Short answer: yes, an MBA is still worth it for fewer people, at fewer schools, and for different reasons than it was five years ago. At the top IIMs the median graduate earns back the fee in under a year. At several newer IIMs, median salaries have been sliding while fees keep rising. And AI

Short answer: fewer people registering for CAT 2026 will not hand you an easier percentile. The headcount is down by about 11,000. The swing that actually decides your marks-to-percentile conversion is the paper itself, and that has moved the 99th percentile by up to 19 marks in a single year. You’ve seen the forward by