I'm competing my Btech 3rd year 2nd semester exams this month. When can I give CAT exam?

Hello aspirant,

CAT 2019 is already over, so you can appear for CAT 2020,at that time you will become final year B.Tech. A candidate is eligible to appear in CAT 2019 if he/she holds a Bachelor's Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA. The candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA) categories, need at least 45% marks.

Dear Prudhvy,

Hope you are doing well. First of all congratulations on selecting MBA as a career choice. I am listing down the eligibility criteria for CAT so that you can get all the idea.

The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons With Disability (PwD) categories], awarded by any University or educational institution as incorporated by an Act of the Parliament or State legislature in India or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

• Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. However, it may be noted that such candidates, if selected, will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if they submit a certificate from the Principal/Registrar of their University/Institution (issued on or before the date as stipulated by the respective IIM) stating that they have completed all the requirements for obtaining the Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

• Candidates applying for CAT should fulfill any one of the following conditions:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks*

• Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA) with required percentage*.

• Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with required percentage*.

* SC/ST/PwD candidates should have minimum 45%. For General and NC-OBC candidates, minimum is 50%.

• The percentage of marks obtained by the candidate would be calculated based on the practice as followed by the respective University/Institution. In case of grades/CGPA, the conversion to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure as certified by the respective University/Institution. If any University/Institution confirms that there is no scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA, and multiplying the result with 100.

• IIMs may verify eligibility at various stages of the selection process, the details of which are provided at the website www.iimcat.ac.in. Applicants should note that the mere fulfilment of minimum eligibility criteria will not ensure consideration for short listing by IIMs. Candidates must declare and maintain a valid and unique email account and a phone number throughout the selection process.

SO Basically as per the above criteria, you can give your CAT exam when you will be in 4th year of B.tech but you have to pass the exam with minimum percentage required as mentioned above.

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