MBA admissions through CMAT entrance exam

MBA (Master of Business Administration) is one of the biggest and most important professional post graduation level degrees. This degree can be earned by any graduate, after completion of his graduation degree.  There are many national based, MBA entrance exams in India. CMAT (Common Management Aptitude Test), cat 2013 (Common Aptitude Test) and XAT 2013 (Xavier Aptitude Test) are the 3 major national based MBA entrance exams in India.  These exams are conducted in very large scales in almost all the towns and cities across India, mostly on holidays. These exams are conducted on specific dates, all over the nation. Top business schools of India admit students through these entrance exams.

Exam prospects
The best MBA institutes of India make admissions through the major national based management entrance exams. These institutes recruit candidates with very high competitive entrance exam scores, high ranks and good percentile. Thus, the top ranker of the major management entrance exams in India can get admissions in the top business schools of the nation. In these reputed b-schools, the best companies of India recruit students, every year, through campus recruitment drives. They are selected in the most reputed companies of India in prestigious positions with excellent salary scales and allowances. Thus, the aim of all the candidates should be to score high and get a good rank in the MBA entrance tests.

Exam preparation
The MBA entrance exams are quite tough and competitive. Thus, the candidates must prepare very hard for the entrance exams and start their preparations, at least 1 year, before the exams. English, quantitative aptitude, general awareness, logical reasoning and math are the major sections of the question paper. The major part of the question paper is objective type and multiple choice questions (MCQ) type. Thus, there is negative marking for each wrong answer. So, the candidates should be very careful while answering these questions. The management entrance exams give much emphasis to the general awareness of the candidates, in the written test as well as in the group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI) rounds.

Application process
CMAT exam is conducted in the month of September, every year, all over India. CAT 2013 exam has been conducted in the month of November. XAT 2013 exam will be conducted in the month of January. The application forms for these exams are available on the official web sites, of the exam councils. These forms can be downloaded from the website and printed out. These should be filled up and mailed on the official addresses of the exam councils, along with exam fees.

Tips to Qualify Competitive Examination

Masters in business administration (MBA) is not only a profitable degree but also adds a symbol of respect and reputation to your personality, besides adding an additional higher education qualification to your educational certificates. Pursuing MBA from a reputed university or college is a wise decision because at the end of the day it is all about your career. To get admission in any of the top MBA University or institute, it is very important to pass the competitive examinations conducted by the university. For example- the CAT, common admission test which is worldwide recognized as one of the toughest examination. Preparing for common admission test is a sustained process and requires a good planning in order to have a thorough preparation that too in a short time period.

CAT has today attracted people from various academic fields be it science, humanity or commerce. Due to the growing success of the same as a career option, every year the strength of candidates appearing for MBA exams such as CMAT and cat has also increased. Cat 2012 will be coordinated by the Indian institute of management (IIT), Kozhikode from October 11, 2012 to November 6, 2012. The all India council for technical education (AICTE) conducts the common management admission test (cmat) as an entrance test for admission to 4,000 colleges or more that offer MBA and 500 colleges which run postgraduate diploma in management programs. As per the cmat latest announcements, the CMAT 2013 is expected to be administered to at least about 400000 candidates all over India and abroad whereas cmat 2012 was taken by around 70000 students in its first year.

The test is scheduled to be conducted within a 5 day test window starting from 21st February 2012 and ending on 25th February 2012 in 64 cities. The candidates have the option of selecting the date and city for appearing in the test according to their convenience. The exam pattern is divided into 4 sections namely quantitative techniques and data interpretation, logical reasoning, language comprehension and general awareness. Here is the detailed information about the important dates:

Important Dates
• Registration window opens on: 1.11.2012
• Last Date for Online Registration: 02.01.2013
• Admit Card Downloading begins on 11.02.2013
• CMAT 2012 Exam Window: 21.02.2013 to 25.02.2013
• Test Timings:  9.30 am - 12.30 pm; 2.30 pm - 5.30 pm
• Declaration of result: 13.03.2013
• Print out of Score Cards From 13.03.2013 to 13.04.2013

Importance of CMAT 2013 exam

CMAT 2013 is one of the major MBA entrance exams. This exam is conducted on a very large scale in almost all the major towns and cities of India. The full form of this exam is common management aptitude test. CAT (common aptitude test) is another major national based management entrance exam. IIM (Indian Institute of Management) makes admissions through common aptitude test. It is one of the biggest and the most reputed management institutes in India. Reputed companies visit the campus and recruit a huge number of students in prestigious posts with excellent pay scales and allowance benefits. This exam is quite tough and highly competitive.

Different parts of management exam 

There are several sections of the management entrance exams. All the sections are multiple choice question (MCQ) type and there are negative marking for each wrong answer. Thus, the candidates must be very careful while answering these questions. The different sections of the management entrance exams are as follows:

• General awareness

• Quantitative aptitude

• English

• Logical reasoning

• Mathematics

All the above mentioned sections of the question paper must be studied with equal importance and emphasis. The exams give much importance to the general awareness and current affairs section, which are also very important for group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI) rounds.

Preparations for management entrance test

All the national based management entrance exams are highly competitive and tough. Thus, the candidates must study very hard in order to qualify these exams. They can also seek the help of many institutes, which are abundant all over India and train up students to succeed in their entrance exams. The ultimate aim of all the management entrance exam candidates is to achieve a good score with a high rank and percentile, in order to take admission in a good management institute in India. Reputed institutes admit students with high percentiles and scores.

Application procedure for MBA entrance exam

CMAT 2013 exam will be held in the month of September and CAT entrance exam for MBA will be held in the month of November. The application forms for these management entrance exams are available from any public sector bank and also online. The form should be filled up in details and attached with a pass port size photograph of the candidate. Admit cards are mailed in the residential address of the candidates with all details of date, time and venue, before the exams. The written exams are usually conducted on holidays. The candidates must prepare well and be ready for the exams.

Secrets of Passing an MBA Exam

MBA is masters in business administration, the most popular qualification demanded across india and abroad that help you gain managerial positions in top companies across the country. Do you want to take up an MBA course after earning a graduation degree in your desired field of interest? Completing an MBA has become faster in today’s advanced technological era, where distance learning has been introduced but off course, the value of regular MBA is much higher than the distance learning MBA.  Therefore, it is always advised to earn a degree in regular MBA. Cracking MBA exams is no joke. There are plenty of colleges and universities offering MBA courses for students from different academic levels but the CMAT that stands for common management entrance test that enables you to take admission in the top colleges in the country from among the 4000 colleges that offer MBA and 500 colleges that run postgraduate diploma in management studies.

The number of students applying for CMAT every year have increased due to which the difficulty level of this exam has also increased thus, making it difficult for the students to crack CMAT. CMAT is a common management entrance test that is approved by the AICTE to reduce the burden on students taking up variety of entrance exams to gain admission in the top college. MBA in the present scenario is a qualification every student looks forward to. The MBA exams have been designed to enable you understand your preparedness level and the career scopes. To crack an MBA exam, one has to prepare religiously and seriously to make the efforts.

A few months of dedicated preparation would suffice in helping the students get in a good business school. The experts and students who have qualified MBA exam advised to begin with giving sample mock tests online on MBA sites to estimate the level of preparedness and competency in them so that they can prepare themselves further for the CMAT accordingly. Pick one trusted and the most effective strategy for preparation as well as to answer. It is important to follow a particular schedule while studying. Covering all the topics are also important keeping in view the weightage of each question in the CMAT exam. Focusing on error removal can also benefit you in various ways as this will keep a check over the errors in your answers so that you can work them. Review button helps the student check the error quotient like selling mistakes, grammar etc and know which question have been attempted and which ones are left out. The more you practice the better you will perform in the CMAT exam.

CMAT 2012: An Exam for Entrance in Top B Schools

A wide range of students are attracted towards the MBA entrance exams where by many aspirants take CAT, CMAT and MAT which are the top considered examination options to take admission in the top b-schools of India. The concept of entrance examination has quickly spread across the world and today many graduates are entering into CMAT each year to make their dreams come true of studying in the top business schools. CMAT referred to as common management admission tests is an online computer based test conducted by the all India council for technical education (AICTE), India.

Being a national level admission tests for facilitating institutions to select eligible and suitable students for admission in all management programmes approved by AICTE, the increase in the number of students applying for this exam is increasing day-by-day. CMAT 2012 features around 4 lakhs seats in the AICTE-approved management programmes in India which will be covered by the test. The test will be conducted from 20^th to 28^th Feb 2012 and the results for the same will be declared on 11 March 2012. As far as eligibility is concerned, Graduates in any discipline for final year of graduate course can apply for CMAT. Here is detailed information on the eligibility criteria for admission to management programs:

• Management (PGDM, MBA and similar)- Recognized bachelors degree of minimum 3 years duration obtained at least 50% marks, 45% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category at the qualifying examination.
• Management (PGCM) - Recognized bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years duration.
• Management (executive PGDM)- any recognized bachelors degree of minimum 3 years and a minimum of 5 years relevant managerial/supervisory experience with at least 50% (45% in case of candidate belonging to reserved category) at the qualifying Examination. 

CMAT is a three hour test conducted during a period of nine days in two shifts at 61 locations. The CMAT question papers comprises of four sections including the quantitative techniques & data interpretation, logical reasoning, language comprehension and general awareness. The number of questions in each section is 25 while each correct answer carries four marks and each wrong answer will carry negative marking as well. So far, b-schools have been largely dependent on the results of CAT and management aptitude test (MAT). This initiative has been taken to address the physical, mental and learning ability of the candidate. So, this year if you are planning to appear for the CMAT, make sure your preparations are up to the mark. 

CMAT 2013-2014(First Test): Notification

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) – 2013 -2014 (First Test)

·         CMAT Exams will be conducted twice in a year.

·         This Notification has issue to announce the fixture of first test of CMAT for admission year 2013 -2014.

·         Students are eligible to appear in both exams and best of the two scores will be used for admission

Important Dates as follows:

Registration starts on                      03.08.2012

Last Date for Online Registration  02.09.2012

Print out of Hall ticket from            15.09.2012

Computer based test dates             27.09.2012 to 01.10.2012

Test Timings                                    9.30 am - 12.30 pm

                     2.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Declaration of result                       17.10.2012

Print out of Score Cards from        17.10.2012 to 17.11.2012

Eligibility

Graduate in any stream or Final Year students of Graduate Courses can apply for CMAT 2013-2014 (First Test)

Test Fee

General/OBC: 1200/- rs + Bank Charges

SC/ST/PD: 600/- rs + Bank Charges

Mode of Payment

Net Banking/ Credit Card: Online through www.aicte-cmat.in

Cash Payment: Cash deposited in any branch of SBI or online challan generated

Test Venues

Agartala, Dhanbad, Kochi, Pondicherry, Ahmadabad, Dharwad, Kolhapur, Pune, Allahabad, Durgapur, Kolkata, Rajkot, Amravati, Ghaziabad, Kota, Raipur, Amritsar, Gurgaon, Kozhikode, Ranchi, Ananthapur, Guwahati, Lucknow, Shimla, Aurangabad, Gwalior, Ludhiana, Siliguri, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Srinagar, Bareilly, Indore, Mumbai, Surat, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Mysore, Trichurapalli, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Nagpur, Trivandrum, Chandigarh, Jammu, Nasik, Udaipur, Chennai, Jamshedpur, Noida, Vadodara, Coimbatore, Jhansi, Panaji, Varanasi, Dehradun, Jodhpur, Patna, Visakhapatnam, Delhi, Kanpur, Prakasam, Warangal

Information Sources

E-mail Id : customercare@aicte-cmat.in

Helpline Number: 022-40679404

Phone support availability: 03rd August, 2012 to 17th November,

Fax Number: 022-25814283

How to get admission in Top MBA Colleges

A career in MBA would open a wide range of opportunities. Today, every company seeks candidates with an MBA degree from a good MBA college. The college you apply for is thus very essential. One can get an MBA degree from anywhere but it is essential to know about the business world and the theories, practicality of the theories etc. All this can only be provided by a good MBA college which imparts quality education. However, to be a part of these MBA colleges is not an easy task. They choose only the best candidates based on an MBA entrance test called CMAT. It is a common management aptitude test conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It is a common written exam conducted on a national level and would gain you entry into more than 4,000 MBA schools all over India. However, clearing this exam is a challenging job. You need to be well prepared for this and it is a major pre-requisite to get admission into the top MBA colleges of India.

• Language is an important consideration. You need to have to a good vocabulary and a command over the English language. There is a specific section dedicated to Language, also it will help you frame betters answers if you have an extended vocabulary.
• General knowledge is a must. You can not clear CMAT if you lack in this area. Expertise on this cannot be achieved in 2-3 days, you need to be in constant touch with the outside world through newspapers, magazines, television, etc. 
• Another major section is logics and reasoning. This is also an important part of the syllabus of MBA. For this, you need to practice hard. You can never be sure of the kind of questions asked so you need to practice hard for this so that you get aware of the type of logical and reasoning questions asked.
• Resort to the sample question papers. CMAT is an online test and the answers are both objective and subjective. Sample papers would help you get a gist of the kind of questions asked and their form, this would help you perform better.
• Quant and Data interpretation is another important section in the CMAT question paper. This, again, requires good practice. Get hold of the kind of questions asked in this section and prepare them well. The more you practice, the better will you perform.

If you prepare these entire well and study hard, you can for sure crack CMAT and get into the top most MBA colleges of India. CMAT results prepare a rank sheet. Your scores in CMAT would decide your rank number. A person on a higher rank would obviously have a wider option of top MBA colleges to choose from, so make sure you do not merely clear the exam but also rank high.

All about CMAT Ranking System

CMAT or the Common Management Entrance Test is an AICTE permitted national level entrance test for management studies in India. CMAT can be your admission pass to the most excellent business schools in the country and are as well among the hardest that you will find. So, if you wish to get the best MBA College then preparing for CMAT 2012 is a must for you. If you are gravely planning for the next MBA exam and rank amid the cream of the nation then you first need to know about the ranking system of CMAT as it will help you in working harder.

CMAT have planned a scoring system in which the final scorecard which will be handed out to the CMAT candidates will comprise the merit number, which will be a form calculated after taking into deliberation the average scores attained  in all four sections of the examination. Additionally, the scorecard will as well comprise individual marks accomplished by the applicants in all the four sections of the paper. In a situation where above one candidate gets the same merit grade, AICTE has developed a tie-breaking method that will be used by all institutes allowing CMAT scores. Consistent with the method, if above one applicant gets the same merit rank then they will be given a place in the list based on their sectional marks. For instance, if there are four students who get the same merit rank in CMAT 2012 consistent with their average scores, the student with the highest mark in the quantitative aptitude segment will be given the highest grade. He will be followed by the applicant with the highest scores in logical reasoning, with language and comprehension coming in next and general knowledge positioned at the end of the list. If even after following this process there is over one scholar with the same rank, the ranks will be maintained. For instance, if two applicants get rank 28, both their scorecards would read merit rank 28. Though, the ultimate list would then neglect the rank 29 and would continue directly to merit rank 30.

So, if you are planning to apply for CMAT exams then do not wait anymore start preparing now as these exams are tough to crack and the ranking system makes it tougher.