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The Indian Institutes of Management on 19 September 2011 announced extension in the registration period for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011.

The sale of CAT vouchers has been extended till Saturday, October 1, 2011 and the registration process until Tuesday, October 4, 2011. However there are no changes in any other terms and conditions specified earlier.

According to information provided by Prometric, "The extension has been made to accommodate students interested in applying to schools which have this year decided to join CAT 2011, for their admissions." Such institutes include Indian Institutes of Technology and Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011 will be conducted by the IIMs, in partnership with Prometric, from October 22 through November 18, 2011.

Vouchers for the CAT 2011 are available for sale at selected Axis Bank branches.

For more detail candidates can visit the official website - www.catiim.in

Source: DNA India

Applications invited by Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission into various management courses in the session 2012.

Eligibility :

Candidates should be graduate in any discipline with minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) from recognized University.
 
How to Apply :

• Prospectus and forms are available at branches of Axis bank (list of branches are given on the website www.catiim.in by paying Rs.1600 (Rs 800 for SC/ST) in cash.
• Candidates are required to register at  www.catiim.in

Important Dates :

• Last date for submission of application form is 26th September 2011.

• CAT will be held from 22nd October 2011- November 18, 2011.

Source: www.catiim.in

Applications invited by Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune for Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) commencing in the session 2012.

Eligibility:

Candidates should be graduate in any discipline from recognized University.

How to Apply:

• Candidates can apply online on SIU official website:  www.snaptest.org

• The test fee of Rs. 1550 in the form of demand draft  in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune should be submitted to the office of SYMBIOSIS TEST SECRETARIAT, Symbiosis International University, Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi, Dist: Pune – 412115.

Important Dates for SIU:

• Last date for registration is 23rd November 2011.
• SNAP will be held on 18th December 2011.

Test Centers:

SNAP will be held at following 30 cities: Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kolhapur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Noida, Patna, Pune, Surat, Vashi and Visakhapatanam.

Source: http://www.siu.edu.in/ticker.aspx?id=37

Applications invited by Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai for NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) 2012.

Eligibility:

Candidates should be graduate in any discipline with at least 50% marks from recognized University.

How to Apply :

Candidates can register online on the official website: http://www.nmat.org.in

Important Dates :

• Last date for registration is 10th October 2011.
• NMAT will be held from October 31, 2011 to January 6, 2012.

Source: http://www.nmat.org.in

IIM Udaipur, the youngest member in the IIM family, has issued admission policy for its second batch. The PGP Batch (2012-2014) is likely to be around 120 students strong. Unlike the older members in the IIM Family, new IIMs will not have Group Discussion (GD) as a part of admission process. Personal Appearance (PA) process will replace GD, which will compose Written Analysis (WA) and Personal Interview (PI). The PA process will be common to all the six new IIMs, namely, Rohtak, Ranchi, Raipur, Tiruchirapalli, Udaipur and Kashipur.

1. Criteria for Short listing for PA process
The cut-off percentile marks for eligibility for PA process in the two sections and the total CAT
scores for different categories of students is given below.

Among the candidates who qualify as per above eligible criterion, criterion used for short listing
for PA process would be total CAT score. IIM Udaipur admission committee will decide the
number of candidates which would be called for PA process for each of the above categories.

2. The criteria for preparing the Merit List will be as follows
CAT Score : 50 %
Personal Appearance (PI & WA): 30%
Profile : 20%

2.1 CAT Score:
IIM Udaipur will use CAT 2011 score

2.2 Personal Appearance:
IIM Udaipur will consider the following weightage
Written Analysis- 10%
Personal Interview- 20%

Personal Interview and Written analysis (PI & WA) scores of those candidates in the combined
shortlist of the six new IIMs who are common with IIM Calcutta (IIMC) will be directly collected from IIMC. Efforts are on to get this arrangement extended to a few other established IIMs too. Only the rest of the candidates need to appear for the Common Personal interview and Written Analysis of the six new IIMs.

The common PI & WA for the six new IIMs will be coordinated by IIM Ranchi. For any clarifications regarding centers or change of centers, write to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

2.3 Profile:
The following weightages will be considered for profiling
Academic Profile : 40 % of Profile weight
Work experience : 30 % of Profile weight
Diversity : 30 % of Profile weight

2.3.1 For Academic Profile following will be the weights:
10th Standard : 10
12th Standard : 10
Under Graduation : 20

2.3.2 For Work Experience following will be the weights:

2.3.3 Diversity:

Gender  -  Score
Male            0
Female      15

Educational Background          Score
Engineers                                      0
Non-Engineers                            15

3. Reservations
The Government of India’s reservation policy, as given below, will be applied:
Category                                       % Reservation
Schedule Caste                                   15%
Schedule Tribe                                     7.5%
OBC – No Creamy Layer                    27%
PWD                                                   3%
General                                             47%

About SNAP 
The Symbiosis National Aptitude Test or SNAP is the common written test that has to be taken by students wanting to gain admission to all the Post-Graduate Institutes of Symbiosis International University. SNAP, however is just the first step. On clearing it, one has to undergo the selection process of the desired Institute to qualify for the admission to the Post-Graduate programme of that institute.

Important Dates

To register online: click here

SNAP Test Structure 

• SNAP Test duration is 120 minutes.
• SNAP Test is an objective test. Each question has 4 responses. Candidate should choose an appropriate response.
• Candidate must use Blue or Black ball point pen only.
• Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.
  
• SNAP Test Date : December 18 , 2011
  SNAP Test Time : 2:00 PM. To 4:00 PM
  
  
  

Eligibility 

To apply for SNAP one should be a graduate having scored at least 50% (general) or 45% (SC/ST) marks. Final year students can also apply.

Source:  http://snaptest.org

Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline. Final year students are also eligible to appear in this test.

How to take the test: Candidate can choose any one of the two available options Paper-Pencil Test or Computer Based Test (Online Test)

Important dates to remember

Date of paper based entrance test is: 04th September, 2011

Timing of the entrance test is: 10.00 am to 12.30 pm

Date of Computer based entrance test: 10th September, 2011 (Saturday) onwards**

**If the number of candidates registered for Computer Based Test is limited and can be accommodated in a single day; the test will be completed on 10 Sept 2011 itself.

For more detailed information please log on www.aima-ind.org

The syllabus for CAT is not fixed. You have to basically prepare for the two sections:  “Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation” and “Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning”.

CAT 2011 will have only 2 sections instead of 3, as has been the case all these years. Will the syllabus change? Not really, since the areas that you will be tested on remain the same. Earlier the 3 sections used to be:

• Verbal Ability
• Quantitative Ability
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

       
Now the topics have just been re-distributed into two:

• Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
• Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning

We have listed out the topics that should be ideally covered for these areas:

Verbal Ability: This section will test you on 4 areas broadly classified intyo Vocabulary based questions, English usage/grammar, Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension.
The kind of questions vary from syllogisms, contextual usage, analogies, antonyms, fill In the blanks, jumbled paragraphs with 4 or 5 sentences, jumbled paragraphs,sentence correction, sentence completion, sentence correction, odd man out, idioms, one word substitution, different usage of same word etc.

Quantitative Aptitude: Main topics to be covered are Number Systems, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Interest, Speed, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Averages, Ratio and Proportion, Quadratic Equation, Logarithm, Progressions, Binomial Theorem, Inequalities, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Functions, Set Theory, Mixtures and Alligations, Geometry, Co-ordinate Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration

Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency: You should cover Data Interpretation based on text, Data Interpretation based on graphs and tables.Graphs can be Column graphs, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Graphs representing Area, Venn Diagram, etc.Critical reasoning, Visual reasoning, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons, Statements and assumptions, identifying valid inferences , identifying Strong arguments and Weak arguments, Statements and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true, Probably false, definitely true, definitely false kind of statement, Linear arrangements, Matrix arrangements.Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions, Family tree – identifying relationship among group of people, Symbol Based problems, Coding and decoding , Sequencing , identifying next number in series, etc.

Keep watching this space for timely updates ! All the Best !

The test will be conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur on behalf of Xavier Association of Management Institutes(XAMI), More than 16 core member institutes located in different parts of the country will take the score.

Entrance test: Xaviers Aptitude Test (XAT)

Programme: Post Graduate Management Programme

XAT score is required in these colleges:

• XLRI, Jamshedpur
• XIMR, Mumbai
• LIBA, Chennai
• Xaviers Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
• Xaviers Institute of Management, Bhubhaneshwar
• Loyla Academy, Secunderabad
• Mar Athanasios College of Advanced studies, Ti ruvalla
• Mount Carmel Institute of Management, Banglore
• Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi
• St. Joseph's Institute of Mnagement,Trichy
• Andhra Loyla Institute of Management, Vijaywada
• St. Berchmans College, Kerala
• Xaviers Institute of Management, Jabalpur
• St. Joseph's College of Business Administration, Bangalore
• St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT), Mangalore
• St. Francis Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai

Centreswill double up:

• There will be an increase in the number of XAT centres to reach out to more interested candidates. Details of the same would be released in due course of time.
• This has been done to prevent inconvenience to candidates who had to travel to other cities for giving XAT. The exam will be coordinated by XLRI, Jamshedpur.

XAT test format: The format of XAT would be pencil-paper based to ensure that candidates of all backgrounds are at par.

Selection process:

• Apart from the 16 core institutes mentioned, 70 associated institutes located in different parts of the country select students on basis of XAT scores.
• Applicants should note that registration of XAT is a pre-condition for applying to the different institutes and they have to apply separately to institutes of their choice.

Application deadline:

• Onlline registration begins from September 20,2011 to November 30,2011.

• Click here to view details

Phone: (0657) 398 3333

Address:
XLRI
Circuit House Area (East)
Jamshedpur 831 035
Jharkhand - India

Website: www.xlri.ac.in