• Common Admission Test (CAT) Goes Online in 2009

    Common Admission Test (CAT) Goes Online in 2009

    Techtree News Staff, Apr 28, 2009 1914 hrs IST

    CAT aspirants will need to click the mouse

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With recession hitting hard on people, many are planning to get back into the college life. MBA being a sought after choice -- candidates aspire to join the prestigious Indian Institute of Management will now have to clear the Common Admission Test (CAT) via a Computer Based Test (CBT) this year onwards.

IIMs located at Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong will be adopting the CBT method.

The traditional method of the test using 'pencil-and-paper' has been scrapped as the number of IIM aspirants has grown considerably over the years; CBT will help accommodate this increase.

The CBT format also would improve communication between candidates and IIMs in terms of programme information, test delivery, receipt of admit cards, and receipt of score reports.

CBT CAT will be a candidate-friendly test in terms of flexibility in the selection of test date, ease of registration process, better physical environment and test experience, and enhanced security in terms of biometric identification of candidates and video monitoring.

The test will be conducted in a window of about 10 days sometime at the end of the calendar year.


Also read: CAT Result Available Online, SMS

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Anonymous
,CHANDIGARH, on May 04, 2009 10:18 AM
THIS IS SHOCKING NEWS THAT CAT IS GOING TO BE ONLINE , WITH SAME DIFFICULTY LEVEL ,, I THINK HOW IT WILL BE MANAGEABLE FOR THE STUDENTS ITS QUITE DIFIICULT TO READ THE QUESTION FROM SCREEN AND ANS IT ,, AND HOW SOME ONE READ RC'S FROM SCREEN AND RC ON ONE PAGE WHILE QUESTION ON OTHER PAGE ,, EVERY PERSON HAS HIS/HER OWN STRATEGY ,, ITS QUITE DIFFICULT ,, ITS ONLY IIM'S IS TAKING ONE SIDE APPROACH BUT DONT THINK OF STUDENTS .. AND IF BYCHANCE SOME PROBLEM OCCURS IN PC ,, THEN WHOS GONNA RESPOSIBLE , I THINK NOW ITS TOUGH FOR ALL STUDENTS ,...................
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ankit jain
,RAIPUR, on Apr 29, 2009 07:00 PM
where i preparation for CAT exam
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