Although high CAT 2016 scores are mandatory to qualify for 1st stage shortlisting at IIM Calcutta, the highly ranked B-school will not award any weigthage to higher percentage of marks obtained in bachelors degree to shortlist candidates for admission to PGP 2017-19 batch. Almost all the IIMs including IIMA awards weightage to graduation marks but IIM Calcutta has scrapped awarding any weightage even to the highest scorers in bachelors degree.

Academic weightage upto class 12 marks

CAT 2016 with same structure and pattern as that of last year, may offer you a better opportunity to join the club 99 percentile if you care to dig out the minute details from last year CAT that may lead you to success.

CAT 2016 Registration process will be totally online. IIM Bangalore will open the registration for CAT 2016 at 10AM on Monday August 8, 2016 with an enhanced registration fee of Rs. 1700/-. The registration process for CAT 2016 will be a time bound process as the registration default time is proposed to remain 30 minutes although you can login multiple times in case your registration for CAT 2016 remains incomplete.

Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur has announced admissions to Virtual Interactive Learning (VIL) Programmes in Business Management (PGCBM) & Human Resource Management (PGCHRM). While the Postgraduate Certificate Programs for Business Management will admit students for its 31st batch, the Human Resource Management will offer admission to the 23rd batch.

Pedagogy of courses
These courses would be conducted through VCNows Video Conference based Virtual Classroom platform across 40 study centers in India.

With no changes announced in the structure of CAT 2016, it is expected that aspirants will again see the 5 Reading Comprehension passages followed by 24 questions in CAT 2016. The press release shared by CAT 2016 exam convening IIM Bangalore has kept the exam structure on the same pattern as it was last year.

What happened last year

CAT 2016 Data Interpretation (DI) questions are going to play important role in improving your sectional and overall percentile. You can expect a set of minimum 4 questions on multiple charts. Questions containing multiple charts have been a regular feature at CAT and other MBA entrance examinations. A single set of questions may contain any combination of multiple charts like Table, pie chart, line chart, bar chart among others.

AIMA-MAT 2016 on September 4, in paper based form will need greater time management as all the sections have equal number of questions with equal weightage and are without any restriction of moving from one section to other. The 2 hours exam consists of 200 questions divided in 5 sections and all the sections are compulsory. You cannot afford leaving one or other section less attempted or unattempted as they carry equal weightage and you need to qualify in each one.

You may lose your, if you make a mistake in entering the details in registration form. CAT 2016 registration process does not allow you to edit certain personal details either before or after submitting the application, in case any mistake is made in filling up these details. If you have made a mistake in these details, you must register again with a new email ID, make payment of fee again and on the top of it there will be no refund to your earlier paid registration fee of Rs.1700/-

CAT 2016 registration is more aspirant friendly and can be completed in 3 steps. CAT 2016 registration will remain open for 46 days till September 22, 2016. MBAUniverse.com has already shared with the aspirants the check list the aspirants should keep ready before starting the registration for CAT 2016.

Important information; keep ready
Following are the mandatory items of information you will need during the registration process
-- Educational history
-- Mark sheets (10th /12th/ Degree/Diploma)
-- Work experience, if any