Ok Shreya, Let's start from the basics. There are certain misconceptions everyone has while coming to CAT Percentile.

If you consider top Institutes like IIM A,B,C,L,Kozi, Indore. FMS, XLRI then there are certain rules which they follow for the Initial Calling and final Selection. Each and everything as certain weightage like for FMS Delhi, 100% weightage is given to CAT percentile while Initial Calling and for Final Selection, 60% to the CAT score, 10% to X and Xii and 25% to GD and PI. Sometimes they conduct Extempore too.

Top IIM's follows different rules, 60 to 70% weightage is given to CAT score for the Initial Calling and then for the final Selection 50-60% is given to GD and PI while work exp. is given a mere 5 to 10% only( during Final Selection).

So, you need to get 99+ percentile to stand anywhere.

Feel free to comment down any other query.

Hello Aspirant !

It will make a difference definitely in the admission process if you are looking for a good college , as interviewers asked you about the reason of your gap , so it is advisable to have a good reason prepared already in this matter.

Same thing will happen in placement activity also.

Hope it helps !

hi,

see it is not mandatory to have work experience to join 2 year mba program in sp jain, however if you opt for executive mba then work experience is necessary.

sp jain offers mba courses on Marketing, Operations, Information Management & Finance.

sp jain selection criteria is two types 1> profile based, 2> profile cum score based.

as per previous years cutoff cat overall percentile was 85. with 75 percentile cutoff in sectional. sp jain observes candidates based on their academic score, extracurricular activities, achievements and relevant work experience.

hi,

see cutoff score changes every year and it depends on number of participants, questions difficulty level, seat matrix tc, see if you are really interested to do mtech you can surely apply for mtech admission of nits and iits, at this score you have chances in iit guwahati, top nits, iiest shivpur, vit vellore, jadavpur university.

You may use careers360 college predictor tool to know your predictable colleges

https://engineering.careers360.com/gate-college-predictor

Hii Ankit,

You have a decent profile. You can certainly get a call from the newer IIMs but that depends on what you had in graduation if you are from commerce background then for sure you'll get a call from the newer IIMs. Getting a call from IIM A/B/C/L/I/S FMS, MDI would be difficult all other B-schools will welcome with open arms.

You can gain workex for not more than 2 years and also work on your percentile then you'll have calls from the old iims to.

Read more here https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-cutoff

https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat

Hope it helps.

Thanks.

Swetha, that is a pretty good Academic profile that you have putup for yourself. If you can manage to score atleast 90-95%, you can get a very good B-School in CAT. Now regarding the gap year, all the IIMs and most B-Schools look at the diversity factor. There is Gender Diversity and Academic Diversity factor. The Institutions need someone who can bring variety to the table. So if you can come up with something creative during this period like taking up a course or a volunteering service or something in the similar tables, it will boost your profile. Having said that, a gap year doesn't affect your chances in any manner whatsover.

Based on previous years cut offs, you might have a chance at:

University of Hyderabad: Bio Informatics

Punjab Engineering College: Electrical Engineering/VLSI Design/Electronics Engineering/Industrial Design

Now this is based on 2019 after Round 4 data and cut offs change every year depending on various factors. Please use our GATE College predictor:

https://engineering.careers360.com/gate-college-predictor

Not just that you can do it but I will moreover encourage you to go for higher degree. A work experience of 4 years will be helpful in getting and admit to a good University and also in post-MS job hunt. You can try good SOP, GRE and Recommendation letters you can score a good University. You can pursue MS in mechanical engineering in in one of the top IIT or other institutes for you can pursue MS abroad. Thank you. Good luck .

If it is a requirement just for eligibility to get a job then effect certificate might work but I would not encourage any kind of  fake certificate because after all one day you will have to suffer what information you have provided therefore don't just attempt have fake certificate for getting a job because a job which lies on fake certificate can be a fake and therefore you should improve your skills honestly and try and try to grab a basic level job and after learning something you will definitely get progress.

Hello aspirant,

You got a good percentile in CMAT but there is a  less chance to get a call from Great lakes. As there is no official announcement from the college . Cut off is mainly depend upon the fact that how many number of candidates filled the form, how many candidates seated in the exam , level of difficulty of the questions and number of qualified candidates.

For more info click on the given link below.

https://www.careers360.com/colleges/great-lakes-institute-of-management-chennai

You can also predict your college for your CMAT exam by clicking on the given link below.

https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cmat