Is it possible to get into NMIMS Mumbai campus with a good NMAT score but poor academic records?

The best part of NMIMS is that it gives very little weightage to past academic performance and judges its candidates mainly on their NMAT scores. This gives a chance to many students who couldn’t achieve a great score before due to some other reasons but now are willing to strive for success.

Around 70% weightage is given to NMAT and the remaining criteria comprise CDPI, extracurricular background, work experience, and past academics each carrying very less weightage in comparison to NMAT. There are 3 things you can work on to compensate for your poor academic record.

• Work experience: A relatively good work experience can help overlook your poor academic record as the direction of your interview will be towards your roles, responsibilities, and achievements during your work experience.

• Extra-curricular: Another component that can be used to overshadow your poor academic background is a well-built extracurricular background. The panelists will be interested in your achievements and interests in the same and will focus less on your past academics.

• Case Discussion: There is a chance that you neither have good work experience nor any extracurricular involvement. In this situation, only an excellent CD round can suffice for the lacking profile.

NMIMS does not lay much emphasis on past academics so it’s not something to worry about a lot. Ace your NMAT and you are good to go.