Depending upon the preferences as well as curricular particulars of various respective Universities as well as colleges, they tend to follow varied admission procedures. On one hand, some of the government colleges consider passing marks at the graduation level as the sole criteria, some other colleges give increased weightage to CAT scores.
Below mentioned are some preferred entrance tests and a list of government colleges that consider them while providing admission to the students.
Common Admission Test (CAT)
Several nationwide colleges take through MBA aspirants’ score that they manage to obtain in Common Admission Test (CAT). The prominent ones are IIMs such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, and IIM Kozhikode. Moreover, FMS Delhi, SP Jain Mumbai, IISc Bangalore, and the IITs also prefer the CAT score.
Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT)
AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) conducts CMAT, a comparatively newer addition to the list of MBA entrance exams, twice a year. Top public and also top private B-Schools that accept CMAT scores include ISM Dhanbad, SIMSREE Mumbai, NIT Durgapur, GLIM Chennai, GIM Goa, Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow and so on.
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
All those who are aiming at pursuing the MBA course can easily secure their seats across several MBA institutions across our country only with their GMAT scores. Some of the GMAT score accepting B-Schools in India are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, XLRI Jamshedpur, ISB Hyderabad & Mohali, Department Of Management BITS Pilani, IIFT Delhi & Kolkata and many more reputed ones.
Management Aptitude Test (MAT)
Conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA), MAT attracts the fancies of several MBA aspirants who can rest assured about getting admission in MBA schools, such as Alliance Bangalore, Amity Noida, IBMR Bangalore, EMPI New Delhi, NILM Delhi, SCMS Cochin, IRM Jaipur and so on.
AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA)
Conducted by the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), ATMA is a national entrance exam conducted four times a year. Some of the best B-Schools that accept ATMA scores are IMS Ghaziabad, MSM Meerut, SCMS Cochin, Institute of Business Management & Research (IBMR IPS), International School of Business & Media, Pune, and many more.
Xavier Admission Test (XAT)
XAT entrance examination as introduced by the XLRI for admission into MBA courses is also preferred by several other MBA colleges countrywide. Some colleges such as XLRI Jamshedpur, XIM Bhubaneswar, GIM, and so on prefer this exam. The national aptitude test i.e. Xavier Admission Test (XAT) helps several aspiring MBA students realize their dream of being MBA postgraduates.
SNAP
One of the most reputed institutes Symbiosis considers SNAP each year for giving admissions to thousands of such aspirants to the MBA courses run by its affiliated institutions.