Urgent Info for all students!!! - CAT 2009 registration, re-fund, all issues etc.!!!

Dear students,




FIRST THING FIRST- CAT REGISTRATION GETS OVER BY OCTOBER 1ST- AFTER THAT, U CANNOT REGISTER, CANNOT EDIT, CANNOT RE-SCHEDULE NOTHING!!! - in case you do not do it in another couple of days, nobody including the IIMs will be able to help you!!! This is the last call to any of you who might not have registered till now!!!






CAT application Edit function is working, editing the application form will not affect your admit card, you can go ahead & edit form in case some detail is wrong, once the window closes on Oct 1st- you cannot edit anymore!!! hence do it all as quickly as possible- if there is a need!!!




I am clarifying a lot of other things you have asked in this 1 mail:




1. Sept MAT based institutes & Cut-off- find an XL file i have attached with this mail & go thru same


2. About exam notifications:


on a regular basis go through: http://www.time4education.com/disp_notification1.asp?tid=1 & http://notifications.pagalguy.com - To get these alerts as SMS on your mobile for FREE, sms 'START MBA' to '9845298452'

Latest info related to issues in application filling!!!- important!

Dear all,


I have been answering calls after calls all night am also inundated by emails- all related to online registration issues. In case of global B-Schools especially US B-Schools, you are allowed to change/edit your details even after you have entered them once- within the window. Unfortunately the ones provided for CAT is the variety where no edits are enabled except for re-scheduling of the slots- hence most of the issues. All the issues that you are facing are similarly faced by many others across India. Hence i would recommend that you go through some of those, and take decisions on your own to the extent possible. Ensure that you have run out of options before you call us. For the same i am giving you some resources in terms of certain observations, and certain links. Do take effort in going through the links, it will clear a lot if not all aspects.


Gaurav has pointed out certain observations of his which are important for test registration, which can be read below. The same is narrated in an article from PG which i am pasting below. Read through the same as well as comments made by users- it will echo each of the problems you have been facing:

Glitch in CAT 2009 online registration may lay your voucher waste

2 CAT Admit cards recieved-2 diff locations!- What to be done

Dear students,

there is a new error that has surfaced! Few students who had registered for Cochin have recieved 1 more admit card for another location on the same date. The Cochin admit card comes first followed by the new location admit card after few more days. 

Latest notifications, Online Chat Schedule, how to prepare for the Online CAT, Demo Video from IIMs!

Dear students,
The latest notifications, including XAT can be viewed at: http://www.time4education.com/disp_notification1.asp?tid=1 

Take note: There is a separate fee for XAT (the exam) & for applying to XLRI (the institute) - XAT is a very important exam since its score is taken by 60+ institutes, similarly CAT is taken by 151 non-IIM institutes. So do not worry about the difficulty level of these exams, lot of great institutes are alligned with these two exams, hence make sure you apply to both.



Online chat schedule:

FPM-14

Re: Fpm 2008 - 28-04-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by noelatwork

Hi John,

May i know the reason why u decided not to attend IIML FPM interview.. If i am right, you had a Fin call there..

NoeL

FPM-13

Re: Fpm 2008 - 22-04-2008, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john@cross Cong @tushar...! i wud give my take.... John.... P.S: will the above qualify for publication in a peer-reviewed journal somewhere?

For all the skeptics out there, some references for my theories:

The follo appears originally at: PHD Comics: What is... The Thesis?

FPM-12

Re: Fpm 2008 - 21-04-2008, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tushar_agarwal03

I too got admit into Finance and control FPM IIM B. I wanna do P.Hd but sometimes gets apprehensive on realising tht it's 4 yrs--- do suggest what's ur take on it. Rajiv

Cong @tushar...!
i wud give my take, but i request ppl showing up here, who are in a position to comment/contribute; to do so, plz puys, all who asked around, do contribute back...dont forget ur alma matter yet...

FPM-11

Re: Fpm 2008 - 19-04-2008, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord_Aragon

Hi Puys,

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I have pitched in all I could have apropos my profile and doubts, please
pour in your suggestions and experiences to elucidate on the grey area i am headed into...

Lord_Aragon....

 

@L_A,
expecting to hear abt ur i'view exp & RAT as promised, later in this thread!

Abt the things u asked, whether u shud opt for the option or not:
My opinion: you shud not take it up- if u r looking at the return in terms of money.

FPM-10

Re: Fpm 2008 - 14-04-2008, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pappala

So how did the interviews went in IIMB.

Post your experiences guys, These will be very useful for us in the lucknow as well.

Puys,
i guess u ppl might be playing it safe by not speaking on the i'view exp before the results are out.

FPM-9

Re: Fpm 2008 - 26-03-2008, 11:59 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by harryomharry

@John (yeah its u ...lol)

what extra prepration you did for the IIMA interview?? can you please shed some light on that?
and how much different was the fpm interview from pgp in terms of attitude of the interviewing staff and their seriousness. is it purely like we will be spending so much money on you and you better be the next abdul kalam !! or on a lighter note....


i have a IIML fpm call,
here are acads
10th 82.5 ICSE
12th 85.2 CBSE
B.tech(Computer Science) 70.5 (till 6th semester)
cat 96.79

i m a fresher and want some perspective on what i could expect in my IIML FPM interview(and also test) any inputs from you guys will be highly appreciated

i opted for IT&systems and marketing

FPM-8

Re: Fpm 2008 - 26-03-2008, 01:32 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ms_v

Class X: 92% (CBSE)
Class XII: 86% (CBSE)
BSc: 89%
MSc: 77%
CAT: 95.82%ile
GMAT: 750
--------------------

A retrospective musing!

(purely fictional, any resemblance to any live or past character is purely imaginary!)

The year '93:
Mummy: son, why r u not studying, 10th exams are on :eh:
son: mummy, who studies nowadays, it is all old fashioned, did Sachin study? u can see all the money he makes...! dont worry...8-)

FPM-7

Re: Fpm 2008 - 21-03-2008, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swanand_Deodhar

Hi!
I also do feel that 'creating the next league' of mgmt faculty should be one of priorities for IIMs. However, I have my apperhensions about taking FPM intake as a measure to judge their ideas and priorities behind FPM.
Swan, i agree with what you said,
on the 1 hand, the IIM's might be under pressure to cater to the demand for more ....

FPM-6

Re: Fpm 2008 - 20-03-2008, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swanand_Deodhar

Hi puys!
@john, thanks for pointing us to the Hindu article. It is very informative.:angel:
Here is another link about pragmatic view which IIMs are adopting towards FPM program IIMs to pool resources for doctoral programme - livemint

FPM-5

Re: Fpm 2008 - 20-03-2008, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by profootball25

Hey,

In case you want, I can inquire at the FPM office about this.

FPM-4

Re: Fpm 2008 - 10-03-2008, 11:35 AM

Quote:
--- Do engineers often go for areas other than CIS/MIS... how do IIMS' look at this?

--- Also you have applied for two areas..how do IIMS' take this...especially if they are unrelated...also are chance s less if one appiles just for a single area.

FPM-3

Re: Fpm 2008 - 07-03-2008, 07:09 PM
Hey Swanand, where did u get that info abt tentative dates of IIMB?

Ok, 'nyways; 'ms_v': u had asked for type of maths ques,
-equation given & asked to draw/plot it
-differentiation

FPM-2

Re: Fpm 2008 - 06-03-2008, 07:49 PM
Hi everyone,
back from the IIMA interviews.

FPM-IIMA interview debrief, OB & HR areas:

FPM-1

Re: Fpm 2008 - 19-02-2008, 05:55 PM
On some of the things reffered to till now in the discussion:

-About the duration, as mentioned by someone else the period is 4 to 5 years