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Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test is a mandatory first step for applying to any post-graduate programme of Anna University School of Management and colleges affiliated to Anna University, The Govt College of Technology Coimbatore, The Govt Colleges of Engineering at Salem and Tirunelveli and to other Govt aided and unaided Colleges. The actual list of colleges that are affiliated to the TANCET in any given year is released by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu, 20 days before the exam.

Chennai based Anna University conducts Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET).

TANCET is usually conducted on the 4^th week of May.

Issue of application form in person and online registration generally gets started by the 4th week of March whereas closing of online registration and issue of application at bank counters, coordinating centers and by post happens by 1st week of April.

Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) is usually conducted by 4th week of May.

TANCET is conducted at the following cities:
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Trichy, and Tirunelveli.

The cost of Application form for M.B.A. is Rs.300/- (Rs.150/- for Tamil Nadu SC/ST Candidates). In order to apply for TANCET a Demand Draft should be drawn in favor of “The Director, Entrance Examinations, Anna University” payable at Chennai obtained from any Nationalized Bank. Completed applications should be sent to The Secretary, TANCET, Examination Centre, Anna University, Chennai - 600 025.

The test is split into 5 sections. Each section comprises 20 questions. Each question is an objective type multiple choice question with a question followed by 5 answer choices. Each question has exactly one correct answer.

The 5 sections are as given below:

Business situation analysis
Decision making abilities are tested to the fore in the first section. Here business situations are given and a student is expected to understand how business functions and the role it plays in our society. These situations also test the practical skills of those students who want to specialize in arenas of management, or international business, marketing, accounting, information and communication technology or entrepreneurship.

Reading Comprehension
The Reading Comprehension section is where vocabulary skills come out in the open. The passages are very much in synchronization to that of The CAT.

Quantitative section
Mathematical problems of graduate level including those learnt at plus two levels are given in this section. Calculus, Theoretical Geometry, Shares and Debentures are some of the areas tested in this section.

Data Sufficiency
A question followed by two pieces of information will be given. The answer has to be based on whether the information given is sufficient to answer the question. This is similar to Data sufficiency questions given in CAT.

Verbal ability
Questions based on English usage, grammar, errors in usage, punctuation will be asked. Spotting the error in a given sentence is the type of question given under this section.

While evaluating the answers, one mark is awarded for each correct answer and ¼ marks are deducted for each wrong answer. No deduction will be made for unanswered questions. Multiple shading will be considered as wrong answer and ¼ marks will be deducted.

Any graduate degree with minimum 50% marks (or equivalent grade) from any recognized University or Institution.

No. It is not necessary that students need to be from premier colleges. You get into a B-school on the basis of your performance in the entrance exams conducted by the B-schools themselves.

MBA, being a master's degree, requires the aspirant to be a graduate. That means, you must have a Bachelor's Degree from any university incorporated by an act of the Central or State government of India, any other educational institution established by an act of Parliament or any institution deemed as such under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. This also includes any equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. Your Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification must have covered a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling, which is a total of 10+2+3 years.

In simple terms, ICET tests managerial abilities in a candidate through Mathematics and English. This means that you will be required to interlink concepts in order to solve a particular problem. Your ability to apply concepts to practical situations is what will be tested.

Once you start taking section tests and comprehensive tests, it becomes important to analyze each of the tests that you take. This will help identify the areas/topics that you are weak at and still need brushing up before you take the next test.

1. Analyze your area-wise/topic-wise performance to identify potential areas for improvement.

2. Work on the identified areas, through determined practice using

Concept Books
Section Tests and Comprehensive Tests

After you take each test, do analyze it well. Analysis would take a lot of time, do not take this as a waste of time, and instead convert this into a learning process. For all correct answers, compare your method with the Explanatory Answers, check if you can attempt it faster and practice the new method, if any. For all incorrect answers, reattempt the questions with no time limits. You need to understand as to why did you make the mistake was it conceptual/silly mistake/incorrect interpretation. Learn from your mistakes and ensure that you do not commit them in future.

The areas that are tested in English are verbal ability, reading comprehension and composition skills. This means that you need to build an overall aptitude in English. Good command over English language is a must in order to succeed in NMAT. In fact, you will observe that you need good English even to attempt the quantitative and data interpretation sections.

Reading a newspaper like The Times of India / The Hindu, a business daily like The Economic Times / Business Standard and political and business magazines should become a daily habit for all NMAT applicants. Further,

Read any section in the newspaper, especially the editorial one.

Timing your-self while reading is important. You should be able to read 200 to 250 words a minute.

Write a summary (about 100 to 150 words) every day on the topic you have read. It will help in building    your thought process which is crucial in NMAT.

Make a note of the difficult words and look up their meanings from the Oxford English dictionary. Try and    maintain a notebook/prepare flash cards that you can go through in your free time.

Reading would also help you keep updated on the events going around thus building on your general awareness that would be helpful during the group discussion and personal interview rounds.

It is very important to be honest in your application forms. Do not fill any information that is untrue. Certain questions in the forms ask you about Career Goals, Strengths, Weaknesses, etc. They are deliberately there to help the B-school know a little bit more about you and are often referred to during the interview. It is highly recommended to keep a photocopy of every form that you fill so that you can revise what you have written before the interview.

Percentile: Percentile indicates student's relative performance position among the total students who took the exam.

Percentage: The % score represents normalized percentage of scores secured by the candidate. It is a relative method of representing the score. This is not the actual % score.

For example: A 99 percentile means that the student is among the top 1 percent of the population who took the exam.

No. One needs to keep in mind that cut-offs are only one of the many evaluation tools that the B Schools uses to shortlist candidates. The other prominent factors are past academic performance, work experience if any, extra curricular activities and achievements etc.

Work experience is not mandatory criteria for making it to any B-Schools. However, having work experience does add to your profile. None the less, you need to prove your worth at the time of the GD/PI rounds. This implies that the panel needs to be convinced about what you have learnt at the job and contributed positively to the organization. The way you present yourself and your approach towards the questions plays a vital role in the outcome of your interview. Remember, you will be pitched against the best minds during the GD/PI rounds. So you need to be at your best to make sure you get the final call.

The duration of the paper is 2 hours.

Following are the institutes affiliated to TANCET:

Anna University School of Management	Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore	Periyar University, Salem
Government College of Engineering, Salem	Coimbatore Institute of Technolgy
Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli	Thiagarajan College of Engineering