CAT Eligibility Criteria: Check Out CAT Exam Eligibility Criteria

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If you are planning to appear for CAT than you must check out the eligibility to be fulfilled by CAT aspirants every year. Read the article to know with all the important details regarding the CAT entrance exam.

There is no change in CAT Eligibility Criteria for General and Reserved category candidates. CAT exam date is November 27 and the last date to apply is September 14. IIM Kozhikode CAT Notification released on August 3,in newspapers has kept the CAT eligibility criteria similar to last year criteria. The only change in CAT eligibility is the date of qualifying exam. The CAT eligibility defines different percentage of marks in the qualifying graduation degree for different category of candidates. However, there is no age bar for either category candidates to apply for CAT.

CAT Eligibility for General& NC-OBC Candidates

The candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.

Candidates in final year of Graduation additionally qualified to apply for CAT.

If selected, the final year candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if she/he submits Completion of a degree certificate by June, from the Principal/ Registrar of the College/Institute.

·   Candidates who have completed any of these professional degrees (CA/CS/ICWA) with 50% marks.

 

CAT Eligibility for SC/ST/PwD Candidates

 

Reserved class candidates applying for CAT are eligible if they qualify any one of the following qualifications:

·         Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA) class candidates need 45% marks in graduation. 

·         Candidates in the final year of Graduation are additionally qualified to apply for CAT .

·         Candidates who have completed any of these professional degrees (CA/CS/ICWA) with 45% marks.

 

Key Points to ensure your CAT Eligibility

 

·         CAT eligibility does not inflict any age bar to appear in CAT exam.

·         Eligibility for CAT further enables you to appear in CAT regardless of whether you have done graduation in an old system of 2 years graduation gave the degree is UGC recognized

·         The candidate applying for CAT must possess one of the following CAT eligibility criteria -

1.  Completed Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50 percent of marks,
2.  Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA) with required percentage marks, or
3. Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50 percentage

·         The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be calculated based on the practice as pursued by the respective University/Institution.

·         In the case of grades / CGPA, the conversion to percentage marks would be based on the procedure as ensured by the particular University/ institution in accordance with the CAT exam eligibility criteria.

·         If any University/institution affirms that there is no scheme for the conversion of CGPA into an equal percentage of marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100 as per the CAT eligibility criteria.

·         Mere fulfillment of minimum CAT eligibility criteria will not ensure consideration for shortlisting by IIMs.

·         One of the key points prescribed by IIMs in CAT eligibility is that the candidates must declare and maintain a valid and unique email account and a contact number throughout the selection process.

 

Clashing point in IIM and CAT Eligibility Criteria

Throughout the years the qualification for CAT has pretty much stayed same despite the fact that with certain adjustments in CAT test qualification since 2014, IIMs MBA qualification and CAT test qualification criteria have faced few conflicting focuses.

 

CAT eligibility for prescribes ‘No Age Bar’ to appear in the CAT exam nor the IIM MBA eligibility confines any possibility to look for confirmation based on age bar.. In any case, one of the conflicting focuses in CAT test qualification and IIM MBA eligibility is that in spite of the fact that you are permitted to appear in CAT test with 2 years of graduation in old framework, you are not permitted to seek after the administration course at IIM except if you have finished acquired graduation degree with least 3 years length. But this reality CAT qualification for and IIM MBA qualification for 2020-22 groups continues as before.

Who is Not Eligible for CAT ? IIM Kozhikode defines

 

·         If you are not pursuing or completed your Bachelor’s degree or any Professional degree like CA/CS/ICWA, you are not eligible to appear for CAT.

·         If you have not finished any graduation course but rather you are in the last year of a professional course, you are not qualified for CAT test.

·         If you have scored below 50 percent marks in graduation as a general class competitor and under 45% as SC/ST/PwD applicant you are not qualified for CAT.

·         If your Graduation is not recognized by UGC/AICTE/MHRD-Govt. of India, You are not eligible to appear for CAT.

 

How to convert CGPA/Grades to Percentage of Marks

To determine CAT Eligibility in case of CGPA is given and no percentage of marks is shared on the marks-sheet, the percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be calculated based on the practice as followed by the particular University/Institution. The conversion to percentage of marks from Grades/CGPA would be based on the procedure as certified by the respective University/Institution. If any University/institution affirms that there is no scheme for the conversion of CGPA into an equal percentage of marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100 as per the CAT eligibility criteria.

 

Reservation of Seats

The category wise Seat Reservation in IIMs is as below:

Category	Percentage of Reserved Seats in IIMs
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
Other Backward Classes of NC-OBC	27%

The eligibility criteria for the CAT exam have not undergone significant changes under IIM Kozhikode's administration. The CAT eligibility criteria include several aspirant-friendly updates. Over the years, IIMs have consistently maintained the eligibility requirements for the CAT exam. The only notable change was introduced in 2014 when IIM Indore, the organizing institute that year, allowed candidates with a two-year graduation degree to be eligible for the CAT exam. This change continues to remain part of the eligibility criteria.

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