CAT 2012 to be conducted from October 11 to November 6. CAT Convenor says first priority to provide a glitch-free exam : PaGaLGuY

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The Common Admision Test (CAT) 2012 will be conducted from October 11 to November 6, 2012. The test will comprise of two sections which will be seperately timed. Each of the sections will be 1 hour and 10 minutes. There will be 30 questions in each section.

According to Prof SSS Kumar, CAT Convenor for CAT 2012, the two sections will include Quantiative Ability and Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning. "Once a section ends, aspirants can no longer go back to it. Aspirants will be presented with the section on Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation first , followed by Verbal Ability and Logical Reasonings."

Vouchers will be avilable from July 30 to September 17, 2012 while the registration window wll be open from July 30 to September 19, 2012. Results wll be announced on January 9, 2013. The official notification of CAT 2012 will be published in the national dailies on July 22, 2012.

PaGaLGuY had an exclusive and small chat with Prof SSS Kumar, who is otherwise quite media-shy

How do you feel donning the CAT Convenor's hat this year?

Its a great responsibility and fully focused on our goal conducting CAT 2012 successfully, befitting of the lofty standards set by IIMs in the past. At present, we are sparing no efforts to give a trouble free experience to CAT 2012 aspirants in the process of registration and appearing in CAT 2012.

Is there anything that you will take as learning from past CAT convenors?

As CBT is in evolution mode, experiences of the past convenors provide the guiding light for the conduct of CAT 2012.

Are you happy that the post have come down south to IIMK after IIMC,IIML and IIMA held the honour earlier?

I am glad that the responsibility came to IIMK but importantly CAT had been and will be a collective effort of all IIMs. The key factor behind the success of CAT is the team work and joint efforts of the entire IIM
fraternity across the IIMs.

Have you got into CAT work full-time?

Yes, my work started from April 2012 and will be working out from Kozhikode only.

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saurav4489 11 days earlier this time!!!! :(

@Lajwanti: First line in second paragraph, shouldn't it be, the "two" sections?
#1 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
Sociopath Definitely wont be giving exam on weekends i.e., Sat/Sun, else it will have to face the fierce competition with CAT savvy's. Better to give anyday from Monday to Friday to avoid being victim of normalizatio against brightest minds ...... !!
#2 • 18 Jul '12 Like 3
ank_mission_IIM This time they exluded my birth date...:)
#3 • 18 Jul '12 Like 10
kvpkkvp When did they announce ?? can any one provide the link for that news ??
#4 • 18 Jul '12 Like
godschild It should be 'two' sections na?

#5 • 18 Jul '12 Like
ank_mission_IIM error...Cat will have two sections. but in 2nd para you have mentioned three sections. correct it.
#6 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
shrikantj Can u please provide link for the news ?
#7 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
laj Two sections in CAT 2012.
#8 • 18 Jul '12 Like 2
ank0601 Y earlier this time?
#9 • 18 Jul '12 Like
ank_mission_IIM @shrikantj do not ask for news source from PG, because PG itself a source for others...:)
#10 • 18 Jul '12 Like 44
atuul89 By the time XAT arrives , most of us would have already known whether we are going to take CAT again or not . .
#11 • 18 Jul '12 Like 31
newmba007 http://www.mbauniverse.com/cat2012/cat_2012_article/id/6010/

#12 • 18 Jul '12 Like
rishik_007 @laj Please add this to the article,will avoid any confusion."The official notification will be out in the national dailies on July 22nd."
#13 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
ashu070 hell..innnnnniiiiii jaldi..!!
:O
#14 • 18 Jul '12 Like 4
LeoN88 So, it's Nov-6 for me..C-Day.....
#15 • 18 Jul '12 Like 3
losetowin Its too early this time............ I have not even started studying sincerely :(
Need to rush..........
#16 • 18 Jul '12 Like 6
addi09 arey yaar its like i m sleeping and someone throws a bucket of water at me
thoda time aur de dete ...:(
#17 • 18 Jul '12 Like 14
abhishek123966 wht the **** is this.....
#18 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
aruncat i guess ppl who are prepared will always be prepared.
#19 • 18 Jul '12 Like 7
sarkarankan Time aa gaya padhai start karne ka :):):)

#20 • 18 Jul '12 Like 3
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preetyangel its again the same journey...with a new begining...!!!!
#21 • 18 Jul '12 Like 4
krishna581 wat are the advantages and disadvantages in selecting the test date on weekend or weekday or in the beginning or later time of the test period?
#22 • 18 Jul '12 Like 2
pratyasha1990 and the saga starts all over again, let's make each day count!
#23 • 18 Jul '12 Like
liverpool9903 @krishna581 I also have the same question in mind, can somebody answer it...
#24 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
pratik5317 @ank_mission_IIM mera bi.......
#25 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
rahulhbk1 @pratik5317 You would not want to give CAT on a day when you expect the competition to be more intense . Many toppers like to give at the end , so scaled scores were less for people who gave CAT in the last slots , as has beenobserved in CAT'11
#26 • 18 Jul '12 Like 2
rahulhbk1 sry it was for @krishna581
#27 • 18 Jul '12 Like
workaholic198 @krishna581 CAT normalizes ur score to reach at the percentile.Though normalization process is not very clear, but it is based upon sample size of number of students appeared in a particular time slot. Then accordingly all the questions are given a difficulty level based on how many cld answer it correctly or incorrectly from amongst the sample data. Now suppose if u are in the slot with large no. Of candidate then a particular question which u may leave or do wrong, may have been attempted by many others (probability is higher), thus it will be marked as easy and u will loose credit for doing an easy question wrong, resulting in significant loss of final percentile. And if by any chance a very very bright student is in ur slot,ur percentile will suffer!! Thus its preffered to sit in a slot with relatively less crowd.

Hope this helps.More info can be provided by odrs!! ATB to u and me too
#28 • 18 Jul '12 Like 12
pratik5317 I'll rush to the get Voucher in Bank asap.

1st slot of Last Day is mine..........
#29 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
pratyasha1990 @paratk, y last say???
#30 • 18 Jul '12 Like
pratik5317 @pratyasha1990

Are, CAT k 25 days liye ka GAP kis ko nahee chaahiye........
#31 • 18 Jul '12 Like 1
vijayajithnehru have to rush. Have to study.Have to work a lot

#32 • 18 Jul '12 Like 3
pandit_pujari The Game starts now...
#33 • 18 Jul '12 Like
VSK1608 So the day to decide my destiny is infront of me.....:)

#34 • 18 Jul '12 Like
raghuvanshi25 god need to rush now...enough now.....but TDKR ,EK THA TIGER and GOW-2 are on release in 3 consecutive week......how?
#35 • 18 Jul '12 Like 12
krishna581 @workaholic198 you mean normalization is done in each slot and final percentile is given based on this normalization?
#36 • 18 Jul '12 Like
pandit_pujari CAT is starting and ending 15 days earlier than last year
#37 • 18 Jul '12 Like
ank_mission_IIM @panditpujari Sharukh and Aishwrya's also...:D
#38 • 18 Jul '12 Like 6
pandit_pujari I think that first day, last day or week day is all bullshit and everything comes out to only two facts - How prepared you are and Whether the day you are appearing for CAT is YOUR DAY or not. So, puys relax, don't be overruled by speculations and give the test as per your actual requirements.
#39 • 18 Jul '12 Like 54
krishna581 @panditpujari haha pandit ji....it does have definite implications on the percentile......no body is panicking here.....just making the things clear....
#40 • 18 Jul '12 Like 6

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