Yes, there are hostel facilities at KJ Somaiya for MBA students. You will learn a number of life skills there. You will experience many things. These include having downright discussions with your roommates on topics like football, politics, and business. You will also make many friends during your stay here. 

Hostel:

The hostel is known as SIMSR and has two buildings: ‘Sandipani’ for boys and ‘Maitriyi’ for girls. Each room here is triply shared and is quite spacious and well ventilated. It has individual study tables and a wardrobe. It also has a shower and hot water supply.

Food:

• If you are concerned about the food, rest assured that you do not need to worry. The hostel serves four meals a day with varieties in the food ranging from pav-bhaji, dosa, chole bhature, and even dessert. 
• Even if you are working late and decide to grab something to eat, the SIMSR hostel has a night mess as well. 

Hang-out Spots:

You can also hang out at the gym, TT room, and activity room where all the action is. The campus is lush green with a big amphitheater.

The cleaning crew will also make sure that hygiene is maintained. There is an ample amount of parking for cars and two-wheelers. This place is definitely a home away from home.

There are a bunch of things that an MBA student at KJ Somaiya can associate with his/her life, reading through the reviews and experiences of students from the institute. Students after cracking CAT, XAT, or CMAT, come to a B school and get used to the hustle and bustle of daily work-life.

The points listed below are a brief representation of the life at SIMSR.

• Students from SIMSR pass their years in MBA with a lot of surprises. From juggling between live projects, quizzes, placement, case study competitions to sports and committees, there are engagements all around. In addition to those, the institute will teach you to prioritize what to do and what not.
• In the initial days of college, ice-breaking sessions are held to encourage students about the course. Followed by that, accounts and economic tests, marketing projects, and Harvard case presentations are taken. SIMSR teaches you to be both effective and efficient, going through hard work, coordination, teamwork, and preparations.
• The faculty has excellent industry experience with lectures mostly on role play, case studies, presentations, and small activities.
• The library of SIMSR is huge, with plenty of books, magazines, journals, fiction, and several other databases like Emerald, Proquest, etc. The library even has a Bloomberg laboratory to teach students about capital markets and fulfill their curiosities related to the same.
• The campus of SIMSR has a large number of sports and fitness-related facilities, so many that even lazy people get associated with physical activities after moving into the campus.
• Guidance from seniors is always available inside the campus. From lending books and notes, warnings, and inside tips, to building a CV, seniors are always ready to help.

Overall, life at SIMSR is worth the choice, with a good result to every hectic works and pressure. Living at the campus takes the positivity of a student into work and enhances it to better results. It teaches about life itself.

A lot of students are generally concerned as to how to score the cut-off for K J Somaiya. The answer to this is very simple: to reach any cut-off list for any of the colleges, your score should be high. 

• Particularly talking about K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies, you should score a cut-off of at least 225. 
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies is a well-known B school in Mumbai where you can take admission through NMAT.
• The NMAT exam consists of three sections with 36 questions each. 
• The sections include logical reasoning, quantitative skills, and language skills. 
• You need to be well-versed with all three sections to clear the cut-off for K J Somaiya Institute.

The cut-offs for CAT, XAT, and NMAT for the year 2021 were as follows –

If you want to prepare in a better manner, you can take some help and guidance from various preparation sites on the internet. There are plenty of them available like Gradeup, Handa ka Fanda, etc.

K J Somaiya Institute of Management and Goa Institute of Management are equal when compared with each other. Though there are certain things that differ between both like the fees which are cheaper in GIM than K J Somaiya. Being in Mumbai, K J Somaiya is observed by many companies due to its location. Frequent industry visits are conducted for the students of K J Somaiya. Also, students get internships from the various companies situated nearby.

Here the following table will show you the placement record of Goa Institute of Management and K J Somaiya Institute of Management.

Both the institutes have a good reputation and each year students take admission in these according to their choice and data available. However, K J Somaiya Institute of Management is better than the Goa Institute of Management. But it is also lacking in many points. Therefore, you can take admission to any of these institutes. But K J Somaiya Institute of Management is better in terms of placement and has the rest of the facilities.

It is difficult to compare PGDM Core or MMS Core at KJ Somaiya. However, from the placement point of view, there is no difference as both the courses have common placements.

Tabulated below are the fee details, placement, and the number of seats for the given programs.

PGDM Core:

• At KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, students who enroll for the PGDM core program are open to a flexible option of adding or changing their subjects as per their interest as the management is very accommodating if students can provide a valid reason for the change.

• The curriculum is updated with the industry trends and the institute organizes multiple fests, workshops, and extra-curricular activities to ensure that students get the most out of their educational experience.

• Students can choose from a range of specialized courses in International Business, Financial Services, Marketing Communication, and Retail Management.

• Most of the students have a minimum of 2 to 3 years of work experience and come from all across the country, providing for a diverse and multi-cultural environment. Students receive a diploma degree in management at the end of the program which is equivalent to an MBA degree.

MMS Core:

• The MMS degree program on the other hand has core management modules. Since the course structure has now become autonomous, the changes and updates in the curriculum are done as per the house faculty. In case of any additions or removal of subjects or modules, the institute will be fully in charge of it, without having to seek permission from the university.

• The majority of the students are locals with more than 50% of Gujarati students and freshers as part of the batch.

• At the end of the program, students receive an MBA degree.

While the placements and companies that visit are the same for both the courses, students can choose the course based on what they are expecting out of an MBA program.