XAT 2015: 7 Steps of Registration; fill up the information with patience

XAT 2015 to be conducted by XLRI on behalf of XAMI, is proposed to be conducted on January 4, 2015, the first Sunday of New year of 2015. XLRI has been conducting Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) for the last 60 years at All India level. XAT is aimed to select the most appropriate candidates who wish to pursue management education. Apart from XLRI, XAT scores will be used by 11 member institutes and 123 other B schools apart from XLRI as the criteria for admission to MBA/PGDM programmes for 2015-17 batch.

How to Register and apply for XAT 2015; know the steps

Registration for XAT 2015 has started on 12thAugust 2014 and will end on 22ndNovember 2014. With a view to keep the XAT 2015 registration process smooth, it can be divided in 7 easy steps. The need is to understand it well before proceeding for registration and fill it up patiently.

Step-1
Please visit xatonline.net.in. You will find the home page with many items of information. Please click on icon register in the upper line below the Heading Xavier Aptitude Test and proceed registering your profile first.

Step-2
Fill preliminary information, enter a password of your choice and submit it. After submission of these details you will receive XAT ID on your registered email.

This will enable you to login with your XAT ID and password next time.

Application form completion

Step-3
Login to XAT account and fill educational and other details and choose the test city. To get the preferred centre and city, its better to register early.

Step-4
XAT 2015 aspirants have three options of paying the XAT 2015 fee namely, on-line, in cash or through Demand draft. The fee for XAT 2015 is Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only) for all applicants, please note. There is no concessionary fee to apply for XAT 2015.

Select Mode of Payment: One of the three modes

Mode1: Online Payment Gateway

XAT 2015 aspirants can pay online through VISA/Master Credit/Debit Cards. American Express Card is inadmissible. If you are an account holder of IDBI you can pay through IDBI Net banking.

Mode2: Cash Payment
Applicant has to take a print out of the XAT Pay-In-Slip, visit nearest IDBI bank and make the payment thereat.

Mode 3: Demand Draft
Applicant has to get a DD made in favour of XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT payable at Jamshedpur.

Please note that Applicant paying through Mode 2 & 3 should update the payment details in the registration page. Failure to do so, such candidates will not be allowed to upload their photo and signature.

Step-5
Upload Photograph and Signature:Applicant is required to upload his/her scanned digital photograph and signature as per the following instructions.

File size and name

All XAT 2015 aspirants are required to upload their scanned (digital) photographs and signature. The file size of the photograph and signature must not be more than 50KB for each file. The Online application system will not allow uploading files larger than 50 KB size. The photographs and signatures are to be uploaded only in Jpeg format. The preferred file names should be photo.jpeg and sign.jpeg for photograph and signature respectively

Type of photograph to be uploaded

Take your recent colour passport size photograph in digital format. The picture should be taken against a light/white background. In case the face on the photograph is not clear, your application is liable to be rejected.

Uploading the signature

XAT 2015 aspirant should sign ( please dont use Capital letters) on a white paper with a black ink pen. Then you should scan the signature in 200 dpi (dots per inch) scanner resolution settings and the file size should be less than 50 kb in jpeg format.

In case the size is bigger, crop the image of the signature in MS Paint or any other Photo Editor to reduce the size. Please ensure that only the signature portion is cropped and not the entire A4 paper on which you have signed.

Ensure that confirmation is received

After uploading the photo and signature successfully, the XAT 2015 will receive a system generated confirmation page consisting pre-printed photograph and signature of the applicant on the screen.

How to make sure about the size of file

Please follow the undernoted steps to ensure that the photograph and signature are within 50KB each.

-If you have a digital photograph or signature, open the same in MS Paint by right clicking the photograph

-Press Ctrl + W ,a window will open which will have an option resize by %. Here enter anything between 10 to 50% and save the file with an extension .jpeg.

-Check for the size of the file in properties. If the file size is still higher than 50 KB, once again open in paint and resize it to bring it down to less than 50KB.

-Repeat this process till the file size is less than 50 KB.

-Please save this file with the file Name as mentioned above as photo.jpeg and sign.jpeg

Step-6

Please print XAT Confirmation page for your reference. In future for all correspondence with XAT office, quote your XAT ID.

Step-7

Applicants who make payments through Demand Draft need to send their DD along with the confirmation page within fifteen days from the issuance of DD to XAT office i.e. XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur- 831001

Applicants who have made the payments through Cash, IDBI internet banking or credit/ debit cards are not required to send the Confirmation page to XAT Office.

Your registration and application process is now complete in all respects.

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