Dear student, with all the scores you have mentioned, you are definitely eligible for CAT 2019. You meet the specified criteria required for registration for CAT entrance exam. The registration for entrance exam has already begun on 7 August 2019 and will continue till 18 September 2019.

Hello,

For appearing for CAT exam you need a minimum of 50% marks in your UG. Since you have percentage more than 50, so you are eligible for CAT exam.

The exam will be held in the second half of November.CAT exam eligiblity criteria are that the candidate must complete his/her graduation with a 3-year course of bachelor degree and secure 50% (45% for SC/ST/PWD) or more marks.

Students who are in the final year of their graduation can also apply. There is no upper age limit for appearing in the exam. So, the minimum eligibility for CAT exam does not require a high score in 12th standard.



However, the selection procedure in different institutes and IIMs is different. Each IIM is an autonomous institute, and set up different criteria for CAT exam selection procedure. candidates overall academic career besides CAT score are taken into account while making the final merit list. Weightage is given to 10th, 12th, graduation marks, extracurricular activities, and work experiences of a candidate. Based on the selection criteria and cut-off set by different institutes, a candidate is called for group discussion and personal interview rounds. Since hundreds of thousands of candidates fiercely compete every year for a place management institutes, the weightage of 10th, 12th marks in CAT cannot be ignored. Some of the IIMs give below 10% weightage to 12th standard percentage of marks, while some IIMs give as high as 50% weightage to a candidates 12th standard score.



Though it is more pragmatic to check the selection criteria of this year, but one cannot go back to his/her 12th standard score and improve it. It is always good to have a brilliant score in both the board exams iF someone is eyeing to get a seat in the countrys leading B-schools. Even if a particular management school is not giving much importance to class 12 marks, when two or more students secure same score in CAT, always higher scorer in 12th standard will be given preference.



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