I am commerce graduate and now appearing for CS Professional exams. I am left with 2 groups but now I realize my interest is in finance. Further I am failing after multiple attempts.Can I go for MBA and how should I prepare for the same?

Hi

It is completely ok even if you are not you are not able to clear your CA and want to go for MBA.

Yes you can definitely go for MBA.

This is because,

To be eligible for MBA all you need is  a graduation degree and you have already completed your graduation in commerce and thus you are eligible for MBA .

For your reference

CAT eligibility criteria is given below:

To be eligible for CAT ,

• you need a  Bachelor's/graduation degree in any discipline from a recognised university.

• you must have got  at least 50 per cent marks or equivalent CGPA in your graduation . SC/ST/PH students need only at least 45 percentage in Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline to be eligible .

For detailed information go through

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

List of the top entrance examination for MBA is provided below:-

>>>>>>>>  National level entrance

• CAT

• CMAT

• XAT

• IIFT

• SNAP

• NMAT by GMAC

• IBSAT

>>>>>>>>    State level

• TS ICET

• AP ICET

• JEMAT

• MAH MBA CET

>>>>>>>>    UNIVERSITY level entrance exams

• B-MAT

• NIPER JEE MBA

• CUSAT CAT

For detailed information about them you can visit our page for which link is provided below

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-mba-entrance-exams-you-must-take

Out of all these

CAT i. e Common Admission Test is the best option, it is a national level entrance examination for admission in MBA/PGDM in B- Schools, including reputed IIMs and several other prestigious B- Schools. It is conducted by IIMs themselves every year in rotation in online mode/computer based examination in English medium and it is accepted by  1100+ B-Schools.

>>>>>>>>> How to prepare for CAT

Follow the below tips:-

********* First of all go through its syllabus and examination pattern so that you can prepare accordingly.

Syllabus :- https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-syllabus

Exam pattern:- https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern

Your CAT examination has 3 sections :-

----------) VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION ( VARC) :- Reading  is the key to score good marks in VARC, you need to go through newspapers, articles, journals, etc so that you can improve your reading skills. While reading note down the new words and write their meanings to improve your vocabulary. You need to practice questions based on comprehension, para jumbles and inference.

>>>> Best books for VARC

• Word Power made easy by Norman Lewis ( to improve your vocabulary)

• How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay

• Mastering the Verbal Ability for CAT by Ajay Singh

----------)DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :- You need to practice topics like blood relations ,seating arrangements, syllogisms,Propositions, etc to have a good hold on this section. Unlike maths, there's no formula in DILR so practice is the key, the more you practice, the better you get.

>>>> Best books for DILR :-

• How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma

• Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT by K. Sinha Nishit

----------)QUANTITATIVE ABILITY (QA) :- First clear your basics of maths,  you need to go through topics like profit and loss, geometry,  Arithmetic, number system, Time-Speed and Distance etc . Avoid the use of calculator so that you can do improve your calculation speed. For each topic, you can write down important fomulas and short tricks on a sheet of paper so that it's easy for you during revision.

>>>> Best best books you can follow for QA:-

• How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma

• Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

• Quantitative Aptitude Quantum by Sarvesh K Verma

********* Make a time table, give more time to the subject you are weak at , for example if you are weak at Quantitive ability then give it more time.

********* Plan your studies, and set daily, weekly and monthly goals and meet them without any fail.

*********Solve previous  year question papers of CAT :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions, also concepts behind the question often gets repeated, so you should definitely solve year papers . You can get cat previous year question papers at https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-question-papers

*********Once you are done with complete CAT syllabus then go through CAT mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your examination

For detailed information go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat/amp

Thank you