Management Aptitude Test (MAT) 2017 to be held on May 7 in paper pen mode and on May 13 as computer based exam can get you admission in one of the 313 AIMA listed MBA colleges and 400 MBA colleges in Maharashtra. The registration and application process for May MAT 2017 is now open till April 28 for the candidates who wish to register online or offline for the exam.
Unlike other MAT exams, May MAT exam is unique and offers more MBA admission chances with other benefits also. Key benefits of appearing in MAT May 2017 exam are shared below-
Why to appear in May MAT 2017? 5 Reasons…
Biggest Benefit of May MAT 2017 exam
The biggest benefit of appearing in May MAT 2017 is that your MAT May exam score will remain valid for 1 year. It means you are able to use your MAT May exam score for admission to MBA/PGDM in 2017 in all the 313 MAT score accepting MBA colleges listed on AIMA site and can also use the MAT May exam scores for MBA/PGDM admission in 2018 in the MAT score accepting MBA colleges.
May MAT 2017: Last chance to do MBA
Many MBA colleges in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and other parts of the country have decided to accept MAT 2017 May exam scores for admission to their PGDM/MBA programmes commencing in July 2017.
The candidates are required to submit their admission applications before the closing date in the respective B-schools if they are desirous to pursue MBA in 2017-19 batch.
Earlier these B-schools despite accepting the MAT May exam scores considered them for the next academic session as the admission process in many of them used to stand closed by the time result for the May MAT exam was declared.
However, now the candidates exploring admission in MBA/PGDM 2017-19 batch can encash the opportunity to do MBA by registering and applying for MAT May 2017 exam. The application process for May MAT 2017 is open till April 28, 2017 both online and offline.
High Probability to use May MAT scores in MAHCET CAP 2017
High probability is there that you will be able to use your MAT 2017 May exam scores for admission to 400 MBA colleges of Maharashtra through Centralized Admission process (CAP) 2017 to be conducted by DTE Maharashtra in May 2017.
On the basis of May MAT 2017 scores, you can have a good MBA/MMS 2017 admission opportunity to one of the 40000+ seats in one of the top MBA colleges in Maharashtra. MAT scores will be considered for all the MBA colleges including JBIMS, Mumbai; SIMSREE, K J Somaiya, N L Dalmiya, PUMBA, IESMCRC, Dy Patil, Singhad among others.
Your MAT May 2017 exam scores will be considered for admission in all other B-schools in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and other cities of Maharashtra. If you wish to be considered for admission in Maharashtra B schools on the basis of MAT exam scores, you can register and apply for CAP 2017 before the closing date.
Facility to select 5 top B schools
MAT May 2017 registration and application process has provided the facility of filling up 5 free choices of Management Institutes in order of preference in the application form.
Choice of Offline or Online exam
AIMA provides two options to appear in May MAT 2017 exam. Candidates can appear either in paper-pencil mode examination or in online computer based test. However no candidate can exercise both the options.
MAT Question paper: Low difficulty exam
MAT is not a very difficult exam as is revealed by MAT Syllabus and MAT exam pattern. It offers the opportunity to improve your score and increase admission chances in a better MBA college. May MAT 2017 exam will be an objective type test with multiple-choice Questions (MCQs). The test will be divided among 5 key sections on which questions will be formed. The sections are - Language Comprehension, Mathematical skills, Data Analysis and Sufficiency, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, Indian and Global Environment.
Each of the 5 sections will have 40 questions making it a total of 200 questions to be solved in 150 minutes. To score high in MAT May 2017 exam, it is good time to begin taking MAT Mock tests from now.
AIMA as well as the experts on MAT preparation have also prescribed suggested time limit to solve questions in each of the 5 sections in MAT 2017 May exam. The test is designed to measure the test taker’s general aptitude in all the areas.
MAT May 2017 exam Registration is open
Candidates can buy the forms from the designated AIMA Nodal centres across India. The last date for buying the registration application form is April 25, 2017.
Besides, the option of online registration also exists. The last date for the on line registration as well as for submitting the offline application form is April 28, 2017.
Apply and pay through 1 of 3 modes
The registration application fee for MAT May 2017 is Rs 1400/-. Candidate can choose any one of the following modes to register and apply for MAT May 2017
Online
You may register online at AIMA website link for MAT 2017 May exam and can pay through Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM Card)/Net Banking
By Demand draft
You can obtain crossed Demand Draft (DD) of Rs 1400/- (One thousand four hundred only) in favour of ‘All India Management Association’ payable at Delhi from any Bank. Then they can register online at AIMA website. You should fill up the registration form alongwith the DD details.
Offline: Pay cash
Candidates can obtain Form with MAT exam Bulletin/CD against cash payment of Rs 1400/- from listed Nodal Centres of AIMA OR from AIMA, New Delhi.
Apart from other All India MBA/PGDM entrance exams like CAT/XAT/CMAT, MAT is also a standardised test. The exam is being administered since 1988 to facilitate B-Schools to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a National Level test in 2003. Any B-School-national or international can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates.
AIMA claims MAT as the largest test of its kind in the nation.
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