CAT 2014: Result D Day anxiety haunts the minds of Exam takers; worried about ups & Downs

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
December 12, 2014
The CAT 2014 takers are worried about the result day and are apprehensive about ups and downs like delay in result declaration
CAT 2014 takers have specifically begun asking for the exact date of CAT 2014 result declaration which is yet to be announced and the dilemma still exists about the Day of Result

Despite the assurance from Dr Rohit Kapoor, CAT 2014 Convener duly conveyed to CAT 2014 takers by MBAUniverse.com that final checks are going on to declare the results, the CAT 2014 takers are worried about the result day and are apprehensive about ups and downs like delay in result declaration, changes in expected percentile due to changed exam pattern and different score normalization process in CAT 2014.

2 Big questions haunting

1.97 lakhs had registered for CAT 2014 and about 1.70 lakhs took CAT 2014 conducted in 4 sessions on 2 days, out of them about 25 to 30 thousand candidates are proposed to be shortlisted by IIMs for final admission round. The haunted question is that once the clarity on result day is officially announced by CAT Centre 2014, they could plan their future strategy whether to register and appear in forthcoming MBA/PGDM entrance exams or stick to their CAT 2014 scores for admission 2015.

Another big question creating confusion among the CAT 2014 takers is whether the award of percentile can be expected as anticipated by them on past CAT pattern or it will be totally different. CAT Centre 2014 has not much clarified on it except for the fact that an example of GATE scoring pattern has been shared.  Thousands of them are not aware about the GATE system and to arrive at the CAT 2014 score normalization process, they will need to know the GATE 2014 new score normalization process.

The formula to arrive at the CAT 2014 score normalization process has not explicitly been shared. It has raised doubt among the CAT 2014 takers whether they would be able to score the percentile as calculated by them on the past pattern or it will be lower or higher than that. If higher it will be fine for all of them, if lower again the issue of clarity will need to be addressed by CAT Centre 2014 that is IIM Indore, which is already facing the legal cases on such issues in the Courts of Indore due to anomaly in CAT 2013.

Assurance from CAT 2014 Convener

Dr Rohit Kapoor CAT 2014 convener and faculty at IIM Indore has already assured the CAT 2014 takers “We are in the activity of processing the results. Final checks are also underway. As far as dates are concerned, we will shortly announce it on our website. Request the candidates to wait for now”

Since it is already second week of December 2014 running and will be over in 2 days, the assurance right from the Horse’s mouth has even not worked so well. CAT 2014 takers have specifically begun asking for the exact date of CAT 2014 result declaration which is yet to be announced and the dilemma still exists about the Day of Result.

Anxiety is more for CAT 2014

Since CAT 2014 has been an exam on different pattern with more number of questions, without any sectional constraint and with different score normalization process that too from a newly appointed testing agency TCS, number of queries about the CAT 2014 result are going on in the minds of CAT 2014 takers.

These queries can get to rest once the result date is officially announced by CAT Centre 2014. MBAUniverse.com has been receiving queries not only about the result date declaration but also the time of result, format of the result whether it would have same scoring card as published by earlier CAT exams or it would be different.

The scoring query: Most prominent

What percentile scores I am going to get if I cracked so many correct and a few wrong; what about those who did not attempt any question, will they receive zero percentile or higher percentile as was received last year; whether those score marks in negative will get zero percentile- if that be the case I would receive a much higher percentile this year.

Such queries can be resolved once the formula of percentile calculation, score normalization is published in public domain by CAT Centre 2014. Another fact that delay in announcement of CAT 2014 result date is further adding to the woes of CAT 2014 takers cannot be denied.  

Request to CAT Centre 2014

The dilemma can be resolved by CAT Centre 2014 by placing the score normalization formula on CAT 2014 site with specific example. Besides the result declaration date can be announced now as 2 weeks of December 2014 are going to be over. The CAT 2014 result was proposed to be announced in the third week of December 2014, even if it is anticipated that it could at all be delayed, it should be announced specifically and immediately. After all it’s a matter of the career of lakhs of the IIM aspirants seeking admission opportunities in 2015. .

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