Hi Anshuman,

The procedure to get admission to the MBA programme offered at various B Schools is quite similar. Given below is the step wise process to get admission to the MBA colleges:

Step 1 : Fill Out the Examination Form

Candidates must fill out the entrance exam application form. For, example, IIMs release its CAT (Common Admission Test) application form somewhere in the month of August every year. Candidates get a window where they have to fill out the application form. Similarly, candidates may also fill out the other application forms such as XAT, SNAP, NMAT, CMAT, etc.

Step 2 : Apply for Colleges

In some of the exam application forms, candidates have the option to select the institutes. For example, candidates are not required to fill out the separate application forms for the IIMs. They must select the IIMs while filling out the CAT form. On another hand, various other business schools, who accept the scores and percentile of various entrances tests release their own application form. Candidates must fill out these forms if they want to receive Interview call from these institutes.

Step 3 : Appear for the Entrance Test

Candidates must then appear for the entrance examination. In India, some elite business schools accept the percentile and scores of the CAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT, CMAT, MAT, GMAT, etc. IIMs and IITs offering the MBA programme only accept the percentile obtained by candidates in the CAT. Similarly, XLRI accepts the XAT score, Symbiosis colleges accept SNAP scores, and NMIMS accepts NMAT score etc.

There are various colleges in the country which accept the scores and percentiles of multiple entrance tests.

Step 4 : Appear for the GDPI/ WATPI Process

Candidates who clear the overall and sectional cutoffs as given by the particular business school are called to appear for the GDPI/ GEPI process or WATPI process. The selection criteria vary from institute to institute.

Step 5 : Final Admission

Once the entire admission process is conducted, every business school calculate the composite score according to the predefined criteria established by them in the beginning of the admission cycle. The institute declares the merit list and selected candidates are required to take admission by submitting the fee and required documents.

To know more about the IIM Admission Criteria, click here .

Hope, your query is resolved. Feel free to ask any doubt. All the Best!