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to MBA aspirants who are applying to an MBA program
or preparing for their MBA admission interview this
year.
When
you begin applying to MBA institutes, it's time to start
preparing for your MBA entrance exams and for your MBA
admission interview. But before you even start applying
to these MBA entrance exams, you need to know that an
MBA degree is not easily attainable anymore. Read our
tips on the where, when, and how tos for applying to
an MBA program and apply for the best MBA schools in
India. Our tips on applying to an MBA program will help
you easily complete all the entry requirements. Our
advice will not just help you apply to an MBA program
but will help you clear the MBA admission interview
and select the right MBA school in India for you. We
have one of the best panels of experts to guide you
through applying for an MBA degree and to prepare you
well for your MBA admission interview.
To
get admission into MBA institutes there are various
entrance exams. Following are the details of these exams
along with the related websites:
CAT (www.catiim.in) is an Entrance test for 7 IIMs and
more than 100 management schools.
XAT (www.xlri.edu) is the entrance test for XLRI and
more than 50 management schools
JMET (www.gate.iitkgp.ac.in/jmet/onlineproc.php) entrance
test is for the Schools of Management at the IITs and
IISc
SNAP (www.snaptest.org) takes the entrance test for
SIBM, SCMHRD and other Symbiosis group institutes
MAT (www.aima-ind.org) is accepted by more than 100
management schools
ATMA (www.atma-aims.org) is accepted by more than 100
management schools
Among all these, CAT and MAT are the most sought after
by MBA institutes. Dr Sahay of IMT Ghaziabad says, "We
started using CAT scores three years back. We give a
lot of importance to CAT score and basic education performance.
We prefer students with at least one year of experience.
During interview and GD, we look at general awareness,
personality, leadership quality and communications."
A good score in written test goes a long way in ensuring
that you get a seat in a good institution, say experts.
Dr Ratnam of IMI says, "The major change that we
have made this year is to drop CAT scores as weightage
for final selection. We will use CAT scores as a short-listing
tool only. We will now give more weightage to the previous
scholastic record of a candidate."
After clearing the entrance exam, the next step would
be: Group Discussion and Interview. Based on the candidate`s
written exam performance, the institutes issue calls
for Group Discussion and Interview to the short-listed
candidates. In most cases, all the candidates who are
called for the Group Discussion are also interviewed.
A few institutes do short-list candidates even after
the Group Discussion stage and only the short-listed
candidates are interviewed.
Apart from the written examination and GD/Interview
performance most management institutes also include
Work experience and academic record and extra-curricular
activities in the candidate`s academic career in their
selection criteria.
Usually work experience is given weightage only if it
is full-time paid experience after graduation - that
too only if it is of more than six months duration.
Less than six months of work experience is not given
weightage in the selection process. Different institutes
follow different methods and the IIMs, for example,
do not count the work experience before graduation.
There are a large numbers of coaching institutes, which
`prepare` you for these entrances: the IMS Learning
Centre, TIME, Career Launchers, and Professional Tutorials
etc.
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