student : PERQUISITES AVAILABLE AFTER RECEIVING AN MBA DEGREE
raman : Readiness to take up Placements/ Entrepreneurship. Readiness would mean a good grasp of management subjects / Project and Internship. More clarity on how your MBA can contribute for your career goals. If you are also keen on further studies, may be may look at Fellowship programmes.

hny : GOOD EVENING SIR/MAM I HAVE COMPLETE THE ALGEBRA AND ARTHMATIC WITH GOOD QUESTIONS BUT I AM STUCK INTO GEOMETRY PLS HELP. ME , HOW TO COMPLETE THE GEOMETRY BECOZ IN RECENT MOCKS I ATTEMPT AROUND 13 WITH 80% ACCURACY GET AROUND 20 TO 25 MARKS
asim : I suggest you begin with the exercise from study material booklet provided, follow it up with practice with questions from Aimcats. Please attend doubt clarification sessions without fail.

rajesh12 : HI
raman : Hi

rajesh12 : WHICH COLLEGES ARE GOOD FOR MBA OTHER THAN IIMS
bharat : XLRI, FMS, MDI, JBIMS, Older IITs... always aim for top 25

rajesh12 : APART FROM CAT WHICH OTHER EXAMS TO WRITE
philipthomas : XAT , SNAP , NMAT and MAT would be the other tests that should be taken.

hycb8ad86 : GOOD EVENING
raman : Good evening.

hycb8ad86 : IS IT GOOD TO DO MBA IN INDIA OR ABOARD
philipthomas : While there are positives to both, it would be better for freshers to do it in India

hycb8ad86 : WITH 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE IS IT GOOD TO JOIN THE IIMS
bharat : yes

hocd4a160 : HOW IS IMI BUBNAESHWAR, DELHI, KOLKATA. WHICH CAMPUS IS BETTER OF ALL THESE?
bharat : IMI Delhi is the best of the three

hycb8ad86 : I AM WEAK IN MATH CAN I GET INTO THE IIMS
raman : please work on your math to the best possible way. Do not give up. Try your best!

s : CURRENTLY, I AM SCORING IN THE 70S IN AIMCATS. PROFILE: 8/7/8 SC NE F W.EX. 2 MONTHS. IS THERE A CHANCE FOR ME TO GET INTO IIM A, B, AND C? IF YES, HOW MUCH MINIMUM PERCENTILE DO I NEED TO SCORE IN CAT IN EACH SECTION?
philipthomas : You will definitely get calls if you get a 75+ percentile in each section of the CAT.

singrai : HELLO I AM GETTING DISTRACTED BECAUSE OF DIWALI HOW DO I OVERCOME THAT
philipthomas : If you have been studying without a break , nothing wrong in taking a small break.

hycb8ad86 : CAN I CRACK ALONG WITH MY JOB WORK
bharat : yes... 100 percent... plan better - stick to study schedule but keep evolving as per the need

sunshine360 : HOW TO REVISE
siddhartharora : There are 3 ways to revision. 1. Give mocks 2. Read the formulas from a formula book every 2-3 days 3. Redo the good questions which you find different and had new logic to it

s : IF ISB YLP WORTH APPLYING?
bharat : good program - expensive but you should consider it if you fit the bill

sunshine360 : IS FMS AS GOOD AS IIMS
bharat : Top 5 college - FMS, IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, XLRI (in alphabetical order)

sunshine360 : WHICH ARE GOOD GOVERNMENT COLLEGES APART FROM IIMS
philipthomas : FMS , IIFT and some of the IITs are among the top B-Schools of India

s : WHAT IS THE CUTOFF FOR FMS DELHI?
philipthomas : Nothing less than a 99 percentile

student : AFTER CAT WHICH EXAMS' SCORE HOLD SIGNIFICANCE FOR ENTRANC3 INTO INSTITUITIONS AND ALSO DOES THIS HOLD TRUE FOR INSTITUITIONS APART FROM B SCHOOLS?1
bharat : XAT, SNAPTEST, NMAT -- all imp exams as they open doors to some really good colleges

max : WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PGDM COURSE AND MBA COURSE FOR BETTER CAREER OPTION LIKE I'M CONFUSED WITH THIS TWO COURSES..
bharat : no diff... MBA is given by Univ or Univ-affiiliated college while PGDM is awarded by autonomous institutes... most top colleges award PGDM

hocd4a160 : CAN YOU PLEASE LIST TELL ME, A FEW VERY GOOD MBA COLLEGES WITH LEAST FEES?
siddhartharora : FMS Delhi, JBIMS Mumbai, IMSBHU, Varanasi

dhruvil : WHICH COLLEGE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WITH PERCENTILE BETWEEN 90-94
philipthomas : IITs - Madras , Kanpur, Kharaghpur, IMT -Ghaziabad , IMI Delhi and Great Lakes Chennai

singrai : HOW IMPORTANT IS NETWORKING IN AN MBA PROGRAM? AND, ARE INTERNSHIPS ENOUGH TO GIVE US REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE?
bharat : Networking is very IMPORTANT... Internships are one of the many ways of gaining real world exposure

an : THE AIMCAT SLOTS ARE FULL WHAT TO DO?
siddhartharora : Talk to your center as they will be having a slot for all students

an : WHAT ARE MY JOB ROLES POSSIBLE WITH A MARKETING SPECIALIZATION? I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I’D BE ABLE TO TAKE ON MANAGERIAL ROLES IN CREATING BRAND CAMPAIGNS, ADVERTISING STRATEGIES, ETC.
siddhartharora : Marketing has many roles including brand manager, sales manager, product manager, advertising, pricing, market research, etc.

asi : WHILE ANALYSING THE AIMCATS I COME TO KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE SCORED BETTER IN DILR...SINCE I END UP CHOOSING THE DIFFICULT SET AND STUCK WITH IT..I TRIED ANALYSING EVERY SET BEFORE CHOOSING 1 BUT IT TAKES UP LOT OF MY TIME..IS THERE ANY OTHER APPROACH THAT I CAN FOLLOW?
siddhartharora : Try to read questions and then decide what to do

an : SHOULD I APPLY TO ROUND 1 OF COLLEGES THAT HAVE DEADLINE SBEFORE CAT? OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR ROUND 2? DOES ROUND 1 INCREASE MY CHANCES OF GETTING A CALL BASED ON PROFILE IN COLELGES LIKE BITS, OR MDI?
philipthomas : If you are looking for profile based calls , you will definitely have to apply for round1

hocd4a160 : MY VARC SCORE IS FLUCTUATING A LOT. I CANT UNDERSTAND PASSAGE IN ONE GO. I ALWAYS READ IT TWICE. HOW CAN I IMPROVE IN THIS ONE MONTH.
philipthomas : Suggest that you read the passages paragraph by paragraph , that will enable you to answer without having to read the entire passage all over again

harshitha : MY CURRENT MOCK SCORES RANGE IN 70PERCENTILE.
raman : Work on the areas where you missed out and revive your strategy of preparation and also your performances in the upcoming mocks. All the best.

hocd4a160 : HOW MUCH SNAP SCORE IS NEEDED FOR SBIM PUNE?
philipthomas : 38 is the minimum that you would require for SIBM Pune.

harshitha : 10TH- 10GPA, 12TH- 91.4%. GRAD -8.7 GPA. LAW GRADUATE-FRESHER WHAT SHOULD BE MY PERCENTILE IN CAT FOR ME TOGETHER INTO IIMS IF MY CURRENT SCORE RANGE AT 70 PERCENTILE?
philipthomas : You will require 97 + percentile for the top IIMs , 90 + for the new IIMs and 85+ for the baby IIMs

baca4a012 : AFTER CAT EXAM I HAVE TO FILL ANY OTHER CLG FORM?
bharat : this would depend on your performance and the application window -- please check this page on a regular basis: https://www.time4education.com/local/articlecms/notifications.php?course=CAT/MBA

hola : AFTER PURSUING BTECH IN IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST MBA SPECIALIZATION BE FIT TO ME ?
bharat : that's a personal decision to make... factor in your long term career goals, interests, ability to learn, and opportunities

hocd4a160 : HOW ,UCH NMAT SCORE IS GOOD FOR NMIMS AND TAPMI MANIPAL
philipthomas : 250 would be a good score for NMIMS Mumbai and 220 for TAPMI.

student : DO WE HAVE TO APPLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RESULTS COME OUT AND IS IT TRUE THAT THE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLINE? ALSO WHEN WILL THE SAME BE CONDUCTED AND CAN THEY EXTEND UPTIL FEBRUARY???
siddhartharora : Every institute has different timelines to apply. Interviews will be mostly online but few also do offline. Most of the interviews start from mid January.

an : I AM CONFUSED OF HOW SCALING IN CAT WORKS. IT SHOWS EVEN A SCORE OF 50 GETS A PERCENTILE OF 90+, BUT TO GET 99 PERCENTILE YOU NEED DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT?
siddhartharora : Percentile is nothing but percentage of students who gave exams and scored less than you. Never mind what percentile comes at what score as it all depends on the paper of the day. Focus on maximizing your score and how to find easy and doable questions in any paper no matter how tough it is.

an : WHICH TOP INSTITUTES DO NOT CONSIDER SECTIONAL CUTOFFS INCLUDING IIMS? I AM STRUGGLING WITH DILR AND QUANTS, AND WANTED TO WEIGH MY OPTIONS
siddhartharora : Nearly all consider it, some might have cut off at 50 percentile, some at 90 but all good one do.

student : PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION.
siddhartharora : Done, please check the

student : THANK YOU 👍
raman : 👍

a : FMS DELHI CUT OFF PERCENTILE IN EACH SECTION FOR SC NE F?
philipthomas : 80+ percentile is the minimum required.

an : IS SIBM BANGALORE WORTH IT?
raman : depends on all options available with you?

nilu : IN DILR WHICH CHAPTER IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR CAT ?
siddhartharora : There is nothing important as CAT can ask any type of question. So just practice and try to see patterns in questions and do not worry

rash : THIS IS RASH, IN CONTINUATION OF MY QUESTION IS MBA A GOOD OPTION FOR ME
bharat : How do we know what is good for you, Rash? We don't want to make a RASH decision for you, Rash.

an : I WANTED A GOOD BACKUP COLLEGE JUST IN CASE SO WAS WONDERING IF SIBM BANGALORE FITS THAT BILL. I WANT TO SPECIALIZE IN MARKETING
philipthomas : Yes it is a very good college of long standing , marketing is an important specialisation there and the average CTC was 14.55 lakhs per annum.

an : FOLLOWING UP ON MY QUESTION ON SIBM BANGALORE - I FOUND A LOT OF MIXED REVIEWS, AND 14.55LAKH IS STILL ON THE LOWER SIDE OF ROI. HOWEVER, THEY SEEMED TO BE HAVE A TREND OF GROWTH ON THEIR CTC AND THEY HAVE THE SYMBIOSIS BRAND. THEY ARE NOT AS ACCREDITED BUT THEY SAY THEY ARE EN ROUTE TO BE. SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF MY RATIONALE WAS CORRECT IN CONSIDERING IT AS A BACKUP OPTION
philipthomas : To reiterate it is a good B-SCHOOL and highly rated by T.I.M.E. Alumni, while the average was 14.55, the highest was 22.5 lpa.