What should you do after CAT Results - 4 Recommended Steps!

Below 4 steps are recommended for MBA aspirants post CAT results: 

#1 - Analyze your chances & expected calls
You must check based on your CAT percentile what all colleges you can expect calls from. Try to understand the various other evaluation parameters which colleges is looking for like 
Gender Diversity, Academic Excellence, Academic Diversity, WAT, GD/PI, Essay Writing, Work Exp, Professional Course etc.
Look at your chances by analyzing yourself based on these parameters.
Expected Cut off for various colleges:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2011/11/cut-off-percentile-for-mba-colleges-cat.html
Various Selection Parameters of all 13 IIMs for 2017-19
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2016/10/iims-selection-parameters-for-2017-19.html
Detailed Shortlisting Process of all 13 IIMs:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2011/08/iims-selection-criteria-shortlisting.html



#2 - Analyze the ROI for your MBA from a particular college
Do further self research about college considering below factors:
- College's Reputation and Ranking
- Placement & Average Salary
- College Fee's
Considering all above factors analyze ROI for you going for MBA from this college. Below example would help you in understanding your situation:

Example- 1 - Candidate X is working in IT company for last one year with salary of 3.5 Lacs P.A. He is a general candidate with CAT percentile of 83. Should he join for MBA?
Answer: You shouldn't, unless you are very desperate for doing MBA from any college, you shouldn't join . Reasons:
You would invest more than 8 lac rupees in doing MBA from an average college and when you pass out most likely you may get a salary of 5.5 Lacs P.A. ROI is very less.

Example- 2 - Candidate Y is 2014 pass out and he doesn't has a job. He is a general candidate with CAT percentile of 87. Should he join for MBA ?
Answer: Unless you are very confident of getting better percentile next year you shouldn't drop a year. You can check this by analyzing your level of expertise in Maths & Verbal in your 10th & 12th marks or introspect yourself.
Reasons:

Dropping a year without working is not advisable unless your percentile is going to improve to 97+ next year. If you are financially stable you should go ahead with MBA this year itself. If you have any possibility of getting a job then you can drop a year, prepare well in parallel with work and attempt CAT again next year along with work exp.
B Schools with best ROI - MBA Colleges with lowest fees and very good placement
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.com/2015/01/b-schools-with-best-roi-mba-colleges.html
Ranking of Top 247 colleges of India by Business Today could be useful for you:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2014/10/ranking-of-mba-colleges-india-best_47.html
Note: Some of the colleges like IMT G didn't participate in this survey, IMT G rank should be under top 12 colleges in the given list. There might be some more colleges missing in the list as they didn't participate in the survey.


B Schools with best ROI - MBA Colleges with lowest fees and very good placement

#3 - Check what application forms are still available
Considering that there isn't much time left in the admission process to start it is very critical to fill up application forms of colleges before the last dates. There aren't many application forms available at this stage, and missing the one's which are available is not recommended at all:
Last date of Applications:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2016/12/mba-colleges-2017-admissions-last-date.html
Admission notification published in newspapers
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2016/12/mba-college-notifications-for-2017.html



#4 - Start your preparation for next level of tests
Apart from CAT , there are various other test which B-Schools applies in selecting candidates examples are: WAT, GD/PI, Essay Writing, Work Exp
After CAT results its advised that you focus on equipping yourself with skills to master in these next level of test . 

Below are some of the tips to equip yourself for next level of tests:
Essay Writing Guidelines:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2011/11/xat-essay-tips-and-topics.html
Guidelines for doing well in GD
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2012/01/evaluation-criteria-in-group-discussion.html
Read good novels & books, you can download some of them freely from:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2009/03/recommended-novels-and-books-for-mba.html
Read about Current Affairs, you can download current affair related notes from:

http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2014/11/general-knowledge-2014-current-affairs.html
Check your Current affairs knowledge by taking Free General Awareness Online Test:
http://howtoprepare4cat.blogspot.in/2014/11/free-online-general-awareness-test-2014.html

Prepare yourself for PI questions like:
Why you want to do MBA?
Why you want to do MBA from this college?
Why you want to do MBA in so and so specialization?
How do you spend your spare time?
Tell me about yourself?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Why should we select you?
Be prepared for questions from your work domain
Be prepared for question from your Company & its financial state
Be prepared for questions from your graduations academic area
Learn about Indian and Global economy.

Also do keep an eye on announcement from the college's you are expecting calls from and get complete understanding of their admission process.




All The Best!

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  3. Just a few days back I gave my CAT 2016 Exam, but now I m confused what to do till CAT results are out. All of my friends are scanning for good college, but I'm unable to get what to do. Can you please help me out ?

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    1. Hi Sanjay,

      Now the results are out you must follow the recommendations mentioned at this page.

      Cheers,
      Tips for CAT/MBA Exams

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  6. Can anyone help me what should i do? I got CAT percentile of 84.02% with work experience 27 months,female.Should i apply for colleges this year or try for next year?

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  7. Can anyone help me what should i do? I got CAT percentile of 84.02% with work experience 27 months,female.Should i apply for colleges this year or try for next year?

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  8. Hi Anindita,

    It all depends on how settled you are in your current job, how much you are getting paid for and how desperate you are for doing MBA.

    At 84 percentile and if you belong to general category you would not be getting any of the top 20 colleges. Below example which is mentioned in this page pretty much sums up your situation and it also answers your query:

    Example- 1 - Candidate X is working in IT company for last one year with salary of 3.5 Lacs P.A. He is a general candidate with CAT percentile of 83. Should he join for MBA?
    Answer: You shouldn't, unless you are very desperate for doing MBA from any college, you shouldn't join . Reasons:
    You would invest more than 8 lac rupees in doing MBA from an average college and when you pass out most likely you may get a salary of 5.5 Lacs P.A. ROI is very less.


    Cheers,
    Tips for CAT/MBA Exams

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