CAT 2016: Registration will not extend Confirms CAT convener; register by Sep 22

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September 20, 2016
CAT 2016 Registration last date is not proposed to be extended from September 22 as confirmed by the exam convener.
Registrations for CAT 2016 end by 5:00 p.m. on 22nd September Prof Rajendra K Bandi convener CAT 2016 & faculty IIM Bangalore

CAT 2016 Registration last date is not proposed to be extended. Announcing the decision, CAT 2016 convener Prof Rajendra K Bandi, faculty at IIM Bangalore confirmed “Registrations for CAT 2016 end by 5:00 p.m. on 22nd September.”

CAT 2016 convener has also advised the aspirant to finalise their registration early without waiting for the last day as there could be technical glitches due to heavy rush on the last day of registration for CAT 2016.

IIM Bangalore reiterates: No extension
MBAUniverse.com tried to confirm this fact again from the CAT convener, since for the past 2 years CAT registration date used to be either extended or the registration process was reopened due to one or other reason. However, IIM Bangalore reiterated stating “We issued a release yesterday …. It has all the details.”

Now there are almost negligible chances for the CAT 2016 registration process to be extended by IIM Bangalore.

46 days registration window closes tomorrow
With many ‘aspirant friendly’ changes CAT 2016 registration was opened on August 8, 2016 and is scheduled to close on September 22, 2016. Despite full 46 days available for the CAT 2016 registration process, it appears that thousands of CAT 2016 aspirants are still waiting to register due to one or other reason.

Registration number: Below the mark
CAT 2016 registration number has not reached the expected mark not to say of surpassing the CAT 2015 number.

While the factors contributing to less number of CAT 2016 registrations so far in comparison to CAT 2015 are not officially known the major one could have been the single day or lack of official spread of time to time awareness by IIM Bangalore. In fact till date candidates are not aware about the total number of questions nor their sectional composition in CAT 2016.

Besides the facility of self scheduling the test, choosing the test centre and slot has also been withdrawn. Another major factor could be a purely online registration process which does not even allow to make payment by Demand Draft. Many candidates coming from the rural or semi urban areas find it difficult to make on-line payment leaving the registration process incomplete.

The overall scenario indicates the dip in number of CAT 2016 registration in comparison to earlier CAT exams. It is despite the fact that intake of students in the class rooms of 20 IIMs is proposed to increase in academic session 2017-19.

Last day rush may cause technical glitches
Those who appeared in CAT 2015 might remember that due to technical snags, CAT registration process had to be extended by 5 days as aspirants could not make their online payment. They resorted to requests and complaints to CAT centre after which the CAT registration was extended for five more days.

It is surprising and shows some carelessness on the part of CAT 2016 aspirants as well that they have not been able to register during the last 45 days and are waiting for the last day despite knowing the fact that problems occur in completing the registration process on the last day.

With barely 2 days to go for the last date of CAT 2016 registration, the suggestion from experts is to finalise the registration today only without waiting for September 22, 2016 the last day of CAT 2016 registration.

One go to Complete the Registration
Following are the key points to follow to complete the registration process in one go and feel free to focus on preparation and practice for CAT 2016.

-- Aspirants should read the instructions at the start of the form before they begin filling the information. They can save and exit the form any number of times to edit and complete it later or can Save & Continue each section till they submit the application. Better is to complete it in a single sitting

-- If mandatory information is not filled or the required Certificates are not uploaded, candidate will not be allowed to continue. Besides after clicking on submit button, changes to any information provided on the application form are not possible. A candidate can only print or save the form from the website after that. So keep all the required details with you

-- CAT 2016 has placed the exercise of making the on-line payment as the last step of filling up the form. This will enable the aspirants to review the accuracy of the filled up details in their application form before making the payment

-- Once you create a profile after login as new user on ‘Register now’ and receive your system generated User ID and Password as SMS and on mail, next login should be as ‘existing user’ with the received ID & Password

-- Keep the entire information ready before filling up the application form

-- You can revisit the form several times and complete it in steps. If the information is kept ready, complete it in one go

-- If you forget your password, you may click on the Forgot Password button on the ‘Existing User login’ window. The new password will be sent on email, and not as an SMS.

Can IIM Bangalore extend the CAT 2016 registration date?
The answer to this question is tricky as the extension in the last date cannot be ruled out. If the candidates are unable to complete the registration process and their online fee payment gets stuck in transit, it could be considered to extend or re-open the CAT 2016 registration process. In fact in a similar situation arising out of technical glitches on the last day of registration in CAT 2014 and CAT 2015, both IIM Indore and IIM Ahmedabad re-opened/extended the  registration process.

The extended date attracted thousands of CAT aspirants to complete their incomplete registration and make payment. The opportunity also came as a bounty for those who missed to register for CAT earlier.

CAT 2016 Registration still below CAT 2015
Registration figure for CAT 2016 has not yet reached the CAT 2015 registration mark, sources have shared. This is despite the fact that more MBA aspirants are preparing for various MBA entrance tests.

Even number of positive modifications in CAT 2016 registration process like no time constraints in filling up the registration form; payment of registration fee in the end; choice of 4 preferred cities for test; more number of IIMs have not facilitated very large number of CAT 2016 aspirants.

CAT 2016 provides the opportunity for the MBA/PGDM aspirants to appear in the largest and modified CAT 2016 exam which offer admission opportunity not only in 20 IIMs but also in other top B-schools like FMS, MDI, IMI, IMT, SPJIMR, BIMTECH, TAPMI, NITIE among others.

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