Hi! I am new to this site.

Please help me to interpret MAT Score. I have very little knowledge of MAT. I just wrote the exam with 6-7 hours of preparation. I don't have MAT bulletin and this is the first time I have appeared for any MBA entrance exam. My result shows my marks as follows:

Language Comprehension  62.38, Percentile Below 87.52

Mathematical Skills 63.61, Percentile Below 91.07

Data Analysis & Sufficiency 62.77, Percentile Below 89

Intelligence & Critical Reasoning 57.14, Percentile Below 75.89

Composite Score 718.5, Percentile Below 96.24

Indian & Global Environment 60.31, % Below 83.97

Please help me understand how is the score. Will I get admission into a good B School with this kind of scores. I am thinking of doing MBA to add to my qualification of CS.

 Hello Sumit,

Percentile is a way of giving scores popularly used for most of the MBA Entrance Exams.

In statistics, a percentile (or centile) is the value of a variable below which a certain percent of observations fall. For example, the 20th percentile is the value (or score) below which 20 percent of the observations may be found. 

If your percentile is lets say, 80%, it means, 80% of the total number of candidates have scored less than you.Or you are above 80% of the canditates for that particular score.

For MAT, a total score of (marks not percentile) 600 and above is good enough to get admission into a good BSchool.

But mostly , the colleges taking MAT score come under Tier-2 , there might be exceptions, of which am not sure.

Thank you very much for your reply. If possible, can you mention name of some good B Schools where I can apply with these scores.