Will MBA admission be possible for 85 Percentile in XAT 2025?

Rajneesh Shukla

Updated On: January 17, 2025 10:19 PM

A percentile between 80 and 85 is considered good for getting admission into some of the reputed management colleges like FORE, XIMB, GIM, etc. Candidates can check here list of top 10 XAT participating institutes that will offer admission to aspirants with 85 percentile in the XAT 2025 exam.
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MBA Admission for 85 Percentile in XAT 2025: An 85 percentile in the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2025 can ensure you a successful MBA admissions but won’t guarantee you admission to exclusive institutions. XAT is a very tough entrance exam for MBA programs in India. Top tier colleges like XLRI Jamshedpur usually have their cutoffs significantly higher, that’s generally around the 90 to 94 percentile for their flagship MBA and PGDM programs.

Nevertheless, an 85 percentile as a score is respectable enough to open the gates of various reputable business schools . Candidates with such scores are accepted by institutions like XIMB, GIM, TAPMI Manipal, KJ Somaiya, and FORE School of Management in Delhi. Additionally, other colleges have lower cutoff requirements, making them reachable to candidates with scores between 80 – 85 percentiles.

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Candidates should know that the admission processes also involve extra evaluations which include Group Discussions (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI). While an 85 percentile can be a good baseline for getting into MBA courses, candidates must push themselves to score high marks in GD-PI rounds as well to achieve overall excellent marks which will increase their chances of getting into reputed B-Schools in India.

Top B-Schools Accepting 85 Percentile in XAT 2025

Here are the top 10 business schools that will take admissions for candidates scoring 80-85 percentile in XAT 2025:

Institute Name

Fees (in Rs)

XIMB

20,25,000

Welingkar Institute of Management

14,00,000

FORE Institute

20,77,000

GIM Institute

20,40,000

TAPMI - Manipal

-

IMT - Hyderabad

-

IMT - Nagpur

-

SOIL Institute of Management

15,80,000 (for PGDM)

NIA Pune

11,00,000

Great Lakes - Chennai and Gurgaon

-


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