Jamshedpur and more than 100 management institutes.

XAT exam tests the candidate on four fronts:

• Quantitative Ability
• English Language & Logical Reasoning
• Decision Making
• GK & Essay

XAT 2020
Notification date	23-08-2019	10:00 AM
Registration – Online	23-08-2019	10:00 AM to 30-11-2019 05:00 PM
Late Registration – Online	01-12-2019	10:00 AM to 10-12-2019 05:00 PM
Admit Card Release	20-12-2019	10:00 AM
Exam Date & Timings- Online	05-01-2020	09:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Result	31-01-2020	10:00 AM

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)

SNAP is a national-level entrance examination and is conducted by Symbiosis International University. Its scores are primarily used for admission to 15 institutes under Symbiosis International University. SNAP is a computer-based exam and is held for two hours. It tests a candidate on:

• General English
• Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
• General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario
• Analytical & Logical Reasoning

SNAP 2019
Notification date	02-08-2019	10:00 AM
Registration – Online	16-08-2019	10:00 AM to 23-11-2019 11:30 PM
Admit Card Release	02-12-2019	10:00 AM to 15-12-2019 02:00 PM
Exam Date & Timings- Online	15-12-2019	02:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Tentative)
Result	10-01-2020	10:00 AM

NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT)

NMAT is one of the important and popular MBA entrance exams offered by any private college. It is a computer-based exam, and is held over a 75-day testing window, between the month of October and December. students need to attempt 120 MCQs in 120 minutes. Students can appear for the exam for about three times and the best of three scores will be used for admission.

The NMAT exam has three main sections:

• Language Skills
• Quantitative Skills
• Logical Reasoning

NMAT 2019
Registration – Online	2-07-2019	10:00 AM to 03-10-2019 11:45 PM
Late Registration- Offline	04-10-2019	10:00 AM to 14-10-2019 05:30 PM
Exam Date & Timings- Online	04-10-2019	10:00 AM to 17-12-2019 10:00 AM
Result	31-03-2020	10:00 AM

Great Lakes Institute Of Management, Chennai & Gurgaon

Exam Accepted: CAT 2018-19/XAT 2019-20

Admission Status & Last Date to Apply: PGPM - Open/November 30, 2019

FMS Delhi

Exam Accepted: CAT 2019

Admission Status & Last Date to Apply: Open/November 25, 2019

IIFT, Delhi/Kolkata

Exam Accepted: IIFT 2020 MBA Entrance by NTA

Admission Status & Last Date to Apply: Closed/November,3 2019

MDI Gurgaon

Exam Accepted: CAT 2019

Admission Status & Last Date to Apply: Open/November 22, 2019

MDI Murshidabad

Exam Accepted: CAT 2019

Admission Status & Last Date to Apply: Open/November 22, 2019

Usually colleges like Great Lakes, IIFT, MDI, FMS close their application forms the day CAT exam gets over or even before that. Hence, I advise you to be aware of their application dates before you miss them.

All the very best!!

Hi...

Once your exam are done you get an official answer key of the particular exam after 5 to 6 days you can check out the answers and have a fair idea of your marks in the exam. Even-though the exams are based on the percentile there would be cut-off given for the particular exam for the year of exam taken. The cut-offs do not vary much from year to year. The cut-offs are allitted based on the difficulty of the exam.

Only few colleges like XIMB, SP jain ,FMS, IMT,NITIE  ask for to apply for the program before CAT. With respect to the cut-offs of the colleges and based on your calculated cut-offs you can go for applying for these colleges.

But many of the colleges ask to apply only after the announcement of the results.

So you have to be very careful before applying for the colleges without your results , if you are much confident about it then you can surely go for it.

Not only the scores they must match your profile and expectations.Most of the IIM colleges have registration  deadline that ends before CAT. You need too apply for these colleges before hand.

Hello Shivanee,

There are some colleges whose application form ends before the CAT exams like SPJIMR, MDI GURGAON while FMS delhi has last date 25 November one day after CAT exam so, you have pretty sure about getting good percentile in CAT exams for filling the form of these colleges.

Cutoff for these colleges -:

SPJIMR - 95 percentile, 85 percentile (for excellent profile)

MDI GURGAON - 98-99 percentile

FMS DELHI - 99.5-100 percentile

Some other famous colleges like IMI Delhi has 2 December last date, FORE has 23 December its last date GIM has 15 December, IRMA has 10 January and KJ SOMAIYA has 14 January

Cutoff for these colleges -:

GIM - CAT 87, XAT 81, and CMAT 98

KJ SOMAIYA - CAT 85, XAT 72,CMAT 98

IRMA - CAT 85, XAT 80 (For general candidates).

I hope this information is beneficial for you.

Good luck

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