Admit Cards for First CMAT 2014 to be conducted by AICTE from Sep 25 to Sep 29, 2014 on All India basis are out now. Candidates can download their Admit cards from the AICTE site and in case of any problem they should contact AICTE immediately.
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be conducting First CMAT 2014, a National Level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) to select suitable students for admission in management programmes for academic year 2014-16. According to AICTE the candidates will be given two opportunities to appear in CMAT for admission session commencing in 2014; first in September, 2014 and Second in February, 2014. The better of two scores will be used for admission for PGDM/MBA batch 2014-17.
Download and Print the Admit cards
Admit cards for CMAT September 2014 test can be generated on-line now. In case of any difficulty candidates can contact AICTE office over phone of on their email id.
Please note that apart from online availability and generation of Admit cards, they will be sent to the email id provided by you. But no hard copy of the admit card will be sent, so don’t wait for the hard copy of the same. Since Admit Card is a mandatory requirement, you are supposed to bring the print out of the same at the test centre.
CMAT Sep 2014 Registration closed on Sep 1, 2014
Registration closed on Sep 1, 2014
AICTE opened the online registration window for CMAT Sep 2014 on July 3, 2014 and after giving an extension of a week’s time closed it on September 1, 2014. All the candidates who are graduates or are in the final year of graduation in any discipline could apply for CMAT Sep 2014. The only condition was that their results should be declared prior to commencement of admission 2014.
CMAT, considered to be the second largest management entrance test after CAT has seen a dip of around 40 thousand in number of registered candidates. There were around 1 lakh registrations for CMAT February 2014 while the actual test takers were approximately 89 thousand. There are however, approximately 54 thousand registrations for CMAT Sep 2014. The dip is not unusual as per the past trends of CMAT. More candidates take CMAT February test in comparison to CMAT September test.
Apart from B schools that are going to accept CAT/XAT scores, there are other leading B schools who accept CMAT scores. Good marks in CMAT Sep 2014 exam will offer participants ample scope to get admitted into some of the highly ranked university and private B schools in the country.
CMAT September 2014: Exam pattern
CMAT is a computer based test (CBT) and the CMAT 2014-16 first test (September 2014 CMAT) will be held in 62 cities all across India in a 5 day test window from September 25 to 29, 2014. There will be 2 test sessions of 3 hours each on every day; the first one will be from 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM and the second one will be from 2.30 PM to 5.30 PM.
Sharing about the computer based pattern of the test, AICTE mentions, “Each candidate will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and scratch paper for rough work. After the test, candidates must leave the scratch paper at the desk.” The test comprises Multiple Choice Questions.
The test is divided in 4 sections. There will be 25 questions in each section. The total duration is 3 hrs (180 mins).
|
Type of Questions |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation |
25 |
100 |
|
Logical Reasoning |
25 |
100 |
|
Language Comprehension |
25 |
100 |
|
General Awareness |
25 |
100 |
While 4 marks would be awarded for each correct answer, there shall be negative marking for wrong answers. For each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.
CMAT Sep 2014 - Scoring & Ranking
The result of candidates appearing for computer based test CMAT Sep 2014 will be displayed with Raw Scores and Rank secured in the All India merit list.
Raw Score in CMAT Sep 2014:
• The raw score will be calculated by assigning:
A. + 4 points for the correct answer
B. - 1 point for incorrect answer
C. 0 point for no answer
D. Candidates will be provided with raw scores for each section.
Declaration of results
CMAT Sep 2014 results are expected to be declared on October 30, 2014. According to AICTE, CMAT results have been designed to rank all the candidates who appear in the test based on their aptitude towards the management education in the order of their merit.
The CMAT Sep 2014 exam score cards can be downloaded from October 30 to November 30, 2014. The scores will be valid for the admissions to academic year 2014-16.
Other important MBA/PGDM entrance exams
There are more than 10 prominent management entrance exams in India like CAT, XAT, CMAT, NMAT, SNAP, MAT, ATMA. Apart from these, the regulation allows each University to conduct its own entrance test. So apart from NMIMS which holds NMAT and Symbiosis which holds SNAP, many Universities like KIIT University hold their own entrance tests too.
State Governments too hold their own entrance test like MH-CET, GCET, HP-CMAT, Karnataka CAT, MET, OMAT, RMAT, UP SEE, held by Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Governments respectively.
The biggest beneficiaries of CMAT currently are those students who intend to take admissions into MBA programs falling under State Universities as they don’t need to take any other test to apply to MBA programs in these states.
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