If suppose my overall score is 23 in XAT, and cleared sectional cut off of RC,VA and DM but couldnt clear DI and Quant, In that case can i apply for colleges which accept XAT scores or colleges under XAT i.e (121 colleges) and what is the expected percentile i get.

Hi Mohd Abdullah,

The XAT answer key has been released and you can easily check your marks over there. I am posting the marks vs. percentile break up of XAT and you can guess your percentile. These are approximate assumptions and is done mainly by looking into the trends over the previous years. Mind you that these are not accurate and may vary though not significantly. Your percentile will largely depend on the number of test takers in the country and also the difficulty of the exam. Though XAT is highly favoured among the test takers and the B-Schools and the difficulty level remains almost the same every year, so you can safely assume your percentile from this:

XLRI will consider you for their BM and HR program only if you score 93+ percentile in XAT and they will call you for further shortlisting process. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar will require you to get 91+ for their BM program and 87+ for their HR program. XISS, Ranchi and XIME, Bangalore will require 70-75+ percentile for their GD/PI process.

XLRI and XIMB will consider sectional cut offs as these are the flagship colleges that come under XAMI. Rest of the XAMI colleges will only consider your overall percentile.

Other good colleges that you can apply through XAT are:

1. SPJAIN,Mumbai
2. IMT,Ghaziabad
3. TAPMI,Manipal
4. GIM,Goa
5. LIBA,Chennai
6. IFMR,Chennai
7. GREAT LAKES Institute of Management,Chennai
8. KJ SOMAIYA, Mumbai
9. FORE School of Management, Delhi
10. BIMECH,Noida

Apart from that, you need to prepare yourself for the GD/PI process as you won’t be getting any time for preparation once these colleges starts calling the candidates for further shortlistings. Start reading newspapers and practise speaking in English in front of a mirror that will give you confidence if you find it difficult to speak fluently.

I hope I have answered to your query. All the best!!!