No work experience is no hurdle to get a top B-school it has been proved by Madhur Mehtra, a SNAP topper in 2016 with 99.23 percentile and student of SIBM Pune. Madhur is a fresher but with his excellent academics and high SNAP scores, he could get one of the top 15 Symbiosis B-schools, SIBM Pune.

Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) has announced the admission criteria for the PGP batch of 2018. The admission criteria divided in three phases of shortlisting and final admission round will award a reduced weightage of 40% and 25% respectively to CAT 2017 exam score in the admission process. Higher weightage of 50% to Academics in shortlisting and 40% to PI-WAT in final selection round will play an important role in determination of final merit list at IIM Visakhapatnam.

CAT 2017 Registration Process is divided in 2 parts comprising 1 page for personal details registration and other 5 pages for application details. The confusing technical problems being faced by CAT aspirants, in the application part of CAT 2017 registration and application form can be avoided with a little understanding before proceeding to complete the application form.

Your CAT 2017 exam date is still 3 months away and if you have not seriously started your CAT exam preparation, it is advisable to focus on it. You can prepare well in these three months, provided you are able to apply before the CAT last date which is September 20. After 2 months from the closing of CAT registration date is your appointment with CAT exam date falls on November 26.

CAT 2017: Important dates

You cannot apply for IIFT 2017 MBA entrance exam in offline mode. The practice has been discontinued by the B-school. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will conduct entrance test IIFT 2017 for admission to MBA (International Business) 2018-20 at its Delhi and Kolkata campus on December 3, 2017 in paper pen mode.

Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Board - Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Society has announced today the appointment of Professor Errol DSouza as Director-incharge, IIM Ahmedabad effective Saturday, September 2, 2017.

If there is a backlog still to be cleared or grace marks are awarded to clear the graduation, it poses no obstacle in CAT 2017 registration and applying to IIMs in the CAT 2017 application form. CAT 2017 Registration is allowed even with the backlog and supplementary exam scores in your graduation, there is no need to worry.

Getting 99 percentile does not necessarily mean that you should study for 16 or 18 hours a day. CAT toppers studying at IIMs prefer the smart way of preparation instead of devoting more time with less output. Candidates with right preparation strategy have been able to crack CAT with 3-4 months of intensive preparation in the revised CAT exam pattern that contains 3 sections and 100 questions.

Why there is a need to appear in Sept MAT 2017 exam when after 2 months CAT 2017 leading to all the top B-schools including IIMS will be held on November 26? This can be a common but intrinsic query by the aspirants of all the national level MBA entrance exams.

The key reasons why you should take MAT and treat it as important exam before all other exams are shared by the CAT/XAT expert Prof S K Agarwal, expert on CAT 2017 and XAT 2018 preparation.

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