Is gmat and cat of equal competitionlevel? which one is easy?
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In GMAT you face competition from the global student community. However the difficulty level of CAT is higher than GMAT. In GMAT the top colleges prefer candidates with excellent profile in past.
GMAT and CAT have the same syllabus, both deal with Mathematics and English. Both tests complement each other. Preparing for GMAT helps CAT aspirants in verbal, and CAT preparation helps GMAT aspirants in Quantitative Section. Most of the sections in both the tests are common.
yes you can still apply for the colleges of India with GMAT score
here is the list of the reputed colleges accepting GMAT score
University/College |
Program |
Average GMAT Score (out of 800) |
Total Fee |
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad |
PGP, YLP |
700 |
INR 25,54,725 |
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad |
PGPX |
706 |
INR 24,00,000 |
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore |
EPGP |
695 |
INR 22,77,500 |
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta |
PGPEX |
700+ |
INR 22,00,000 |
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow |
IMPX |
680 |
INR 19,11,000 |
XLRI, Jamshedpur |
GMP |
700 |
INR 14,95,000 |
Indian Institute of Management, Indore |
EPGP |
Cut-off-580 |
INR 18,00,000 |
S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai |
PGDM |
680 |
INR 17,40,000 |
IMT, Ghaziabad |
PGDM, PGDM-Ex |
690 |
INR 15,00,000 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai |
PGPM |
680 |
INR 17,70,000 |
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, IIM, Ahmedabad accept the score. There are approx 100 b schools in India accepting GMAT scores for about 200 managem
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