Editors Note: September 11 - IIMs have updated their list of participating institutes for CAT 2015. Great Lakes Institute of Management has been added to the list of Non-IIMs accepting CAT 2015 scores. you can check updated institute list is on CAT 2015 Official website

JBIMS, DSE-Delhi University, Great lakes among others are not included in the list of 100+ B schools who will accept CAT 2015 scores for admission to academic session 2016-17. The list announced by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad includes 19 IIMs and 81 Non-IIMs.

National University of Singapore (NUS) MBA is an academically rigorous programme which has been designed with the help of leading industry leaders, faculty and students. The students at NUS MBA are not only equipped with strong analytical skills and concepts, they are also provided with ample opportunities to develop their networking and communication skills. The program is developed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of Asian business market with a global perspective.

With the CAT/XAT/CMAT percentile obtained by you, the admission offered was from not such a very good B school in 2015 and fearing lest the available opportunity is lost, you took the admission as offered and deposited the requisite fee.

The 2 parts of registration and application process for CAT 2015 have been posing some confusing problems while aspirants are proceeding to enter their academic details especially those who have been awarded letter grades and CGPA only.

The academic profile to be filled-up in the CAT 2015 application form is the second step of registration after completing the personal details and uploading the scanned images of photograph and signature. Once submitted these personal details may not be modified at a later stage.

Singapore, despite being a small country in Asia with fewer MBA colleges has built the reputation of providing world class MBA education to the students and has highest ratio of internationally accredited B-schools. This is evident from the fact that almost all the B-schools In Singapore have been awarded with the accreditation from one or other international accreditation agency like AACSB, AMBA or EQUIS.

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2016 going to be conducted on January 3, 2016 is the only exam, scores of which will be accepted by XLRI for admission to flagship PGDM batch 2016-18. XLRI Jamshedpur is the top rated B-school in India and the great learning experience in XLRI class room enables its students to grab unparalleled placement packages. However, a candidate has to score high percentile in XAT 2016, if he aspires to take admission in XLRI or top rated B-schools accepting XAT 2016 scores.

Success stories of CAT/XAT toppers have always inspired the aspirants going to appear in these most reputed MBA/PGDM entrance exams paving the way to IIMs, XLRI, SPJIMR, FMS and other top B-schools.
In the series MBAUniverse.com brings a round of preparation journey and key success Mantra of CAT toppers for the benefit of CAT 2015 aspirants. One of such toppers Saransh Shah scored 98.9 percentile in CAT 2014 and 99.45 percentile in XAT 2015 and has taken admission at one of the top rated B-schools in India SPJIMR Mumbai.

Singapore is a major hub for business as well as for business education today and probably no country in Asia can claim to be more focused on its MBA education as Singapore is. This is the reason despite having very few B-schools; Singapore is a preferred destination for MBA Abroad aspirants.

Defying the scenario of slow-growing economy and ensuring the maximum ROI, IMT Ghaziabad Indias premiere B-School has successfully placed 95% of students from its PGDM (Executive) batch of 2014-15.The B-school marked a great placement record, as the highest CTC offered was Rs. 19 lac per annum along with the average CTC of Rs. 10.9 lac per annum, proving institutes mettle in the industry yet again.