Part - I

The MBA - Master of Business Administration - is one of the most coveted post-graduate qualifications across the world. Graduates of all types - engineers, science, arts, commerce, doctors - aspire to this qualification. The reason is clear - an MBA is the most widely recognized and respected qualification in management and business, and a launching pad to a successful career. It is never too late to get an MBA - some choose to do it immediately after graduation, some work for a few years and then go back to school.

As with all good things, it is not easy to get admission to an MBA programme at a top college (whether in India or overseas). Highly competitive admission tests, followed by a stringent personality assessment-cum-interview process, make MBA admission a really tough task.

How to go about becoming an MBA? Well, it involves carefully following the below-mentioned steps: -

• Are you eligible?
• The Admission Process
• Top Institutes in the country
• The various Admission Tests & important dates
• The Post-test Process

Are you eligible?

You need to have a bachelor's degree (3-year course) or equivalent in any discipline recognized by any Indian University/ AICTE as eligible for post-graduate studies. You can apply while you are in your final year of graduation. If you do get through the admission test, you will be given provisional admission on the condition that you provide your mark sheet and a certificate of passing by a certain date.

The Admission Process

In India
The most sought after institutes have their own independent admission processes. But still they all follow a 2-stage process: -

• Stage 1: Written admission test.
  Multiple-choice tests in maths, verbal, reading, logic & business awareness, conducted in centers across India.

• Stage 2: Personality Assessment
  Those who qualify through Stage 1 normally go through two stages of personality assessment:
  Group Discussion: Your performance in a group, while discussing a topic of current importance, is evaluated by a panel of judges.
  Personal Interview: You will be interviewed by a panel of specialists. Read more about the interview process.

In US & Europe
The basic qualifying exam to do an MBA outside India (US, Europe, Australasia) is the GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) conducted in centers across India. After you get your GMAT results, you need to apply for admission to specific institutes. There is normally no GD or Personal Interview process (like in India) - however, different institutes have different processes and criteria for admitting students.

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