CAT 2026 · IMS Indore · B-Schools
MBA B-school shortlist after CAT — IIM, FMS, MDI, XLRI & more.
Here's the honest read for someone with 2–3 years of work experience, targeting Finance, from a tier-2 college with 85–95% academics and an expected 92 CAT. Four bands, forty-five schools, and a clearance chip on each card so you see at a glance whether your test day lines up with their last-admitted cutoff.
I'm a candidate prepping for Finance with 85–95% academics, from a tier-2 college, with 2–3 years of work.
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Open drill →Here's where a 85–95% candidate targeting Finance can expect to land. Not a ranking — a match against the shape above. 7 schools across four bands.
Your CAT, against every cutoff.
Every CAT-route school, each a dot at its last-admitted cutoff. Drag your CAT marker to see how the picture shifts. Schools without a CAT route (XAT-only, TISSNET-only) are excluded by definition.
Forty-five schools. Four honest bands.
Each section below opens with what that band means for a profile like yours, then the schools themselves.
Within Reach
2 schoolsAt 85–95% academics you clear the last-admitted cutoffs at the schools below. These are the ones where a decent CAT and a coherent interview should convert — they read you as a match, not a reach.
IIM Indore
CAT shortthe two-year MBA
a broad-based MBA with balanced placement outcomes
For your profile
₹18L·Median ₹25.5L·Indore, Madhya PradeshMDI Gurgaon
CAT shortthe two-year MBA
strong NCR placement access, especially into consulting and BFSI
For your profile
₹26L·Median ₹23.5L·Gurgaon, Haryana
Push Zone
3 schoolsThese are schools where your profile is within shouting distance but needs CAT-day lift. If you're in the top quartile of Finance aspirants on test day, these convert. Don't plan around them — plan for them.
SPJIMR Mumbai
CAT clearsthe two-year PGDM
a distinctive marketing and family-business programme
For your profile
₹22L·Median ₹28L·Mumbai, Maharashtra2 pct gapIIM Kozhikode
CAT shortthe two-year MBA
a peer of IIM-I with a strong consulting pipeline
For your profile
₹20.5L·Median ₹26L·Kozhikode, Kerala2 pct gapIIM Lucknow
CAT shortthe two-year MBA
a strong consulting and BFSI launchpad
For your profile
₹20.75L·Median ₹27L·Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh3 pct gap
Stretch
2 schoolsThese schools would need you to significantly outperform the profile shape — CAT-day heroics plus an unusually sharp interview. Apply selectively, if at all. The energy is often better spent strengthening bands above.
IIM Calcutta
CAT shortthe two-year MBA
the centre of India's investment-banking pipeline
For your profile
₹31L·Median ₹33L·Kolkata, West Bengal5 pct gapIIM Bangalore
CAT shortthe two-year MBA
the natural destination for product and tech-adjacent paths
For your profile
₹26L·Median ₹31.5L·Bangalore, Karnataka6 pct gap
Two levers that move your shortlist.
Pull each lever to see what the engine returns. Nothing here is saved — to commit a change, go back to the profile setup.
at CAT 95 the shortlist is unchanged. The lever doesn’t move the needle for your shape today.
at 4+ years of work experience the shortlist is unchanged. The lever doesn’t move the needle for your shape today.
These are previews. Nothing changes on your saved profile until you update it from /setup/. Reservation category is now read directly into the cutoff math — change it from the sidebar to see the floor shift.
The schools you’ve pinned.
Pin schools above by tapping the star on each card. As you build a list we’ll show fee total, placement spread, and an honest read on whether your CAT lines up.
No schools pinned yet.
Pin two or three to start. You can compare them side-by-side in the next section.
Two to four pinned schools, on one screen.
Every pinned school as a column. Rows for the things that actually matter when you’re choosing — fee, median placement, last-admitted CAT, your clearance, cohort size.
Pin at least two schools to compare.
The same profile, five specialisations.
Same academics, same college tier, same work-ex — just a different target. Here's how the shortlist shape changes. Tap any spec to re-run the page above.
The three lines your shortlist tells you.
- ·You're looking at a 85–95%-academic, 2–3 years of work experience profile targeting Finance.
- ·The top-band schools read you for what you are. The stretches want a CAT-day jump.
- ·Change any control above and the whole page shifts.