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15 Aug 2020, 06:34
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Hello Aspirants and Experts. This is my first post here. I'm Shubham from INDIA.
I am much confused and I think maybe you guys can help.
CURRENTLY I AM IN LAST YEAR OF MY GRADUATION AND I'M CONFUSED BETWEEN GMAT AND CAT.
I am not sure If I want to go abroad for studies or not. It will totally depend on what score I will get and what my mind tells me to do by thinking of family, career etc etc etc.
So I thought I should go for GMAT as my mathematics is not good and I believe I can work better on English than Quants.
But What's stopping me is what if I had to take admission in India (70% Chances) Then Will I get a good college?
I am not able to find how many seats are available for Indian Students appearing for GMAT as compared to cat in diff colleges.
I searched and got list of colleges which accepts GMAT Score in India but my question is what is the criteria?
Like how a college decides to select a CAT Student or GMAT Student, on what criteria, what weightage etc.
Also it won't be easy to ask different colleges about how many GMAT Seats they have for Domestic Students.
So basically I want to know Scope of GMAT in India for Indian Students.
Thanks.
I am much confused and I think maybe you guys can help.
CURRENTLY I AM IN LAST YEAR OF MY GRADUATION AND I'M CONFUSED BETWEEN GMAT AND CAT.
I am not sure If I want to go abroad for studies or not. It will totally depend on what score I will get and what my mind tells me to do by thinking of family, career etc etc etc.
So I thought I should go for GMAT as my mathematics is not good and I believe I can work better on English than Quants.
But What's stopping me is what if I had to take admission in India (70% Chances) Then Will I get a good college?
I am not able to find how many seats are available for Indian Students appearing for GMAT as compared to cat in diff colleges.
I searched and got list of colleges which accepts GMAT Score in India but my question is what is the criteria?
Like how a college decides to select a CAT Student or GMAT Student, on what criteria, what weightage etc.
Also it won't be easy to ask different colleges about how many GMAT Seats they have for Domestic Students.
So basically I want to know Scope of GMAT in India for Indian Students.
Thanks.
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15 Aug 2020, 08:54
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Heyshubhamgupta first of all welcome to the GMAT club,
Secondly, It's completely your call where you want to study after completing your college.
As you will be knowing, you can't join an MBA school straight out of college abroad if not for deferred MBA program, where also you have to work before joining your MBA classes. Work Experience is mandatory for MBA abroad.
So if you want to get over with master program after bachelor you are left with two options, doing MIM/MSc abroad (which prefer freshers) or Completing Master program in India with the respective college exams. Moreover there is no relation international students seat with the national students seat. If you choose one college, you won't be denied admission stating that belongs to international student. So be assured.
Now it's better to brainstorm where you want to study and work after college, whether it's abroad or domestically. It wholly depends on your preference and choice.
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Secondly, It's completely your call where you want to study after completing your college.
As you will be knowing, you can't join an MBA school straight out of college abroad if not for deferred MBA program, where also you have to work before joining your MBA classes. Work Experience is mandatory for MBA abroad.
So if you want to get over with master program after bachelor you are left with two options, doing MIM/MSc abroad (which prefer freshers) or Completing Master program in India with the respective college exams. Moreover there is no relation international students seat with the national students seat. If you choose one college, you won't be denied admission stating that belongs to international student. So be assured.
Now it's better to brainstorm where you want to study and work after college, whether it's abroad or domestically. It wholly depends on your preference and choice.
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15 Aug 2020, 16:16
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Heyshubhamgupta
Well, you have so many questions, but as most of them have been covered by yashikaaggarwal, I will try to answer the one regarding "whether you should go for CAT or GMAT?".
To decide it, you need to consider the below mentioned factors:
Work experience : In case of GMAT, you need to have work experience to apply for B-schools; but in case of CAT, IIMs prefer fresh graduates or in case of experience - the lesser, the better. Search about Application rating(AR) system for IIMs on Google.
B-Schools & Specializations : You need to decide the specialization or major you want to do, and hence the schools & locations e.g. IIM B is best for MBA-Consulting in India.
Applications and SOPs : You do not need applications or SOPs or stories or LORs when you apply with CAT, but in case of GMAT it is mandatory.
Fees and Scholarships : For an MBA program with IIMs via CAT the Fees is pretty much below 22 lacs for all the schools and you do not get scholarships, but when you apply with GMAT(to schools abroad),the fee is more on higher side. Good thing is some B-schools are very generous to provide scholarships on the basis of your application/profile.
Regarding Quant, the level of difficulty is almost same except there are few more chapters that are covered in CAT, but in case of GMAT the questions tend towards logic more than theories or utilities.
I, myself am a 92 percentiler in CAT Quant but I still am struggling to get a Q50 in GMAT mocks. So, GMAT Quant is not easy, rather it is more logical.
Since you will be graduating next year, you have sufficient time to figure out what do you want from your MBA. You can appear for CAT and get into the prestigious IIMs, or if you want to go with GMAT you can go for YLP program of ISB.
Best wishes.
Well, you have so many questions, but as most of them have been covered by yashikaaggarwal, I will try to answer the one regarding "whether you should go for CAT or GMAT?".
To decide it, you need to consider the below mentioned factors:
Work experience : In case of GMAT, you need to have work experience to apply for B-schools; but in case of CAT, IIMs prefer fresh graduates or in case of experience - the lesser, the better. Search about Application rating(AR) system for IIMs on Google.
B-Schools & Specializations : You need to decide the specialization or major you want to do, and hence the schools & locations e.g. IIM B is best for MBA-Consulting in India.
Applications and SOPs : You do not need applications or SOPs or stories or LORs when you apply with CAT, but in case of GMAT it is mandatory.
Fees and Scholarships : For an MBA program with IIMs via CAT the Fees is pretty much below 22 lacs for all the schools and you do not get scholarships, but when you apply with GMAT(to schools abroad),the fee is more on higher side. Good thing is some B-schools are very generous to provide scholarships on the basis of your application/profile.
Regarding Quant, the level of difficulty is almost same except there are few more chapters that are covered in CAT, but in case of GMAT the questions tend towards logic more than theories or utilities.
I, myself am a 92 percentiler in CAT Quant but I still am struggling to get a Q50 in GMAT mocks. So, GMAT Quant is not easy, rather it is more logical.
Since you will be graduating next year, you have sufficient time to figure out what do you want from your MBA. You can appear for CAT and get into the prestigious IIMs, or if you want to go with GMAT you can go for YLP program of ISB.
Best wishes.
