Next week marks the beginning of the registration period for the biggest MBA entrance exam, Common Aptitude Test, or CAT. The exam will be conducted across 147 cities Indian cities on November 25 this year. The registration period is set to begin on 8th August and last until September 19.
IIM Calcutta for CAT 2018 stated that it will be conducted in two sessions. Post submission of applications, candidates can download their admit cards after October 24, until the time of the examination. Interested candidates can apply here iimcat.ac.in
The computer-based exam will comprise of 3 sections, namely Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA). The website will be updated with a tutorial to understand the test on October 17. There will be 100 questions in total.
The two sessions in which the exam will be conducted will have two different question papers. To make sure that students are not at a disadvantage because of different questions, a process of normalization will follow and the scores will be scaled.
Moreover, any queries and FAQs (if not available on the website), will be cleared through a CAT helpdesk which can be reached through email or telephone.
CAT results are traditionally announced in the form of percentiles. Post the CAT exam, institutes (IIM and non-IIM) individually announce their own separate selection criteria and admission procedure. Students who qualify the CAT exam will then be required to separately apply to the Institute of their choice and preference.
As a new move, JNU will be known for accepting CAT scores for admission in its newly started MBA programme and this year will be its flagship year. This management programme will be offered by its School of Management and Entrepreneurship. This news was confirmed by Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, DU.