Is it worth joining IIM Sambalpur as a fresher and with no option of taking the CAT next year? How are the placements expected to grow in 2 years at IIM Sambalpur? My other option is XIMB.

IIM Sambalpur 

• The placement scenario here is terrible owing to its recent establishment 
• IIM tag has zero worth mainly because it’s new
• Substandard roles are offered to freshers like relationship managers in below-average cities. The salary is also very mediocre.
• Being a baby IIM, IIM Sambalpur is rarely visited by top firms for placements.
• Freshers majoring in marketing get placed in small startups and not big firms.

XIMB

• The biggest shortcoming of this B School is its extravagant fees which are not at par with the packages it offers
• The college has no brand name at all
• Extremely poor roles offered through placements like sales job and relationship manager

Since I have blatantly put both the schools out of question, what are you supposed to do now? Either you should give up the idea of an MBA. Or you can work somewhere, gain enough experience and then target a better B School.