CAT 2014: Result declaration; May glitches in score normalization process main hurdle, Worry of Test takers

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December 19, 2014
CAT 2014 Result, Now the aspirants are worried if there is something fishy at the CAT 2014 Exam Centre as it has not yet been able to announce the result date even
No other reason than the technical glitches and synchronization in the process of score normalization appears holding back the declaration of CAT 2014 result

"No other reason than the technical glitches and synchronization in the process of score normalization appears holding back the declaration of CAT 2014 result” is the major worry of CAT 2014 test takers.

Thousands of IIM aspirants have been approaching MBAUniverse.com to know about the exact date of CAT 2014 result declaration but CAT Centre 2014 has not broken its silence on the issue. Now the aspirants are worried if there is something fishy at the CAT Centre 2014 as it has not yet been able to announce the date even not to say of declaring the result on the pre declared date. CAT 2014 test takers are worried now where and whom to approach as the CAT Centre 2014 is not responding to their query nor despite all the assurances the IIMs or the CAT 2014 testing agency TCS has been able to resolve the technical issue due to which result declaration date has not been announced.

It was shared with the CAT 2014 takers by MBAUniverse.com after getting the assurance from Dr Rohit Kapoor, Convener that the activity of score processing was going on and final checks were underway but since then a week has passed and no further development from CAT Centre 2014 is forthcoming.

The process or technical glitch…

The result processing activity as per the CAT Centre 2014 started immediately after the completion of CAT 2014 exam how long it would continue is best known to them only.  On Dec 15, 2014 Dr Rohit Kapoor Convener CAT 2014 again assured that the announcement regarding exact date of CAT 2014 result declaration would be made after 2 days, but since then 3 days have already passed but there is no sigh of relief for the CAT 2014 test takers as the exact date of CAT 2014 result declaration is still at abeyance.

It has been being assured by the CAT Centre 2014 for the last 2 weeks that result declaration date would be announced soon as the activity of result processing was going on. Now the thought of IIM aspirants is that there are sure some technical problems in score normalization process and now they have begun smelling a rat.

Score Normalization: Crux of the problem

`Once bitten twice shy’ goes the saying. Candidates might remember that a few issues on score equating and normalization process came up with the declaration of CAT 2013 result and still a few legal cases are pending in the courts of Indore on this issue. CAT Centre 2014 is very much keen that no such issue should come up and create any problem to the maiden CAT 2014 undertaken by the testing agency TCS.

In fact the score normalization process as declared by CAT Centre 2014 is slightly different for CAT 2014 although it claims to assure Fairness, Equity and comparison of performances across the 4 test sessions in CAT 2014 exam. But the Normalization process is without details. How the CAT 2014 test takers would know the transparent process unless it is available on CAT 2014 site

GATE pattern not befitting…

In view of the CAT 2014 test takers the process of score normalization in CAT 2014 on the lines of GATE score normalization pattern may not be working well as both have different parameters. According to CAT Centre 2014 “The process of Normalization is an established practice for comparing candidate scores across multiple Forms and is similar to those being adopted in other large educational selection tests conducted in India such as Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).”  Whether it is similar to GATE, GMAT or any other exam and can work well for CAT 2014 also, the expectation of the aspirants is to see the process on CAT 2014 site with a transparent example and not to go for all the calculation as per other exam site.
 
MBAUniverse.com would like to request the CAT Centre 2014 not to hide the CAT 2014 result declaration date and announce it at the earliest as the CAT 2014 test takers have started feeling bit uneasy as in their view it is not the processing of the CAT 2014 result but the technical glitch which is holding back the declaration of CAT 2014 Result declaration. In the interest of 1.70 lakh CAT 2014 takers a prompt re-assuring message on CAT 2014 site from CAT Centre 2014 will sure go a long way to repose faith among the aspirants. 

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