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The Common Admission Test (CAT) is the most important component to get admission to any of the top MBA college. In order to get admission to business schools, you must obtain a good percentile in the CAT. However, scoring a mere percentile in the CAT will not give you a guarantee to get an interview call as many of the business schools have a very complex admission process.

MBA colleges give consideration to a lot of factors while giving an interview call. These factors include CAT score, Class 10, Class 12, and Bachelor's degree marks, work experience, academic, and gender diversity, etc. Having a one-year of work experience will get you some points allotted for work experience. However, your first priority should be to clear the overall and sectional percentile if mentioned by the college.

If you even score somewhere around 99 percentile in the CAT , this will not mean that you will get a confirm Interview call. Therefore, CAT score is not the only criteria but is one of the major criteria for admission.

The marks obtained by you in Class 10, Class 12, and Graduation will play a major role to get a shortlist for the WATPI/ GDPI process and during your final selection. Therefore, you might have good chance to get admission in B-Schools subject to the condition that you must perform well in the CAT followed by the WATPI/ GDPI process.

Some of the best MBA colleges you can expect based on your CAT percentile will be IIMs, IITs, FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, DSE, TISS, SPJIMR, etc.

Also Check : CAT 2024 College Predictor

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The basic structure of almost all the management entrance examinations conducted for admission to the PGDM/ MBA programme is same. The broad topics include Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, and Quantitative Ability. However, some entrance examinations such as XAT has an additional Decision-Making section and some exams have General Knowledge section. The difficulty level of CAT or XAT depends upon ones level of preparation. Therefore, it is difficult to say that which entrance examination is difficult.

Yes, you can get the Profile-cum-Score-based call from SPJIMR subject to the condition that you achieve the minimum sectional cutoff of 75 percentile in the CAT .

SPJIMR selects candidates based on their profiles. For selection, candidate's overall profile and following factors are considered along with the CAT scores as mentioned below:

• Academic background- A strong and consistent performance in the Class 10, Class 12, and every year of graduation.
• Work experience- Relevant work experience for the chosen specialisation. However, work experience is not mandatory and, candidates with no work experience and those with less than five years of work experience can also apply for the PGDM.
• Versatility and Achievements- Endeavours in diverse fields of interest and achievements in extracurricular activities.

The final selection is based on a composite score, which takes into account the profile of candidates, academic record, CAT/ GMAT scores, work experience (if any), and performance in the two rounds of group interviews. As you have obtained 99 percentile in the CAT, there are good chances that you will get the PI shortlist subject to the condition that you meet the minimum eligibility criteria.

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Admission in FMS Delhi through CAT 2024 requires high percentiles of scoring, which is always highly competitive since this is considered to be one of the most premier institutions in India. Traditionally, people have got admission in FMS Delhi with even above 99+ percentiles as the call was given to the next round even in the case of the general category.

For specific categories:

• General: High of around 99.5 percentile or more
• OBC/NC: Ranges between 90-95 percentile.
• SC/ST/PwD: Percentile is much lower but competitive, ranging from 80 to 90 percentile.

The scores of CAT have the most weightage in the selection process of FMS. In the present scenario, during the last couple of years, about 60 percent weightage was given to the scores of CAT, while the remaining was provided to other factors, like personal interview, academic performance, and diversity criteria.

Points to Remember

Since VARC is heavily scored, high scoring in it could be crucial. So also, a high score in VARC could be more important since FMS usually focuses on that particular section.

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A 90 percentile in the CAT is considered to be a good percentile and might fetch you an Interview call from some of the renowned institutions across the country offering the MBA programme. Every year, IIMs release their minimum sectional and overall cutoffs which candidates must obtain as a minimum eligibility in order to be considered to get an Interview call. However, securing a minimum percentile does not guarantee an Interview call as it depends upon various other factors as well such as overall profile of candidates such as Class 10, Class 12, and Graduation marks, work experience, academic background, and gender diversity, etc. Getting an Interview call from an IIM at 90 percentile in the CAT is a difficult task until you either have an exceptional profile or you belong to reserved category.

Also Check : CAT Percentile Predictor 2024 .

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You will be allowed to use a basic on screen calculator only in CAT exam.

You will not be allowed to take a physical calculator inside the examination hall which means you are not allowed to bring your personal calculator.

This is as per the policy based on the premise that the CAT examines ones Ability to answer complicated questions .

One should be able to perform quick mental calculations and mathematical problems .

Only for intensive calculations you must use the calculator.

Yes, candidates who have obtained UG degree from an Open University can appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT), and can get admission to IIMs as well. According to the official website of the CAT, the minimum eligibility criteria to appear for the entrance exam is that candidates must hold a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% marks for candidates who belong to SC, ST, and PwD category) awarded by any of the university incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as the university under the section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Candidates who wish to appear for the CAT must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA (45% marks for candidates who belong to SC, ST, and PwD /Differently Able (DA) category) awarded by any of the universities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or must possess an equivalent degree recognised by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Also Check : CAT Percentile Predictor 2024 .

Candidates seeking admission to the postgraduate management programmes offered in various institutes across the country do not necessarily require any work experience to crack any MBA entrance examination such as CAT , MAT, SNAP , etc. Every year, a number of candidates who do not have any work experience appear for various management aptitude tests, score a great percentile, and even get admission to a number of elite MBA colleges in the country. The work experience can help candidates getting an Interview call, and might help them during Interviews as well. But, having a work experience is not a necessary condition to appear for the entrance examination. Some colleges consider work experience while calculating the composite score while preparing the final merit list of selected candidates.

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Candidates require following documents during the CAT registration process as mentioned below:

• Passport Size Photograph and Signature: The scanned image of the photo must be within the dimensions of 1200 pixels x 1200 pixels, and the scanned image of the signature must be within the dimensions of 80mm X 35mm. The documents file should be in .jpg or .jpeg format, and the file size should not be more than 80 KB each. The image should be with a minimum resolution of 150px/inch.
• Valid EWS/ NC-OBC/ SC/ ST Certificate
• Valid PwD Certificate

The photograph of candidates should not be more than 6 months old and should have a white background.