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Saturday, Jan 10, 2009
Difficulty experienced in accessing the website
A few of them had difficulty in accessing the official results website of the Indian Institutes of Management (http://results.catiim.in), as several thousands tried logging onto it simultaneously.
Spokespersons of leading training institutes such as T.I.M.E. and IMS said that the trends in this year's results would be clearer in a day or two. Jaideep Singh Chowdhary of T.I.M.E. said about 5,000 candidates would receive calls for the next stages - Group Discussion and Personal Interview. "They will be competing for the nearly 1,750 seats in all the IIMs," he said. "A lot of students from Chennai do very well. Since there is an IIT in Chennai, many of them take CAT."
The accent was on English skills in CAT this time. The vocabulary-based questions were of a higher level, trainers had observed soon after the examination. Training institutes also suggested that an overall cut-off of 118-128 out of the total score of 360 would fetch an interview call from at least one of the IIMs.
Trainers noted that the CAT score was only one of the parameters considered for admission. The scores obtained in classes X and XII, graduation and work experience would also count. Each of the IIMs may give different weightages to these parameters, trainers noted.
S. Faiz Ahmad, general manager (South and East), IMS, pointed to a new trend in IIM-Ahmedabad's criteria for selection. "For the 800 calls they have sent out, they seem to have given more weightage for Class X and XII scores. Some candidates with high percentage have not received calls because of this," he said.
The Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds for selection are expected to be held around second week of next month.
For those students who got calls, it is celebration time. Sarvesh Rajagopal, a final year student at the IIT-Madras is elated. Having received calls from all the IIMs, he has reason to feel so. "I have to now prepare for the GD and PI. I hope they go off well," he said.
CAT results out
Difficulty experienced in accessing the website
- It is only one of the parameters for admission
- About 5,000 candidates to receive calls
A few of them had difficulty in accessing the official results website of the Indian Institutes of Management (http://results.catiim.in), as several thousands tried logging onto it simultaneously.
The accent was on English skills in CAT this time. The vocabulary-based questions were of a higher level, trainers had observed soon after the examination. Training institutes also suggested that an overall cut-off of 118-128 out of the total score of 360 would fetch an interview call from at least one of the IIMs.
Trainers noted that the CAT score was only one of the parameters considered for admission. The scores obtained in classes X and XII, graduation and work experience would also count. Each of the IIMs may give different weightages to these parameters, trainers noted.
S. Faiz Ahmad, general manager (South and East), IMS, pointed to a new trend in IIM-Ahmedabad's criteria for selection. "For the 800 calls they have sent out, they seem to have given more weightage for Class X and XII scores. Some candidates with high percentage have not received calls because of this," he said.
The Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds for selection are expected to be held around second week of next month.
For those students who got calls, it is celebration time. Sarvesh Rajagopal, a final year student at the IIT-Madras is elated. Having received calls from all the IIMs, he has reason to feel so. "I have to now prepare for the GD and PI. I hope they go off well," he said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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