IIM-CAT 2017 Notification date is July 30; Confirms CAT exam convener at IIM Lucknow

IIM Lucknow has confirmed the date for CAT 2017 Notification release as Sunday, July 30. Prof Neeraj Dwivedi, convener CAT 2017, faculty and admission chair at IIM Lucknow has informed MBAUniverse.com “We are planning to bring out the CAT notification on 30th July. The website is also expected to be activated the same day.”

Accordingly, not only the CAT Notification will be released tomorrow on July 30, but also the CAT 2017 website will be activated on the same day. It will help the CAT 2017 aspirants to get all the information which may not be present in CAT notification since it is only an advertisement with brief details.

Tomorrow, CAT 2017 aspirants will come to know all about the key dates and details for the CAT exam with the release of official CAT notification and launch of CAT 2017 website iimcat.ac.in by IIM Lucknow, the CAT convening IIM this year.

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 is the mandatory entrance exam for admission to MBA/PGDM 2018-20 programmes in all the 20 IIMs, FMS Delhi, SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurugram, IMI New Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, JBIMS Mumbai, TAPMI Manipal and other hundreds of highly ranked B-schools in India. One or other older IIM conducts CAT every year. This year the responsibility to convene CAT is assigned to IIM Lucknow.

Important links

• CAT 2017 to be a single-day two-session exam; likely Exam Date is November 26: MBAUniverse.com
• CAT 2017: Registration documents you need for CAT; keep ready - process begins August 1st week
• CAT 2017: IIMs’ hidden help for aspirants to get high scores; will IIM Lucknow follow the trend?

Keep your Sunday Free
It is suggested not to plan any other engagement as the CAT notification followed by activation of CAT official website will consume most of your Sunday. So better to keep your Sunday free from all other activities and remain busy focusing on key points in CAT notification and CAT website instead of moving out.

CAT Notification in all leading news papers
Almost all the leading news papers of July 30 would carry the CAT 2017 Notification release covering about a quarter of the news paper page. The CAT 2017 notification will be an advertisement in short and will contain all the key information points about CAT exam.

CAT website to follow CAT Notification
Simultaneously with the release of CAT 2017 notification, the CAT official website will be activated. It will contain all the information in detail and will guide you with all the key facts, registration process, exam schedule, structure and pattern of CAT 2017 exam.

Key information in CAT Notification & Website
CAT 2017 exam will be conducted by IIM luck now. It is expected to be full of many changes and surprises making the forthcoming CAT 2017 as the first of its kind of examination during past many years. CAT 2017 aspirants should take note of following important information related to CAT exam application process and other key details which would be available in CAT notification and on CAT website iimcat.ac.in to be activated tomorrow.

CAT 2017 exam date
CAT 2017 Notification will contain CAT exam date and exam sessions. If you have also applied to IIFT entrance exam or NMAT by GMAC, check whether the dates of CAT 2017 exam clash with other exams. If this is the case, you should immediately utilize the rescheduling facility for  NMAT by GMAC and finalize which exam is more important to you.

CAT 2017 Eligibility
You must check the eligibility criteria to appear in the CAT 2017 exam as published in CAT 2017 notification. Last year CAT allowed the candidates with 2 years of university recognized graduate degree in old pattern as eligible to appear in the exam. The minimum prescribed percentage of marks in bachelor’s degree to appear in CAT is 50%. So ensure this one also.

Details on CAT 2017 Registration & Application Process
Registration for CAT 2017 is to open in the 1^st week of August. Please check for the exact opening and closing dates of CAT registration in the CAT notification. Other details on CAT registration process will be available on CAT official website iimcat.ac.in

You will be allowed to select 3-4 test centres in order of preference while completing your CAT 2017 registration form from the drop down menu. So before selecting the preferred test cities check the test centres on iimcat.ac.in.

MBA courses at 20 IIMs
There are 20 IIMs along with their programmes mentioned in the CAT notification. You will need to fill up the name of each IIM and its preferred programme in order of preference when you begin to complete the registration process.

Choosing the preferred programme and preferred IIM is a difficult process and consumes more of your time when you begin completing your registration form. It is advisable to go through the IIM programmes mentioned in the CAT 2017 notification and note down your choice in order of preference so that you may quickly complete the registration process without any wastage of time when it starts after a week’s time.

CAT Admit card details
All the key instructions in regard to your CAT 2017 admit card, exam day instructions, what to carry and what not to carry are contained on the CAT website. All the CAT aspirants who have registered and wish to appear in CAT 2017 should meticulously follow these important instructions.  

You should note down the key documents you will need during the registration process. Instead of waiting for last few days, it is advisable to gather all the required documents in the beginning, keep operational unique mail id, keep the scanned images of your signature and photograph of required size ready to register for CAT 2017 as early as possible.

If you do this exercise on Sunday tomorrow, you will save your time at the time of filling-up information in the CAT 2017 registration form. Please note you are supposed to complete the registration in 30 minutes else the site will close by default and you will have to login again to complete the details in the online registration form. In case the filled up information is not saved, the entire effort will go waste and you will to begin afresh.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on CAT 2017

See Also:

• CAT 2017 Notification: IIM Lucknow to throw more changes and surprises in official release
• CAT 2017 Exam date: Know CAT registration dates, last date to apply; online application process
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• CAT 2017 in changed pattern: Know all about CAT 2017 exam notification date, registration, pattern, IIM cutoffs
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