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MBA Colleges Accepting 50-60 Percentile in CAT 2024 include reputed colleges like the School of Management Sciences (SMS), New Delhi Institute of Management, and Asian Business School among others. There are many reputed MBA colleges in India that you can consider if your CAT result 2024 is between the 50-60 percentile. These colleges accepting 50 percentile in CAT don’t give much weightage to CAT scores but focus more on a student’s academic performance, work experience, and other important aspects while granting admission into MBA/ PGDM courses. Thus, even if your CAT score is not ideal, you can refer to these B-schools instead of investing another year in CAT preparation and waiting for MBA admission next year.

Low scores in CAT 2024? Worried about getting admission to top B-schools in India? Don't worry! Many colleges in India, like FORE School of Management Delhi, LPU Jalandhar, Amity University Noida, TAPMI Manipal, GLIM Chennai, and JIMS Rohini, accept candidates with low CAT scores. You can also take other entrance exams and apply for admission to colleges accepting their scores.

More than 2 lakh candidates apply for the CAT exam each year. However, only a small number of candidates are able to achieve CAT scores in the 99th to 100th percentile range. Having said that, a candidate's ambitions of pursuing an MBA should not cease just because they did not receive a high percentile score on the CAT 2024 exam. Take a read through this article and know the list of MBA colleges accepting low CAT 2024 scores.

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If you are wondering ‘What is a good percentile in CAT 2024?’ then you must also understand that this question has multiple answers. If you belong to the General/NC-OBC category and wish to seek admission to one of the top IIMs in India, you must obtain a CAT score ranging from 98 to 100 percentile. You must score between 99-100 percentile for IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Calcutta. For IIM Lucknow and IIM Kozhikode, a good score in CAT 2024 will range from 97 to 98 percentile, for IIM Trichy it will fall between 94 and 95 percentile, while for IIM Sirmaur, and IIM Jammu it can go as low as 92-93 percentile. A good percentile for other top MBA colleges like FMS Delhi, IIT Delhi, IIM Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, and IMT Ghaziabad can be estimated at 99 percentile, 98 percentile, 97 percentile, 95 percentile, and 90 percentile, respectively.

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The top MBA colleges that accept CAT percentile below 90 other than IIMs include Institute for Financial Management and Research Chennai, Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education Mumbai, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Bangalore, Welingkar Mumbai, Institute of Rural Management Gujarat, BIMTECH Noida, Alliance University Bangalore, etc. among others. The other entrance exams accepted by these institutes include MAH MBA CET, XAT, MAT, ATMA, CMAT, and GMAT. The institutes offer courses like MBA, PGDM, Masters in Marketing Management (MMM), etc and the course fees range from INR 35,000 to INR 34,60,000. The CAT result 2024 was declared on December 19, and candidates scoring below 90 can start exploring their options after that. 
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MBA colleges accepting an 80-90 percentile in CAT 2024 include premier institutions such as Great Lakes Institute of Management, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, University Business School, and T.A. Pai Management Institute. If you achieve a CAT result 2024 within the range of 80-90, you can also seek admission to several well-established and reputed MBA colleges and universities. These colleges may not be the top B-schools in India, however, a majority of these management institutes are ranked among the most reputable and promising colleges in the country. The MBA selection process for 80 to 90 percentile CAT colleges is similar to that of other B-schools accepting CAT 2024.

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