IIM CAT Result 2022, How to download CAT Scorecard from iimcat.ac.in

CAT examination was conducted on the notified date at test centres spread across 153 cities by Indian Institute of Management – Indore. This year, over 2 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam at various centres across the country.

The exam was of three hours. There were three sections – verbal ability and reading comprehension, data interpretation and logical reasoning, quantitative ability. Student got 60 minutes to complete each section and they had to complete one section before proceeding to the next.

List of courses offered by IIM:

• Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management
• Post Graduate Programme in Management
• Post-Graduate Programme in Food and Agribusiness Management
• Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management
• Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets

CAT scores to be accepted by JNU: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has recently announced that the scores of Common Admission Test (CAT) will be accepted by the varsity from its July session. The programme will be offered through the newly-announced School of Management and Entrepreneurship.

Selection procedure of CAT: The selection of candidates will be done on the basis of the Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) followed by Personal Interviews (PI) round. All the selected candidates will get admission in around 20 IIM institutes established in various parts of the nation.

Normalisation of CAT scores: In order to ensure fairness and equity in comparison of performances of the candidates across different test sessions, the scores of the candidates shall be subjected to a process of ‘Normalisation’.

The ‘Normalisation’ process shall adjust for location and scale differences of score distributions across different forms. After normalisation across different forms, the scores shall be further normalised across different sections. For more updates, candidates are advised to keep a close check on the official website of IIM.

Admission to the two year post graduate programmes in IIMs are on merit, based on a rigorous selection process comprising of Personal Interview, Written Ability Test/Group Discussions, and scores in the Common Admission Test which is commonly known as CAT. CAT is a management aptitude test conducted by the IIMs primarily to evaluate and shortlist candidates for the post graduate programme. It is a computer-based exam and a candidate has to register and apply following due process to take this exam conducted once a year.

Percentile calculation 

CAT Exam is evaluated as per a set criteria. In this, raw scores are calculated that are then scaled and normalised as per the Scaled Score Calculation, according to the exam rules by IIM Ahmedabad. For this, the score obtained by a candidate in a particular section is taken and then normalised against the maximum score in that section. In the end, it is seen across the slot and then ranked in terms of percentile.