Didn’t do well in CAT & XAT? Focus on CMAT Cut offs for admissions into JBIMS, Great Lakes, IFMR, K J Somaiya, GIM

CMAT 2019 Scores & Cut offs will be applicable to MBA/PGDM admission 2019 for 1000+ AICTE approved MBA and PGDM colleges. National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting CMAT 2019 in two shifts on January 28, 2019. Till 2018 it was AICTE which conducted CMAT exam for MBA admission. This is the first time that CMAT is conducted in two sessions instead of single session.

The admission process based on CMAT cutoff for MBA/PGDM 2019 is open currently for many top MBA colleges in India like JBIMS, K J Somaiya, IFMR, N L Dalmia, GIM, Welingkar among others who will shortlist candidates for admission on the basis of CMAT score cut offs. Besides, other top MBA colleges like SIMSREE, PUMBA also accept CMAT cut offs.

Last opportunity to Apply to Top B-schools with CAT & XAT Scores

1000+ CMAT 2019 Score Accepting MBA Colleges
The National Testing Agency which is conducting Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2019 for the first time, has confirmed, “CMAT Score will be accepted by over 1000 participating institutes. The participating institutes of CMAT-2019 are the institutions which will be accepting the CMAT Score.” 

CMAT Cut off 2019: All AICTE Approved MBA/PGDM B-schools to Apply
So, which are these MBA colleges accepting CMAT 2019 scores and whether they will be applying the CMAT 2019 cut offs in their MBA admission 2019? NTA has further confirmed, “The CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges.”

Besides, more than 400 MBA colleges in Maharashtra will accept CMAT 2019 scores. Most of these B-schools have already announced their probable CMAT 2019 Cut off percentile for admission 2019 in respective PGDM programmes.

The CMAT cut off 2019 will also be applied for the Government of Maharashtra regulated low fee structure and University degree carrying Master of Management Studies (MMS) or MBA programmes in 400 Maharashtra B-schools. The admission to these MMS/MBA colleges accepting CMAT score will be based on the CMAT 2019 cut offs determined through Centralized Admission Process (CAP) 2019 conducted by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra in June 2019 for all the participating MBA colleges.

CMAT 2019 Cut Offs for MBA admission 2019: Key Points

• Actual CMAT 2019 cut offs will be announced and applied by the MBA colleges after declaration of CMAT result on February 08, 2019
• CMAT Score will be accepted by over 1000 participating institutes
• All of these participating institutes of CMAT 2019 are the institutions which will be accepting the CMAT Score 2019
• Candidates must apply separately to each of the CMAT 2019 accepting MBA college
• Each participating MBA college accepting CMAT 2019 score will release its respective CMAT 2019 cut off
• Applicants should meet the CMAT cut off criteria and other parameters to become qualified for admission to that particular MBA college accepting CMAT 2019 score
• Once qualified the CMAT 2019 Cut off and shortlisted for final selection round, the candidates will have to appear for MBA/PGDM selection procedure of the particular MBA college which may comprise Group Discussion (GD)/Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI)
• The final MBA Admission of the candidates will be on the basis of the actual CMAT 2019 cut off, performance in CMAT, performance in GD-PI-WAT, Academic profile and other parameters.
• Each MBA college accepting CMAT 2019 score may have different CMAT cut off 2019 which can be found on their respective website.  
• CMAT 2019 cut offs in 400+ Maharashtra MBA colleges accepting CMAT are applied differently:

1. For PGDM admission 2019, each CMAT 2019 accepting MBA college will individually apply the CMAT 2019 cut offs.
2. For MMS/MBA admission 2019 CMAT cut offs will be determined and applied by DTE Maharashtra for all the MBA colleges as per the merit list prepared through Centralized Admission Process (CAP)

CMAT Cut offs 2019 in MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Score
For your convenience to decide on the B-school, we have categorized the top MBA colleges accepting CMAT 2019 score as per their expected CMAT cut offs. You may explore the admission opportunity in these B-schools. Please note that there are many B-schools where admission process is going to close shortly, so you have to move fast and should apply before the last date to apply.

Top MBA Colleges with CMAT Cut Off above 90%ile
Following are only a few of the top MBA colleges accepting CMAT scores with their likely CMAT 2019 cut offs:

• JBIMS Mumbai: Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
• SIMSREE Mumbai: Sydenham Institute of Management Studies And Research And Entrepreneurship Education
• Great Lakes Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management - GLIM
• WE School Mumbai: Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
• GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management
• IFMR Chennai: Institute For Financial Management & Research
• Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Hyderabad
• SIMSR Mumbai: K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research

MBA Colleges with likely CMAT cut off above 80%ile

• IFIM Bangalore: IFIM Business School
• SDMIMD Mysore: SDM Institute For Management Development
• IES MCRC Mumbai: IES Management College And Research Centre
• IMS Ghaziabad: Institute of Management Studies
• ISBM Pune: International School of Business and Media
• JIMS Rohini Delhi: Jagan Institute of Management Studies
• Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida/Lucknow
• KIIT School of Management - KSOM Bhubaneswar
• IPE Hyderabad: Institute of Public Enterprise
• Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management - VJIM Hyderabad
• New Delhi Institute of Management - NDIM New Delhi
• Indus Business Academy - IBA Bangalore
• AIMS Institutes Bangalore

MBA Colleges with likely cut off above 70%ile

• Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar
• Acharya Bangalore B-School - ABBS Bangalore
• SCMS Cochin: SCMS Cochin School of Business
• Delhi School of Business, VIPS - Technical Campus
• EMPI Business School, New Delhi
• FIIB Delhi: Fortune Institute of International Business
• Vishwa Vishwani Hyderabad: Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management
• Accurate Institute of Management And Technology
• DSIMS Mumbai: Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies
• Adarsh Institute of Management And Information Technology - AIMIT Bangalore

CMAT Score Vs Percentile Cut Offs: Expected Trend
Going by the past trends, it is expected that an overall score of 225-230 will get 99 percentile while a score of 190 marks may get 95 percentile in CMAT 2019. The past trends reveal that expected CMAT cut offs 2019 in scoring various percentile score may be as under: 

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on CMAT 2019