is it compulsory for students to apply for cat or mat exam to be admitted for MBA?

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It is necessary to appear for entrance exam to get admitted in a good MBA or PGDM program. There are many entrance exams not only CAT and MAT. Few of them are XAT,SNAP,ATMA,CMAT,NMAT,IIFT etc. To appear for these entrance exam you need to be a graduate first. In most of the good B-school entrance exam is one of the criteria for getting admission. Infact there are many merit based scholarship good colleges do offer according to entrance exam score. Among these entrance exam CAT is the toughest one and if you are targeting IIM's then you must go through CAT exam. Other than that it is very easy score good marks in MAT. Most of the tier 3 colleges accept MAT. Earlier SNAP was accepted for Symbiosis,NMAT for Nursee Monji and XAT for Xavier's only.But now many other colleges do accept these score. There are some other examinations as well. Do check thoroughly about all these entrance exams online before applying.And entrance exams are not that though for MBA. You can easily score good marks by going through some free online classes.

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CAT and MAT are just 2 of the few entrance examinations that we have in India to study MBA. It is not necessary only to appear either for CAT or MAT. Please check the list of MBA entrance examinations in India:

CAT: CAT is an online examination of 3 hours duration. To be eligible for CAT, you should have completed your Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum aggregate of 50%. It is 50% for General Category and 45% for Reserved Categories.

MAT: To be eligible for MAT, you should have completed your Bachelor's degree in any discipline. There is no minimum aggregate criteria.

IIFT: To be eligible for IIFT, you should have completed your Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum aggregate of 50%. It is 50% for General Category and 45% for Reserved Categories.

SNAP: To be eligible for SNAP, you should have completed your Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum aggregate of 50%. It is 50% for General Category and 45% for Reserved Categories.

NMAT: To be eligible for NMAT, you should have completed your Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum aggregate of 50%. Candidates with a minimum of 2 years work experience are preferred.

CMAT: To be eligible for CMAT, you should have completed your Bachelor's degree in any discipline. There is no minimum aggregate criteria.

You can check the complete list at our page: https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-mba-entrance-exams-you-must-take