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22 December

After the release of the response sheet and correct answers by IIM-K, Many aspirants around us are upset because of the low scores. Many of them are demotivated and think that they won’t be able to make it to good B-School in the upcoming academic year! But remember, if IIM’s are the Rolls Royce, Bentley or Ferrari of B-Schools then there are other great colleges which can be the Mercedes S-Class or the BMW 7-series. So let’s lookout rationally and see which one can be your ride!

Here is a list of Top 25 B-Schools in India

1.	Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad
2.	Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
3.	Xavier Labour and Research Institute, Jamshedpur
4.	S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
5.	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
6.	Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University
7.	Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
8.	Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
9.	Indian Institute of Management, Indore
10.	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
11.	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
12.	NITIE, Mumbai
13.	IMT, Ghaziabad
14.	XIM, Bhuwneshwar
15.	SIBM, Pune
16.	Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur
17.	Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
18.	Goa Institute of Management
19.	IIM Shillong
20.	Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai
21.	SCMHRD, Pune
22.	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
23.	Great Lakes, Chennai
24.	Indian Institute of Management, Trichy
25.	Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

Here is the list of Top 25 B-Schools of India and don’t worry as the number just represents the serial number and not the rank. So if we consider the colleges in this list then 12 out of the 25 colleges consider scores other than that of CAT.

S.No	B-School	Exam score accepted
1.	Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad	CAT
2.	Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta	CAT
3.	Xavier Labour and Research Institute, Jamshedpur	XAT
4.	S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai	CAT, XAT
5.	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon	CAT
6.	Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University	CAT
7.	Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore	CAT
8.	Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode	CAT
9.	Indian Institute of Management, Indore	CAT
10.	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi	IIFT
11.	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai	NMAT
12.	NITIE, Mumbai	CAT
13.	IMT, Ghaziabad	CAT, XAT, CMAT
14.	XIM, Bhuwneshwar	XAT, X-GMAT
15.	SIBM, Pune	SNAP
16.	Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur	CAT
17.	Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi	CAT
18.	Goa Institute of Management	CAT, XAT, CMAT
19.	IIM Shillong	CAT
20.	Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai	CMAT, MHCET
21.	SCMHRD, Pune	SNAP
22.	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai	TISSNET
23.	Great Lakes, Chennai	CAT, XAT, CMAT
24.	Indian Institute of Management, Trichy	CAT
25.	Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur	CAT

In terms of percentage, 48% of colleges prefer XAT, CMAT, IIFT, NMAT, SNAP scores. So if you have screwed up your CAT you still have the opportunity to be in Top 25 B-schools of India.

To help you more we can give options of other very good B-Schools of India that accept XAT and CMAT Scores.

XAT score accepting colleges with their cut off for admission in percentiles

B-School	XAT 2019 cut off (percentile)
XLRI, Jamshedpur	94 - 96
XIM, Bhuwneshwar	90 - 92
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai	90
IMT Ghaziabad	90
MICA Ahmedabad	80
Great Lakes	80
TAPMI Manipal	80
Goa Institute of Management	85
K J Somaiya, Mumbai	85
Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA)	80
FORE School of Management, New Delhi	85.25
LIBA Chennai	80
BIMTECH Greater Noida	75
IFMR	75

Here’s a bonus from team Kitabee to help you achieve a good score. here is the link to XAT previous year Decision Making questions file: https://www.kitabee.in//lessons/must-do-questions-for-preparation/must-do-questions-for-xat-preparation/decision-making-dm-for-xat-

CMAT score accepting colleges with their cut off for admission in percentiles

B-School	CMAT 2019 cut off (percentile)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai	99.92
Goa Institute of Management	95 - 99
Great Lakes, Chennai	90 %ile plus
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies And Research And Entrepreneurship Education(SIMSREE), Mumbai	99.60
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research, Mumbai	99.20
Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research	99.06
PUMBA: Department of Management Sciences University of Pune	96.42

There are other entrance exams like TISSNET and MICAT for which you should definitely prepare for as TISS, Mumbai is considered one of the top B-School to learn Human Resources and MICA for Marketing.

The tables above are to show you that nothing is lost if you make it right at the end of the B-school entrance season. So pull up your sleeves and prepare to get the best ride to sail high in your career. Wishing you good luck!!!