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Bro it also depends on your financial background. Doing an MBA involves high cost and risk, so if your family is financially stable you can afford doing an MBA now instead of doing it later. BTW I also appeared for CAT last year, prepared for more than 1 year but still scored poor. NVM I am gonna give my last attempt this year.

I would suggest you not to pursue an MBA from any B school instead you can invest money for making your own startup and use your mind in that. I also did MBA but now I regret bcoz I didn't get to learn anything new in that instead I should invest in my own idea so I will suggest you to invest in your business idea or go for a corporate work.

i would suggest you to work on a startup idea instead of mba, or work with a firm on the area of your focus. both these can help you learn more than from an mba.

don't worry.. nobody ever actually gets lost in life.. we always feel that this event might solve our life or this event will totally wreck my life.. both of them are not true. I worked in a manufacturing setup with changing shift everyday. my first cat attempt in college (0 preparation) fetched me 62%ile then second attempt with prepration along with job got me 98.6%ile.

Bro, you're already ahead with that 70 percentile without prep — that's proof you've got raw potential 🔥. If MBA is your end goal, 8 months of full focus can change your whole life — forget about career gaps, top B-schools only care about your story + results, not the gap. If you believe in yourself, take the risk, give your 200% and go all in — but if you're not fully confident, take the job, grind for CAT alongside (even 2-3 hours daily consistency can crack it). Remember, 1 year of risk can give you 40 years of freedom — so don't play safe, play smart 🚀. This time shall pass too, but make sure when it does, you're on the winning side 🔥.

Take the job, 100%. A 70 percentile with no prep is decent but nowhere near what you need for good B-schools. You'd need 95+ at minimum for the colleges worth attending. Working for 1-2 years will actually HELP your MBA applications - schools prefer candidates with work experience. Plus, 4LPA is not bad for a fresher. Use this time to prep for CAT while working, save some money, and apply next year with both work experience and better preparation. The 3-hour commute sucks, but consider it temporary while you build your foundation.

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Take the job and prepare for CAT along with it. A year gap is fine but the challenge for you would be to land an off-campus offer later since it would be a very competetive market.

working is different from studying what you learn at work studies don't compensate, the problem with work is once you start it might hard to go back to learning I would do the job

Are you kidding? That commute is soul-crushing. 9-6:30 plus 3 hours travel means you're dedicating 12.5 hours daily to work. When exactly will you study for CAT? Working in IT is mentally draining - you won't have the energy to prep seriously after those hours. If you genuinely want an MBA from a good college, take the 8 months and focus completely. Your 70 percentile with no prep shows you have potential. This is your life we're talking about - a few months' gap won't matter if you end up at IIM.

Mba should be safer any day

go for the job

if you are interested do startup and buisness then you will crack cat and go to iim for mba in entrepreneurship and buisness analytics for better future with good investment of time on it.

Take the job, the education system is almost garbage

mba dreams vs. 3 hrs of traveling daily… that’s not a job offer, that’s a life sentence.

This "gap" paranoia in India is ridiculous. You're talking about 8 months of focused study, not sitting at home playing video games. Anyone who interviews you later will respect the discipline it takes to commit to CAT prep. That said, 70 percentile is very far from where you need to be. Have you considered the risk realistically? What's your backup plan if you don't crack it this year? Getting a job later might be harder with a gap. Tough call, but I'd probably take the job and prep alongside unless you're very confident in your abilities.