Hello Khushi,

CAT Exam Stands For Common Management Test for entry into Management ie. MBA Master in Business Administration in India's Top Bschool.

- MBA Degree

- Lucrative Package

- Recognition

- Entry in Top Mnagement B school

Other Alternatives except IIM are NMAT,XAT,CMAT,SNAP,IBSAT,etc.

Hope your doubts are cleared.

Feel free to ask more queries .

Best wishes for your future endeavours.

The first and obvious advantage is that you stand a chance to get admission into IIMs.The other advantages is the improvement in one's intelligence and knowledge.Your language skills,mathematical ability and logical skills improve when you prepare for CAT.And CAT is not only limited to IIMs.Several other Management institutes use it for their admission process.

Hey Khushi! 

If you have a dream to do MBA and that too form topmost B-schools of India like IIMABCKL. Then, the only way to enter it is through CAT. Whereas, you can also enter other top ten B-schools through exams like XAT, MAT, IIFT and TISSNET. If, you have an interest in International Business, then go for IIFT. If, HR, then don't forget to give TISSNET. And, best wishes in case you are giving CAT. 

Hi Khushi,

There are lot advantages of giving CAT exam

1. It gives you an opportunity to enter into a renowned institute for MBA as major institutes accept CAT score

2. If you have an experience in any field and you want to persue same domain then CAT exam will help you to get a good position

3. Helps to build an holistc view of an organisation from all fields (Marketing, Finance, Operations, IT) and  how they are integrated.

If you are planning to give CAT then do prepare it well. Preperation only will give you a lot of knowledge.

All the Best

Want to get into the top Bschools of the country the so called IIMs??

Well cat is the way forward...

Apart from 20 IIMs Cat score is accepted widely by alot of other colleges so just in case you miss the IIMs you can have wider options with your score.

And guess what while preparing for Cat you won't need to pay alot of attention to specially prepare for Banking exams like PO.

So get going start preparing for Cat.

All the best.

SMIT-IIM-AMRITSAR-PGP/04

There are various advantage you see
1. Helps in getting admission to prestigious IIMs
2. Widely accepted score for admission in various other institutes
3. Helps boost your career in the long run
You can also refer to the following link for various other resposes to the same question:
https://www.careers360.com/question-what-is-the-benefit-of-giving-cat-exam-and-how-it-is-helpfull

Common Admission Test (CAT) is national-level management entrance examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM). Apart from 20 IIMs, CAT scores are used for admission to various management institutes across the country.

Thanks,
Azim Musa Shaikh

Hello Aspirant,


Its the medium to fulfill the dream of getting MBA degree from a good institution or the Best of them all from IIM then CAT scores will help you get into iims.
If you clear CAT with best of the scores then you will be able to take admission in best possible institutions for MBA.
Clearing CAT will give you an idea how tough and updated your MBA carrier is going to be.
Doing mba from top colleges with you can get through CAT can help you to get salary if highest packages.

I hope this helps.

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