FAQ's about CAT-2007

Q) What should I do if I make a mistake while filling the CAT Application Form (CAF)?

A) Any entries made using a pencil can be erased using a good quality eraser and entries made by a pen can be written over using a whitener. However, we recommend that you make photocopies of the CAF and fill it completely and check it for accuracy. Only after you are satisfied with all the answers should you start filling the original CAF.

Q) Can I use a pen for filling up the CAT Application Form?

A) Use only an HB PENCIL for filling all the boxes in the CAT Application Form, except for Boxes 12, 14, 34 & 35. For these four boxes, use a BLACK Ball-Point Pen.

Q) What type of pencil should I use to fill up the CAT Application Form?

A) Wherever you have to use a pencil (as explained above), you should use an HB pencil only.

Q) What should I do if I forgot to fill in some details in the CAT Application Form and sent it to the IIMs?

A)You should, in general, fill in all the details asked for in the application form.

However, BOXES 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 or 18, 35, and the Declaration in the CAT Application Form are mandatory and should be filled in compulsorily by every applicant. These boxes are marked with a * sign in the application form. Applications with these boxes not filled in will be rejected. Requests for reconsideration of such forms will not be entertained by IIMs.

Please also note that the CAT Application Form is the only source that the IIMs have for much of the information about your personal details, academic background and CAT and admission related matters. Your failure to provide fully and accurately the information asked for in the CAT Application Form can prove to be of disadvantage to you.

Q) How should I write my name in the CAT Application Form?

A) Write your name (as it appears in the school leaving certificate) in the cells, one letter to a cell and darken appropriate circles below. Leave one cell blank between your surname, middle name and first name. The same format should be used for Box 12 and for the answer sheet.

For example, if your name is Sanjeev Ranjan Jain, you will fill up your name as below:
First Name: Sanjeev
Middle Name: Ranjan (You can also write the initial R for the middle name)
Last Name: Jain

Q) If I have not completed my degree, how should I indicate it in the Application Form?

A) If you have passed a degree course, darken the circle against 'completed' (in Box 8), and if you are in the final year of the degree course, have written the final year exam and are awaiting results at the time of applying for CAT, darken the circle against 'incomplete'. In addition, fill in Box 17 if you have indicated ‘completed’ and Box 18 if you have indicated ‘incomplete’.

Q) I am doing my Bachelor's degree (three year course) through a correspondence/Distance Education. I have completed my second year and awaiting the results. I can enroll for my third year only after my results for Second Year are released. Hence, I do not have any bona fide letter/certificate that I am studying in my third year of my degree course. Will the IIMs accept my application form without the proof of my studying in 3rd year?

A) The IIMs expect you to take care of everything that they have asked you to in the CAT Bulletin. This includes attaching all the certificates/documents that they have asked for.
If you are not able to provide a bona fide that you are in the final year of your degree course (when you are still studying), then, in all likelihood, your form will be rejected.
Please try talking to the University authorities and get the required letter/certificate.

Q) My graduation institute/university does not appear in Table 3 (on page 9-18) of the CAT Bulletin. What should I fill in Box 27 of the CAT Application Form?

A) In Table 3 of CAT Bulletin, there is also a code given for "Any Other" under every state. If your university/institute does not appear in Table 3, use the code for "Any Other" under the state in where you did your Bachelor's degree.

For example, if you have done you Bachelor's degree from a University in Goa (and the name of the university is not there in Table 3), please fill code 187 (last entry under Goa). However, if have done your Bachelor's degree from a university in Madhya Pradesh (and the name of the university is not there in Table 3), then, fill code 294 (last entry under Madhya Pradesh).

Q) Can I include part-time work experience also under "Work Experience?". I am an unpaid technical trainee/apprentice. Can I include this as work experience?

A) Part-time experience is not counted as experience for the purpose of admission weightages. You should indicate only paid and full time work experience, acquired after completing the Bachelor's Degree. The work experience should be counted as on August 31, 2007 - and it should be expressed in "number of months."

Q)I have done my apprenticeship/articleship. Can I include the same under Work Experience?

A) Apprenticeship, Articleship, Internship etc., which form an integral part of a course of study, should not be treated as work experience.

Bomb Blast rocks Hyderabad

Thirty people were killed and scores injured when two powerful, simultaneous explosions ripped through a crowded place at Koti and at Lumbini Park in front of the Secretariat here at 8.10 p.m. on Saturday.

The injured were shifted to hospitals. The condition of many is said to be critical. Medical and para-medical staff at the Osmania General Hospital were struggling to cope with the situation. Chaos prevailed at the bomb blast sites.
Police declared a red alert throughout the capital and in the neighbouring Cyberabad commissionerate.

The popular Lumbini park was crowded during the weekend and the bomb went off near the spot where about 40 engineering college students from Nasik in Maharashtra were watching a laser show. They were on an excursion trip.
The park is on the banks of the Hussainsagar lake and right in front of the main gate of the Secretariat.

Till last reports came in, six persons were killed and at least 20 injured in the blast at the park.

In Koti, one of the most crowded junctions in central Hyderabad, an explosive device went off at Gokul Chat, a popular eatery, killing 24 people. Passers-by stopped a city bus, carried the injured into it and shifted them to the Osmania General Hospital.

The Bharatiya Janata Party Greater Hyderabad committee was holding a meeting at the VV Function Hall, barely a kilometre from the Koti bomb blast site.

The meeting was being addressed by the former BJP president and MP, M. Venkaiah Naidu.

Tension mounted in the sensitive areas of the twin cities; police stepped up mobile and foot patrolling.

The entire city police has been ordered ‘stand-to.’

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