Top B-schools Accepting CMAT Scores

CMAT, commonly known as the Common Management Aptitude Test, is an MBA entrance exam conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Every year at around 50,000 MBA aspirants appear in the test. If you are a CMAT test taker, knowing the list of top B-schools accepting CMAT scores along with their cut off will not only help you in setting your goal but also prepare you for admissions once the results are declared. 

Till 2014, CMAT was conducted twice a year in February and September, but in 2015 the CMAT September 2015 exam was scrapped and AICTE announced that 2016 onwards CMAT will be conducted once a year in January. Although the mode of the exam continued to be computer based, but instead of multiple day windows, the exam is to be held in a single day and slot across the country. The CMAT exam pattern also continues to be same.

 
Unless you know which are the participating institutes and their cut-offs, you cannot really prepare yourself for the application process of a B-school of your choice. The list of CMAT cut-offs for top B-schools accepting CMAT scores will help you apply to the suitable institutes based on their applications vis-à-vis their scores. The cut-offs of the top B-schools accepting CMAT scores can be defined according to three parameters, scores, ranks and percentiles. In the table given below, we share with you the top B-schools accepting CMAT scores for the present and the upcoming academic year.

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Note: The B-schools are arranged according to their Careers360 ranks, starting from the Public B-schools followed by Private B-schools. The ranks of the B-schools which have been referred as 'Not Ranked' have not participated in the ranking or were not deemed eligible as per the Careers360 ranking eligibility criteria. Some B-schools do not have a particular cutoff score or percentile, for which, we have denoted the cutoff as Not Applicable (NA).

Top B-schools Accepting CMAT Scores and Cutoffs

As you can see, the CMAT cut off for B-schools ranges from 45 percentile to 90+ percentile. As per as the scores are concerned, the cut-off score range from 160 to 285. Some B-schools also accept CMAT ranks as cut off. When the CMAT result is declared, the candidates can see his or her score and rank. The top B-schools accepting CMAT scores in India which also have the highest cutoff percentiles as follows:

• Goa Institute of Management

• SIMSREE Mumbai

• K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Mumbai

• XISS Ranchi

Remember, this is just a small portion of the top B-schools accepting CMAT scores. There are several other top B-schools which are participating institutes for CMAT scores. However, the cut-offs of the top B-schools accepting CMAT scores might change according to various factors namely number of candidates taking the exam, difficulty level of the exam to name a few.

You can check your admission possibility at CMAT participating instittues by entering your sectional and overall scores at the Careers360 CMAT Pathfinder tool. 

However, there is a caveat. The cut-offs of the top B-schools accepting CMAT scores is only an indication of the quality of students the institutes look for admitting in the management programmes. Apart from the cut offs there are various criteria for shortlisting and selection such as past academic records, work experience to name a few. Hence, it cannot be guaranteed that obtaining the cutoff percentile will ensure a call from the B-schools you have applied.

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