CAT 2016 registration form entitles you to apply to one or all the IIMs and this package comes with a meagre amount of Rs.85 as application fee per IIM if you divide the total registration fee by number of IIMs. The registration and application process for CAT 2016 will close after 3 weeks on September 22, 2016.

The registration fee for CAT 2016 is Rs.1700/- which covers the application fee for all the 20 IIMs from IIM A, B, C, L to all the recently opened IIMs including IIM Jammu which has started operation in 2016.

CAT 2016 preparation strategy gets focused direction when you receive guidance from the one who has already prepared well and cleared this exam with high percentile that led him to desired IIM.

Consistently opting for innovations and changes in the selection process to choose IMT fit candidates, IMT Ghaziabad one of Indias premier B-Schools has announced the opening of its admissions process for its 2 year PGDM programs of 2017. The online application process has begun on September 1 and will close on December 1, 2016. IMT Ghaziabad will accept CAT 2016 and XAT 2017 scores to shortlist candidates for final selection round which will mark radical shift in the PI process.

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CAT 2016 score with 99 percentile may not stay your smile for long and may turn it into zero percentile as far as call from IIMs is concerned unless you have complied with other key parameters. It happened in past and it will happen after CAT 2016 result is declared. Now if you think that this percentile score in CAT 2016 will suffice to get a call from an IIM, you are mistaken.

MDI Gurgaon, the highly ranked premier B-school in India has announced and opened the online admission application process for flagship PGPM/PGP-HRM and PGP-IM 2017-19 batch from September 5, 2016. Going by the past trend, you will need high percentile in CAT 2016 to get shortlisted by MDI Gurgaon for 2nd stage of admission round.

The application process is proposed to close on December 2, 2016 at 5 PM. CAT 2016 is the only exam, scores of which will be accepted by MDI Gurgaon to shortlist candidates for second phase of admission round 2017.

IIM Ahmedabad after modifying and revamping its PGP, PGP-FABM and FABM programmes a year before, is now on the path to increase seats for PGP 2017-19 batch. MHRD has confirmed the receipt of such proposal from IIM Ahmedabad. If approved by MHRD, the proposal could prove to be a good opportunity for CAT 2016 aspirants as more of them will be offered admission in IIM Ahmedabad in 2017.

IIFT 2016 registration process for admission to 2 years full time MBA (IB) 2017-19 programme will close midnight today on September 5. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade has no proposal to extend the last date to apply for the entrance exam which will be held on November 27, 2016 across the country in a single session.

IIFT conducts National Level Admission Test for MBA (IB) courses at its Delhi and Kolkata campuses. So far the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has not proposed any extension in the last date to register and apply for the entrance exam.

CAT 2016 exam pattern stays on the lines of CAT 2015 with 3 sections including MCQs and Non-MCQs although number of total and sectional questions have not been revealed by the exam Convener, Prof Rajendra K Bandi for the sake of confidentiality. Interestingly, earlier CAT notifications used to carry this information in public domain but this year it is missing and Prof Bandi, faculty at IIM Bangalore is not ready to divulge it for the reasons best known to him.

Not much space left for CAT 2016 to deviate

MAT 2016 September paper based test is going to be held tomorrow on Sunday September 4 at 51 test cities across the country. Probably more than 20000 test takers will take MAT 2016 in paper based format. Admit cards for the exam have already been enabled by AIMA for the exam. Now, the aspirants who have prepared well and wish to get admission in the B schools in 2017 through MAT 2016 September exam are getting a bit nervous and are under stress as less than 24 hours are left for the test to begin.

CAT 2016 aspirants should be aware of this fact that IIMs need a high balanced sectional percentile instead of only high overall percentile. All the IIMs fix a minimum sectional cut off. Usually, the minimum sectional cut off is 80 but IIM Ahmedabad has for the first time in its history has lowered the sectional qualifying percentile to 70 for admission to PGP 2017-19. The overall qualifying percentile for all top rated IIMs is minimum 90 except IIM Ahmedabad which has fixed it to 80 only.