Common Admission Test (CAT) is an exam for those candidates who wish to make a career in management and business administration. This exam is conducted on a rotational basis by the Indian Institute of Management each year. About two lakh candidates appear for the CAT exam per annum. the highest six IIMs have around 2,500 seats, hence the amount of competition within the CAT exam is more intense with a high score typically above 99 percentile. The score of a candidate is taken into account by most of the business schools for admission across India except for IIMs.
Reasons why you must pursue an MBA and take CAT:
• The students who pass out of premium institute like IIMs gets picked up by companies
readily available with the highest salary packages.
• There are sheer diversity of jobs, the extent of ownership, and responsibility are a
number of the benefits of an MBA. You get lots of options from a variety of specializations like Marketing, Finance, Advertising, Strategy, Consulting, etc.
• You need a further degree to grow beyond a specific level in your job and selecting a
career in MBA is one of the most effective options for teaching in India. MBA brushes
up a lot of skills in a person which definitely helps a business to grow further.
• Having a degree of MBA definitely provides opportunities to network and credibility,
better recognition which helps a lot in a start-up or a business/ organization.
• Your ability to induce speed capital for a start-up of a business (entrepreneur) improves
if you have got done an MBA from one of all the highest B-schools. You furthermore may
get plenty of opportunities to interact with the nice minds within the country where you'll be able to brainstorm your ideas and obtain a far better view of things.
Importance of CAT Exam Preparation:
CAT entrance examination is an examination that evaluates the capabilities and therefore
the efficiency of a student and decides whether he/she is suitable for the management job. If you're near completing your graduation or have worked within the industry for some years and are thinking to pursue MBA from one of all the highest B-schools in India, then CAT exam preparation becomes important.
Here’s why you should consider appearing for this tough entrance exam:
Advantages for candidates on preparing and appearing for the CAT Exams areas
follows:
1- Opportunity to enter to top IIMs:
As we all know that the Indian Institute of Management conducts CAT Exams every year (IIM Ahmadabad, IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, and IIM Kozhikode)to select candidates for their management programs through admission. For all the candidates who appear for the CAT Exam, IIM is the dream business school for them because of its way of teaching and for assured successful future. IIM’s pay packages are very attractive and popular offered by top business companies at campus placement such as Samsung, Lenovo, Airtel, Tata Sky, Amazon, Reliance Industries Limited, CK Birla Group, Aditya Birla Group, etc.
2- Admission to top management universities:
There are a lot of management institutes/ universities other than IIMs where a candidate
can get admission through the CAT Exam. These institutes are very prestigious and a candidate can absolutely have a successful business career after passing out from these institutes.
Some of the universities are:
| 1 | Xavier Labour Relations Institute |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| 5 | Management Development Institute |
| 6 | S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research |
| 7 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli |
| 8 | Great Lakes Institute of Management |
| 9 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management |
| 10 | SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies |
| 11 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| 12 | ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education |
| 13 | International Management Institute New Delhi |
| 14 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering |
| 15 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology |
| 16 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade |
| 17 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad |
| 18 | T. A. Pai Management Institute |
| 19 | Jamia Millia Islamia |
| 20 | Faculty of Management Studies |
| 21 | Loyola Institute of Business Administration |
| 22 | PSG College of Technology |
| 23 | Fore School of Management |
| 24 | Banaras Hindu University |
| 25 | Nirma University |
| 26 | Institute of Management Technology |
| 27 | Alliance University |
| 28 | Anna University |
| 29 | Xavier University |
| 30 | International Management Institute Kolkata |
3- CAT Exam is not tough with regular practice:
Most of the students think have this misconception in their mind that CAT Exam is very
tough to crack but in reality, it’s not. Everything is easy if you practice it regularly with full
dedication. Candidates can score well in the exam with regular practice and concentration. It’s all about study and time management, candidates can prepare a time-table, set targets daily, be consistent in their practice, and compare the preparation with the previous year's mock test papers and CAT exam papers.
4- Learning for Life:
In CAT Exam, the sections consist of three sections which include Quantitative Ability
(QA), Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension and Data Interpretation(VARC) and
Logical Reasoning(LR) improves a lot of things in a candidate, it brushes up the
management skills, mental endurance, problem-solving ability, etc.
5- Grow Professionally:
By clearing the CAT Exam and getting admitted into one of the top colleges give you an advantage of brushing up on the following:
The marketing field needs a lot of interaction with the customers, clients, partners and
stakeholders. The daily basis work involves traveling, utilizing the resources to increase
sales.
The finance field needs an analytical approach. This makes Finance look more clear in a
business or a start-up.
Operations that need the coordination of many departments and teaches you how to
manage a group of sectors/ departments/ people.
Information Management needs the ability to manage and work with teams spread
across various geographical locations.
Human Resource: For those who are interested in this sector, Communication skills and
Integrity is the most important trait. If you are good at resolving conflicts, then this is for you.
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