If you are searching for an IIM or XLRI or other top rated B-school like FMS, MDI or SPJIMR after scoring 500 or 600 in May MAT 2016, you are running after a mirage only. The sooner you get rid of this illusion, the better it will be to understand the hard reality in regard to getting into an MBA with low or high MAT May 2016 exam scores.

No doubt you have good MBA options, if not the best like IIMs, still open for admission across the country on the basis of MAT May 2016 exam scores, you are neither elevated after scoring 500 nor you have gone down after scoring 300.

After completing the process in phase 1, IIM Visakhapatnam has announced the Phase 2 shortlist of candidates for PGP 2016-18 batch. The shortlisted candidates have to appear now in Personal Interview & Written Ability Test to be conducted under the mentorship of IIM Bangalore.

The phase-2 shortlist has been declared after the candidates shortlisted in phase-1 had reconfirmed their interest by April 28, 2016. Those who missed the deadline may not participate in PI and WAT for admission to IIM Visakhapatnam.

After scoring a high percentile of 98 plus in May MAT 2016 exam, I am unable to take the decision which B-school I should apply in with my May MAT 2016 score card and the dilemma continues to deepen and now it appears that I need the expert counselling to clear the fog of confusion.

Admission results of the candidates who have been successful in converting the call to the highly ranked IIMs and other top rated B-schools have started pouring in and the candidates are able to view their admission status on the B-school site.
With final merit lists for MBA/PGDM admission 2016 gradually being published by the top rated B schools and students getting admission offers from more than one or two institutes, it has become more imperative to take a decision where to go before investing huge amount of money to pursue the management course from your dream B school.

Result for May MAT 2016 exam has been declared by AIMA ahead of time as announced earlier. Admission to MBA/PGDM programmes beginning in 2016 can be explored with May MAT 2016 scores in good B-schools. However, May MAT 2016 is the last Management Aptitude Test the scores of which will be accepted by the B-schools for admission to MBA 2016-18 programme.

AIMA proposes to declare May MAT 2016 result by May 21 or 22 for admission to MBA/PGDM programmes. In fact MAT 2016 May exam is the last MBA entrance conducted by AIMA for MBA admission in the year 2016. All the future 4 quarterly MAT exams will lead you to the admission in 2017.

Plan B-school before MAT result To avoid last minute delay in making a choice after declaration of May MAT 2016 result, you can plan and choose the B-school in order of preference on the basis of your performance and expected score in MAT exam.

Whether a fresher or a candidate with 2-3 years of work experience, your target is admission in the top rated IIM in 2017 if you are planning to prepare for CAT 2016. Nothing can match the hard, intelligent and well managed self-study leading to success by scoring high percentile in CAT 2016. You will need to score high overall as well as sectional percentile to get shortlisted by the top 3 IIMs namely IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta. On the top of it IIM Bangalore has been assigned for the first time to convene CAT 2016, so you may expect a different CAT this year.

Without looking before leaping into the lucrative admission offers by the B-schools, now you are planning to withdraw from the MBA programme and wish to switch your institute at the earliest. It may be due to the last date of finalizing the admission might by very near or you might have the fear lest the admission process at the B-school closes.

Dates for MAT 2016 September exam have been announced by AIMA although the registration for MAT September 2016 will open in the first week of July 2016. MAT 2016 in paper pencil mode will be held on Sunday September 4 while the computer based MAT will be conducted from Saturday September 10 onwards.

The registration and application process for national level MAT 2016 September exam for admission to MBA/PGDM 2017-19 programme will commence in the first week of July and will close on August 23, 2016 as the last date to submit the filled in application forms.