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If there is one or two year gap between graduation and CAT examination. will it affect to get a good B-School?


Shweta Singh 5th Dec, 2017
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Shivani sharma 17th Jun, 2018

Hi Dear,

no it will not make any kind of problem for you if there is a gap of one or two year between your graduation and CAT but i will suggest you that please utilise this gap try to do something else as well with the preparations of CAT exams .

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Suraj Mallick 17th Jun, 2018

It should not be a problem as long as you can justify the gap. Be ready to justify this as you are very likely to be asked about it in the interview.


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Kuldeep Singh Maurya 12th Mar, 2018

No, this 1-year gap doesn't affect much in your selection process. Of course during your interview round they might ask you what you were doing these two years. If you are able to convince them with a logical answer that justify your actions then there won't be any problem at all.
With your decent academic records and a good performance in CAT, you will definitely able to crack a top institute like IIMs.
As you have enough time to prepare then I will recommend you to make sure you clear all your basics and make them strong. For good performance, strong basics are essentially required. Along with this you can also start attempting lots of online mock test which will help you in overcoming your mistakes and come up with a strategy to attempt your paper which will definitely help you in improving your marks and percentile.
All.the best for your preparations!!

ABHISHEK BHARATI 8th Dec, 2017
Me too but I'm pursuing diploma in Russia.  What is the benefit of the foreign language in B school ?

Please suggest me
Monika Shruti Gupta 5th Dec, 2017
Well to put forward facts, there have been people with 4 years of gap after graduation, who are currently studying in IIMs. However, it's highly recommended that don't let an year to be called a gap year because ultimately it's not all about getting into a B- school but it's about your career in the future too. You can definitely justify your gap to the interviewers during your PI, and you will get admitted to a good B- school, provided it's an honest and genuine reason, however later on during placements, you might miss out on the job of your choice.

But, this is not a very big reason to worry, as I already said that you can do something fruitful to quote that you weren't idle in those one or two years.

It would be best, if you get some industry exposure and experience. It could be job of any kind but an industrial exposure adds great value to your CV.

You can also join some diploma courses of any language, or software programming or marketing or finance or operations or HRM or anything pertaining to MBA so that you can claim that since you were interested in that domain, so you wanted to do a little research and get a better understanding before joining a B-school. If not these, then any diploma programme of your interest.

A good utilisation of the years, will benefit you and strengthen your stand.

All the best!!




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5th Dec, 2017
Thank you!
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5th Dec, 2017
You are welcome. Feel free and work hard. Unleash your dreams :)
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Gourav Roy 5th Dec, 2017
No there is no problem on selection, it selection is on merit basic.

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