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Cycle update · 18 October 2026

What Changed in MBA Admissions: 18 October 2026

By Piyush Agarwal, 10 years in direct admissions counselling · 18 October 2026

The short answer

On 18 October 2026, SNAP's public mock page moved to Mock Test 2 — pay by 20 October, test 23 October, EMV section inside — while the promised question bank stays missing on day eleven. NMIMS's extended window has seven days left; MAT September scores stay missing on day eighteen after a ninth page flip; KMAT's result is twenty-seven days late.

What changed?

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SNAP — Mock Test 2 is on the public page: pay by 20 October, test 23 OctoberThe /snap-mock page had printed the first (24 September) mock's instructions since that test ran, and the EMV question bank promised for 8 October never appeared on itThe page re-read this morning now prints 'SNAP Mock Test 2 — Instructions and Guidelines': applicants who have paid for SNAP 2026 by 20 October 2026, 11:59 PM are eligible, and the second mock sits 23 October 2026 — same four-section shape (General English 10, Analytical and Logical Reasoning 20, Quantitative/DI/DS 20, Ethics, Morality and Values 10), 60 questions in 60 minutes, 0.25 negative marking, credentials by SMS, WhatsApp and email. The dedicated EMV question bank promised for 8 October has still never appeared as a bank — day eleven, ten days late — but the second mock carries the EMV section, so the practice route continues. The calendar was re-verified at the canonical /snap-important-dates URL (the /important-dates shortcut 404s again today): registration closes 25 November, admit cards 7/11/18 December, tests 13/19/26 December, result 12 January 2027
NMAT — the extended window holds, day eight, seven days leftnmat.nmims.edu printed 'Extended Till: 25th October 2026' on 17 October, day seven of the extensionThe portal re-read this morning still prints 'Extended Till: 25th October 2026' beside the live countdown and the career-outcomes block — day eight of the extension, seven days to the close. The handout's internal inconsistency (schedule table 25 October, summary table 10 October) is unchanged; the live portal banner governs. NMIMS still counts only your first NMAT attempt, and the GMAC exam-delivery window runs 2 November-20 December
MAT — day eighteen, and the page flips a ninth timeAIMA's governing URL had held the December 2026 block for two consecutive reads after eight flips in eleven daysThe content page re-read today has flipped again — it now prints the September 2026 block ALONE with the expired 'by last week of September 2026' promise attached, the December block gone (the same shape as 8 October). No September score notice exists anywhere, eighteen days past the expired promise. mat.aima.in serves the December 2026 candidate block — PBT closes 14 December, test 20 December; CBT closes 21 December, test 27 December; results 'by first week of January 2027'. The applicant dashboard remains the only channel that matters
Watches — KMAT day twenty-seven; SIMC day twenty-fourKMAT steady with registration to 31 October and test TBA; SIMC's 2027-28 dates unpublishedKMAT's key-dates page re-read today still prints registration to 31 October with admit card, practice test and test date all TBA; the homepage is byte-identical (35,421 bytes) and the September result is twenty-seven days late with kppgca.karnataka.gov.in still DNS-unresolved (NXDOMAIN re-confirmed today, day twenty-seven). SIMC's MBA-CM page re-read today still prints 'Admission Open for 2027-28' with both fee tables (2026-28 at Rs 3,75,500 per instalment; 2025-27 at Rs 3,57,500) and no date table — day twenty-four; the prospectus governs
Four new fee-verified comparisons join the libraryThe comparison library last grew on 17 October (the Sambalpur-Udaipur, Jammu-Kashipur, NIBM-TAPMI and IPE-XIME pairs)Today adds four pairs, every figure re-read against official documents this morning: IIM Sambalpur vs IIM Raipur (the 85-concession door against the JAP host's 150-mark formula; an unpublished fee against Rs 20,08,000), IIM Sambalpur vs IIM Trichy (no sectional gates against the 95.25/75 table; an unpublished fee against Rs 21,24,000 all-in), IIM Jammu vs IIM Rohtak (the gender-split 91/89 table against the flat 97; Rs 22,80,756 against Rs 17,90,000), and IIM Jammu vs IIM Nagpur (two fully printed formulas — 42/30/28 against 45/25/6/9/5/10; Rs 22,80,756 against Rs 21,00,000)

What should you do now?

  1. If SNAP is your route: pay for SNAP 2026 by 20 October 2026, 11:59 PM to be eligible for Mock Test 2 on 23 October — the EMV section is inside it. Registration proper closes 25 November; tests 13/19/26 December; result 12 January 2027. The 8 October question bank never appeared publicly; do not pay anyone selling it on the side.
  2. If NMIMS is your target: the extended window closes 25 October 2026 — seven days. Complete Step 2 on nmat.nmims.edu (Rs 3,000) on or before the day preceding your NMAT exam date; NMIMS still counts only your first attempt.
  3. If you sat MAT September: day eighteen, no score anywhere, and the public page has flipped back to the September block. Ignore the shapes and check your mat.aima.in applicant dashboard directly.
  4. If KMAT is your Karnataka door: registration stays open to 31 October with the test date TBA. The September result is twenty-seven days late with the government portal still dark; distrust anyone selling early score access.
  5. If you are weighing the new IIMs: today's four comparisons price every pair from the official documents — Sambalpur's fee is still unpublished, so treat any figure you are quoted for it as unverified until the institute prints.

The watch layer, re-read against official sources this morning, plus four new fee-verified comparisons.

The headline is SNAP’s: the public mock page has moved to Mock Test 2 — pay by 20 October 2026, 11:59 PM, sit 23 October — with the Ethics, Morality and Values section inside it, while the dedicated EMV question bank promised for 8 October has still never appeared (day eleven). The practice route continues even though the bank never shipped.

The standing watches: NMIMS’s extended application holds at its 25 October close on day eight of the extension (seven days out); MAT’s September scores remain unposted eighteen days past the expired promise with AIMA’s page flipped a ninth time — back to the September block alone; KMAT’s September result is twenty-seven days late with the government portal still DNS-dead; SIMC’s 2027-28 dates remain unpublished on day twenty-four.

The four new comparisons: IIM Sambalpur vs IIM Raipur (the most concessional printed bar in the IIM series against the JAP host’s 150-mark formula), IIM Sambalpur vs IIM Trichy (no sectional gates against the 95.25/75 table — the widest bar gap in the series), IIM Jammu vs IIM Rohtak (the gender-split table against the flat 97 — and nearly Rs 5 lakh between the printed bills), and IIM Jammu vs IIM Nagpur (two institutes that both publish every weight in advance, priced Rs 1.8 lakh apart).

Where does this fit?

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