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Cycle update · 23 October 2026

What Changed in MBA Admissions: 23 October 2026

By Piyush Agarwal, 10 years in direct admissions counselling · 23 October 2026

The short answer

On 23 October 2026, SNAP Mock Test 2 sat as scheduled — the mock page still prints yesterday's instructions, the homepage banner has moved to a 27 October AMA session, and the EMV question bank is sixteen days missing. NMIMS's extended window has two days left; KMAT's restored 14 November date holds a fifth day; MAT's September scores are twenty-three days unposted.

What changed?

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SNAP — Mock Test 2 SAT today; the page stands unchanged, the homepage moves to a 27 October AMAThrough 22 October, the mock page printed the extended pay-by line (22 October 11:59 PM) with the test set for 23 October, and the homepage banner read 'DEADLINE EXTENDED'Mock Test 2 sat today, 23 October 2026. The /snap-mock page re-read this afternoon still prints the same instructions — 'The applicants who have paid for SNAP 2026 by 22nd October 2026, 11:59 PM, are eligible for the mock test. The Mock Test will be held on 23rd October 2026' — unchanged after the sitting, with the four-section shape (EMV section inside) and credentials by SMS/WhatsApp/email. The homepage's mock banner is GONE post-test; in its place a new banner advertises an 'Exclusive AMA Session — 27th October 2026, 5:00pm to 6:00pm, online via ZOOM', with eligibility tied to completing a free SNAP registration by 26 October 2026. The dedicated EMV question bank promised for 8 October has STILL never appeared — day sixteen. The calendar re-verified at the canonical /snap-important-dates URL: registration closes Wednesday 25 November 2026, admit cards 7/11/18 December, tests 13/19/26 December, result Tuesday 12 January 2027
NMAT — extension day thirteen, two days leftnmat.nmims.edu printed 'Extended Till: 25th October 2026' on 22 October, day twelve of the extensionThe portal's raw HTML re-read this morning still prints 'NMIMS MBA 2027 Application Extended Till: 25th October 2026' — day thirteen of the extension, TWO days to the close. The page's 'Exam Window / Admit Card / Result Declaration' blocks all read 'Coming Soon' with the countdown at zeros. 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; the GMAC exam-delivery window runs 2 November-20 December
MAT — day twenty-three, and the page holds a FIFTH dayAIMA's governing URL held the December 2026 candidate block four consecutive days through 22 OctoberThe content page re-read today HELD the December 2026 block for a FIFTH consecutive day (PBT registration closes 14 December, admit card 17 December, test 20 December; CBT closes 21 December, admit card 24 December, test 27 December; fees Rs 2,300 per mode, Rs 4,000 both; scores 'by first week of January 2027') — extending the longest no-flip stretch since the twelve-day flip sequence began. The same URL still carries the stale September 2025 schedule block (whose Rs 2,200/3,800 fee text belongs to that old block, not the December one — verified positionally today), disclosed. No September score notice exists anywhere, twenty-three days past the expired promise. mat.aima.in returned 403 to our fetch again today — the applicant dashboard remains the only channel that matters
KMAT — the restored 14 November date holds a fifth dayBoth official pages held 'Saturday, November 14th, 2026' four consecutive days through 22 OctoberThe restoration holds a fifth day: the homepage re-read this morning is byte-identical to the restored version (35,579 bytes), and the key-dates page still prints 'Online Registration End Date October 31st, 2026' beside 'KMAT 2026 Test Date Saturday, November 14th, 2026 — MCA 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, MBA 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM'. Admit Card Release Date and Practice Test Date remain TBA — the next watch line, EIGHT days to the registration close. The 20 September sitting's result stays unposted, day thirty-two; kppgca.karnataka.gov.in remains DNS-unresolved from this host, day thirty-two
Watches — SIMC day twenty-nine; Sambalpur 404s a fifth day; Rohtak down a fifth daySIMC's 2027-28 dates unpublished on day twenty-eight; Sambalpur's /admission/ 404'd a fourth day; Rohtak's site unreachable (HTTP 000) four days runningSIMC's MBA-CM page re-read today still prints 'Admission Open for 2027-28' branding with both batch fee tables (2026-28 at Rs 3,75,500 per instalment, first-year all-in Rs 10,82,900; 2025-27 at Rs 3,57,500) and no date table — day twenty-nine; the prospectus governs. IIM Sambalpur's /admission/ page 404'd AGAIN today — a fifth consecutive day after serving 12-18 October; the flagship MBA fee remains unpublished everywhere. IIM Rohtak's website was unreachable from our vantage for a fifth consecutive day (HTTP 000 on every scheme tried) — its printed documents stand from this week's mirror reads, disclosed on each Rohtak page
Four new fee-verified comparisons join the library — the Visakhapatnam set completes its JAP and solo arcsThe comparison library last grew on 22 October (the Visakhapatnam-Udaipur, Kashipur-Visakhapatnam, Jammu-Sambalpur and Rohtak-Trichy pairs)Today adds four pairs, every figure re-read against official documents this morning: IIM Visakhapatnam vs IIM Raipur (the 82-overall solo with the 48/100 interview against the JAP host's 150-mark formula — Rs 23,58,590 against Rs 20,08,000 with mess outside), IIM Visakhapatnam vs IIM Trichy (the lowest printed bar, 82, against the JAP-era 95.25/75 table — Rs 23,58,590 against Rs 21,24,000 all-in), IIM Rohtak vs IIM Visakhapatnam (the flat 97 and the series' cheapest printed bill, Rs 17,90,000, against the interview machine — Rohtak's side from mirror reads with the site down a fifth day, disclosed), and IIM Nagpur vs IIM Visakhapatnam (the 95 solo with twenty scholarships against the 82 door — Rs 21,00,000 against Rs 23,58,590)

What should you do now?

  1. If SNAP is your route: Mock Test 2 sat today, 23 October 2026 — if you paid by last night, your credentials arrived by SMS/WhatsApp/email. Next public touchpoint is the homepage's new AMA session on 27 October (5:00-6:00 PM, Zoom) — free registration by 26 October. 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 — TWO 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 KMAT is your Karnataka door: registration stays open to 31 October — eight days — and the restored test date, Saturday 14 November 2026, has now held five days, with the admit-card line still TBA. Register on kmatindia.com before the close; the September result is thirty-two days late and the government portal is still dark.
  4. If you sat MAT September: day twenty-three, no score anywhere — but the public page has now held its shape five days running, the longest stretch since the flips began. Ignore the shapes (and the stale September 2025 fee text on the same URL) and check your mat.aima.in applicant dashboard directly.

SNAP Mock Test 2 sat today. The official mock page re-read this afternoon stands unchanged — the same instructions, the same four-section shape with the EMV section inside — while the homepage has already moved on: the “DEADLINE EXTENDED” mock banner is gone, replaced by an “Exclusive AMA Session” on 27 October 2026 (5:00-6:00 PM, Zoom), gated on completing a free SNAP registration by 26 October. The promised 8-October EMV question bank has still never appeared — day sixteen. Everything else on the watch board held its shape: NMIMS’s extended window has two days left, KMAT’s restored 14 November date held a fifth day (byte-identical homepage), MAT’s page held a fifth — its longest no-flip stretch since the flips began — and both campus outages, Sambalpur’s 404ing admissions page and Rohtak’s unreachable site, entered a fifth day. Four new IIM comparisons join the library, every figure from documents opened this morning.

Where does this fit?

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