Select the Right Business School
Introduction
Placements, Quality of faculty, Quality of students, Opportunities for doing internships and ‘live’ projects, Infrastructure, are some of the most important criteria for selecting the right B-school. Another important indicator of the quality of a B-School is the ‘Cut Off’ percentile that it considers for shortlisting candidates for the GD-PI round.
Going through this list will provide you an indication of the quality of the B-schools and your likelihood of making it to your dream B-schools. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE CUT OFFs ARE FOR MBA ADMISSIONS 2009-10 FOR FLAGSHIP 2-YEAR MBA PROGRAM, AND MAY UNDERGO CHANGES THIS YEAR.
CAT/XAT/MAT CUT OFFs of TOP 25 B-SCHOOLS (2009-10):
|
B-SCHOOL |
CUT OFF (IN PERCENTILE) |
|
IIM AHMEDABAD |
NA |
|
IIM CALCUTTA |
CAT- 98.97 |
|
IIM INDORE |
CAT - 98.91 |
|
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE - New Delhi |
IIFT EXAM - 97.83 |
|
XLRI Jamshedpur |
XAT - 98.03 |
|
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (NITIE) - Mumbai |
CAT - 98.37 |
|
IIM KOZHIKODE |
CAT - 98 |
|
S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH - Mumbai |
CAT - 85 |
|
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI), - Gurgaon, Haryana |
CAT - 98.19 |
|
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (XIM) - Bhubaneswar , Orissa |
XAT- 96.6 |
|
NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES – Mumbai |
NMAT - 90 |
|
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, University of Delhi |
FMS Exam - 98.6 |
|
JAMNALAL BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, University of Mumbai |
MAT - 99.97 |
|
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IMT) - Ghaziabad |
CAT - 96.0 |
|
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IMI) - New Delhi |
CAT - 95 |
|
PRIN L.N. WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH – Mumbai |
NA |
|
MUDRA INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AHMEDABAD (MICA) |
GMAT- 600 Score |
|
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (BIMTECH)- Greater Noida |
CAT - 75 |
|
IFIM BUSINESS SCHOOL – Bangalore |
CAT - 85 |
|
GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - Goa |
XAT - 85.37 |
|
T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (TAPMI) – Karnataka |
CAT - 88 |
|
SYDENHAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (SIMSREE) – Mumbai |
MAT - 99.96 |
|
NIILM - CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES, New Delhi |
CAT - 70 |
|
K.J. SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH - Mumbai |
CAT - 93 |
|
FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT - New Delhi |
CAT - 91 |
Based on the data above, you can analyze that different B-schools have different cut off criteria. Going through this list would have provided you an indication of the quality of the B-schools and your likelihood of making it to your dream B-schools. But please remember these cut-off criteria may change this year.
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Posted On: Saturday, 13 October, 2012 - 10:48