Many applicants aspiring to gain admission to some of India’s most famous management colleges may find navigating the CAT (Common Admission Test) application procedure to be a difficult undertaking. Therefore, we have assembled all the key information for you to keep in mind to make the process of filling out the CAT application form simple.
Ensuring a seamless and error-free CAT application process is crucial, as there are numerous required documents, numerous significant dates, and comprehensive qualifying criteria. This blog post offers a thorough how-to to assist you in comprehending and completing the CAT application form, CAT registration 2024, for the upcoming session.
CAT Application Form: Important Dates
| EVENTS | DATES |
| Online CAT Registration 2024 | 1st August 2024 (10:00 AM) |
| Last Date for CAT Application form | 13th September 2024 (3:00 PM) |
| Admit Card Release Date | 5th November 2024 |
| Date of Examination | 24th November 2024 |
| Result Announcement | Second week of January 2025 |
CAT Application Process: Requirements for Eligibility
Applicants need to meet one of the requirements below to fill out the CAT application form:
- Attained the necessary % in my bachelor’s degree completion.
- In the last year of a bachelor’s degree and possessing the necessary percentage.
- Earned the necessary percentage in a professional degree (CA, CS, or ICWA) after completion.
- The CAT application form 2024 is open to working professionals with no maximum age limit.
- While work experience is helpful for IIM admission, it is not required for CAT application form.
Minimum percentage:
- SC/ST/PwD: 45%
- General/EWS/NC-OBC: 50%
Keep the following in hand while filling out the CAT Application Form
Photo:
- Max 6 months old, white/off-white background.
- Dimensions: 30mm x 45mm, Max size: 1MB.
- Format: JPEG, JPG.
Signature:
- Size: Max 80KB, Dimensions: 80mm x 35mm.
- Format: JPEG, JPG.
Category Certificate (if applicable):
- Required formats: SC-ST / NC-OBC / EWS
Disability Certificate (if applicable):
- Formats: PwD Form V / VI / VII
Academic Details:
- 10th, 12th, Graduation, Masters/Professional Degree details.
- Convert CGPA/Grades to percentage.
Work Experience:
- Full-time employment experience following graduation through July 31, 2024.
Important Note:
Use a scanner to scan documents; do not scan photos, signatures, or certificates using a mobile device.
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Name: The name of the candidate must be supplied EXACTLY as it appears on the SSC or 10th-grade certificate.
Category: Use the Certificates/Proforma for the Reserved Category.
Prescribed format for category certificates – SC-ST/NC-OBC / EWS.
- Format required for a disability certificate: PwD Form V, VI, VII
- Academic Specifics:
Overall Marks Consideration: Regardless of board requirements, incorporate all marks for all topics stated on the mark sheet when calculating percentages for the 10th and 12th/Equivalent examinations.
Grades to Percentage Using CGPA Conversion: Utilize the technique approved by the relevant Board or University to convert CGPA to a percentage. Use the following formula if there isn’t a conversion scheme: (CGPA/Total CGPA) * 100 (Note: 100% does not correspond to a CGPA of 10).
Total Percentage: To two decimal places, enter your total percentage. For example, if the total marks gained are 421 and the maximum marks are 600, the computation is *(421/600)100 = 70.17.
Final Year Students Anticipating Results: Final-year candidates should complete the Common Admission Test (CAT) application process using the aggregate percentage determined by using the most recent set of marks.
Final Year Candidates with “Promotion/Pass without Marks”: Bachelor’s degree candidates in their final year who were promoted without receiving any marks in the previous semester may choose this option when submitting their CAT application form (eligible for candidates graduating in 2022, 2023, or 2024).
Work Experience: Only full-time paid work experience will be taken into consideration as of July 31, 2024. Part-time, project, internship, articleship, and pre-graduation experiences are not accepted as legitimate forms of work experience; therefore, do not include them.
CAT Application Form 2024
The CAT 2024 official announcement is now available. The CAT application form 2024 will be available at iimcat.ac.in on the 1st of August 2024. Candidates can apply for online CAT registration 2024 by completing the CAT application form on the official website.
Candidates who successfully complete the CAT registration 2024 will obtain their admission cards online.
CAT Application Form 2024 in Easy Steps
First step: Make an Account by Registering for a Password and User ID.
- Create an account and register using your information through New Candidate Registration.
- You can then complete the CAT registration 2024 and receive the User ID and Password on the registered email address or registered cellphone number following validation.
- Check everything, check the box, and go to the next stage.
Step 2: Personal Information
Select “Registered Candidate Login” and enter your “password” and “user name” to access the CAT application form.
Details about the category must be mentioned: Category (General, NC-OBC, SC, ST, EWS) >>Category: State/Union Territory, The category’s serial, entry, or certificate number >>Name of the caste or tribe.
CAT Application Form: Upload Files:
Signature, photo, caste certificate (if applicable), and PwD certificate (if applicable)
- The NC-OBC/SC/ST/PwD/EWS certificate must be issued by the appropriate authority in the format specified. For a sample format, see the CAT 2024 website.)
- A self-attested scanned copy of the certificate is required.
- The name provided during registration should correspond with the applicant’s name on the certificate.
Note: After the registration window closes, there won’t be any more changes made to the category.
Completing the Reservation Category Additional Documents Form (CAT Application Form).
| Category | Reservation Percentage (%) | Category Certificate: Prescribed Format |
| SC | 15% | SC |
| ST | 7.5% | ST |
| NC-OBC | 27% | NC-OBC |
| EWS | Upto 10% | EWS |
| PwD | 5% | PwD Form V / VI / VII |
Step 3: Information on the Academics:
- Enter the details of your education: 10th, 12th, Professional, Master’s, Diploma, or Graduation degree.
- For dual degrees, such as B. Tech + M. Tech, provide information for both the bachelor’s and master’s parts.
- Select “Promotion/Pass without Marks” to proceed if you are a final-year student who has been promoted without receiving a mark or who does not have results from a previous semester (eligible for 2022/2023/2024 pass-outs).
Note: Make sure to precisely enter your aggregate percentage, rounded to two decimal points.
Example A: Maximum Score of 600, Total Score of 421 ⇒ Aggregate Percentage of 70.17
Example B: Aggregate Percentage = 69.33; Maximum Marks = 600; Total Marks = 416.
Step 4: Work Experience (If Any):
- Please list any previous employment as of July 31, 2024.
- After graduation, just full-time experience is required to get entered. Work experience that is part-time, project-based, internship-based, articleship-based, or completed before to graduation should not be entered and will not be taken into account.
- The candidate needs to provide the precise dates of their entry into and exit from that industry.
- Please indicate in the Break in Experience box how many days you temporarily left the specific industry.
Step 5: Program Selection:
IMS strongly advises applicants to choose the PGP programs listed as well as all 21 IIMs. See here for the IIMs’ full list of PGP programs.
- A candidate may choose from any number of programs.
- Candidates may choose up to two preferred interview cities for each program they have chosen, based on the locations provided in the corresponding drop-down list.
Step 6: Verify Your Choice of City
- The applicant may choose from any five test cities of their choosing.
- One of the five selected test cities will be assigned following the deadline for registration (subject to availability).
- A neighbouring test city will be assigned to an applicant if none of the desired test cities can accommodate them.
Note: There is no way to modify Test City.
Step 7: Payment
| SC, ST, and PwD | ₹1250/- |
| General Category | ₹2500/- |
| Payment Mode: | Net Banking/Credit Card/Debit Card/Cash Card/Wallet. |
Step 8: Filling out the CAT Form—Preview
Before finalizing the payment, applicants are required to preview the application form. Applicants are unable to make any more modifications to the application form after the payment has been verified.
What happens following CAT Registration 2024?
After the Common Admission Test (CAT) registration 2024 deadline has passed, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will provide the CAT admission card on the CAT official website, iimcat.ac.in, probably in the first week of November. Candidates can download their CAT admission card up until the day of the exam. Registered candidates can download their CAT admission card after logging in with their CAT credentials. On test day, you must have your IIM CAT admit card with you.