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Cat Eligibility for general category


VIPUL SINGH 2nd May, 2018
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Ankita Tibrewal 11th Jun, 2018
A candidate applying for CAT exam must have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.



2. The minimum percentage required for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Persons with Disability (PwD) category is 45% or equivalent CGPA.

The degree must have bene obtained from a university incorporated as an Act of parliament or State Legislature in India or institution recognized by UGC or must possess an equivalent recognition from MHRD, Government of India.



4. Candidate's appearing in the final year of their qualifying examination can also appear for the CAT exam on the condition that they produce a certificate issued by the Principal/Registrar of their university/institute stating that they have completed all the degree requirements at the time of their admission.

Candidates who have completed CA/CS/ICWA can also apply. The percentage requirement for these candidates will be same as mentioned in the points above



CAT 2017 Work Experience Requirement





Having a prior work experience is not a compulsory requirement for candidates appearing in CAT. The application form does ask for work experience details but it is not mandatory.



However, during the final selection of candidates, work experience is given some weightage by the IIMs. The exact weightage given to work experience is never revealed by the IIMs but it varies from IIM to IIM.



The bottom line is that work experience does not come into play till the last stage of final selection and even then it does not play a deciding factor. IIMs have been known to have a mixed batch comprising of both fresh graduates and students with work experience














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11th Jun, 2018
If in CAT 2018 my score is 80+ percentile than what is my chances to get call from Chennai great lakes and GIM Goa
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Shivani sharma 11th Jun, 2018

Hi Dear,

yes you are eligible for CAT entrance exam because you must have 50% in your graduation and you have 56% , and yes you can also get the call from Top B-school if you really hard work for your dreams if you score good marks definitely you will get the call from top institute.

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11th Jun, 2018
Thank U So Much..
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11th Jun, 2018
If in cat 2018 I my scored is 80+ percentile than what is my chances to get call from chennai great lakes and gim goa
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11th Jun, 2018
if you score 80+ then there are chances of getting these colleges
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