How to apply for CAT exam with final year of graduation?

Hi Rajjak,

The admission process for MBA in top MBA colleges usually opens every year in the month of July/August and closes after 2-3 months from the opening date. Colleges such as IIFT, IIMs, XLRI, NMIMS, SIBM among others open their admission process in the month of July-August. There are other MBA colleges like FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, IMI, IMT, begin their admission process in the month of September-October and complete it in December. If you wish to do MBA from one of the top MBA colleges in India, you should be aware about their admission process and understand how their admission process flows.

Here is a general sequence of steps that most of the B-School follows for the intake of their fresh batch,

The admission process in top MBA colleges open in August/September first week and closes in November last week. Candidates who desire to seek admission in top MBA colleges should register and apply for the relevant MBA entrance exams like CAT/XAT/IIFT/NMAT/SNAP within the specified registration window. Many National level MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT close their registration process in September and November respectively. Usually CAT registration process remains open for 45 to 50 days.

The next step towards pursuing management courses like PGDM/MBA from top MBA colleges must appear in CAT, XAT, NMAT or other relevant entrance exam.

Shortlisting Process

After the results of MBA exam are declared, most of the top B-schools shortlists the suitable candidates for final admission round. This is done on the basis of exam scores, academics, diversity, work experience among other parameters as per the respective B-school admission policy and weightage criterion. The process is completed by each institute individually.

All the shortlisted candidates shall have to appear in the Group Discussion (GD), Written Ability Test (WAT) followed by Personal Interview (PI). Some of the B-schools like FMS will conduct GD & Extempore before PI round while few other like MDI will conduct GD-PI and a few like IMI will conduct Psychometric test also. Some IIMs like IIM Shillong, IIM Kozhikode also conduct GD round based on the WAT. After the final selection round, a weightage is awarded to entrance scores, academic profile & diversity, work experience and gender diversity, and a final merit list is generated. Based on this merit list, admission offers are made by the respective B-schools to the deserving candidates. Also, a waiting list is prepared which contains the names of the students whose admission offers will be made automatically if few students in the original list offer to back out.

The following is the list of IIMs that accept the CAT scores. All the 20 IIMs accept CAT scores for MBA admission into their colleges. I have also listed down their fee and average salary offered in these colleges.

I would suggest you to do a proper research on which type of course and which university you want yourself to land in.

All the very best!!

Hello

The eligibility criteria for cat is a graduation , although final year students of various bachelor's degree courses can also take the test . However, a candidate will be admitted into a course only if he clears graduation with at least 50% marks.

Students with final year can apply for cat exam and however need fill up with original documents in the content and need to submit it

Hello

CAT is a national level management entrance exam for admission to IIMs and many other B-Schools across India.

According to the eligibility criteria,  final year students of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification exam and those who have completed degree course and are awaiting results can apply for CAT  as well.

However, registration  for CAT 2019 is over. Application forms were available from 07 Aug, 2019 - 25 Sep, 2019.

For detailed information- https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat

Do let us know if you have any other queries.