Common Admission Test
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The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance test for the management programmes of its six business schools.
150,000 students compete for less than 1200 general seats in the IIM's which makes it even more selective than all the Ivy League Universities put together. Even with a top 1% score, a candidate must also win through the equally stringent group and individual interviews.
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- Section 1A - 10 Questions of 1 mark each
- Section 1B - 20 Questions of 2 mark each
- The final Cutoff for this section was nearly 11
- English
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- Section 2A - 10 Questions of 1 mark each
- Section 2B - 20 Questions of 2 mark each
- The final Cutoff for this section was nearly 15
- DI and LR
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- Section 3A - 10 Questions of 1 mark each
- Section 3B - 20 Questions of 2 mark each
- The final Cutoff for this section was nearly 10
- Overall this paper was the toughest in the history of CAT.
CAT 2006, which will be conducted on November 19, is scheduled to be a 2.5-hour exam instead of the traditional 2-hour exam as it was until now. Purportedly, this change has been done by the CAT exam committee to throw in an element of uncertainty in order to reduce the predictability of the exam, and thereby diminish the influence of the ubiquitous educational institutes that run immensely profitable businesses coaching students for the CAT.
[edit] Colleges accepting CAT scores
Many colleges in India accept the CAT scores for admission. Some of the more prominent ones are:
- S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
- Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
- Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), Ahmedabad
- National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
- International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
- T.A.Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
- Fore School of Management (FSM), New Delhi
- Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
- National Insurance Academy's School of Management (NIASoM), Pune
[edit] Trivia
CAT 2003 was the first CAT to be leaked in the 28 year old history of the test and a retest was held on 14th February 2004. The major responsible factor for the leak, according to many newspapers, was the logistics rather than anyone from the institutes.
