Know the Important Dates for CAT 2018

Common Admission Test or CAT 2018 is a National-Level entrance exam for MBA courses. Almost 2.50 lakh students participate in this exam from all parts of the country every year. This examination is conducted by IIM Calcutta every year on a rotational basis. All the formalities for the examination have to be completed online. The exam date of CAT 2018 is 25th November 2018, Sunday. It is an online examination where the questions are in both MCQ and Non-MCQ format. If you qualify the examination then you will get admission into any one of the 20 IIMs and 100 B-Schools. To take part in this examination, one has to fulfil the Eligibility Criteria laid down by the exam committee. The selection for the admission will be on the basis of the marks obtained by the students in this examination. The exact dates for the events related to the examination will release once the official announcement is made. Till then, the exam conducting Institution has given the tentative dates which are given below.

CAT 2018 Important Dates

Remember that the dates given below are tentative. To get the latest dates to keep following the website.

Main Event                                           Important Dates for 2018 and 2019

Official Notification                                          4th week of July 2018

Application Form Releases                                2nd week of August 2018

Last Day for Registration                                  4th week of September 2018

Application Correction                                      4th week of September 2018

Admit Card                                                        3rd week of October 2018

Mock Test                                                          4th week of October 2018

Exam Date                                                        25th November 2018

Answer Key                                                       2nd week of December 2018

Result Declaration                                             2nd week of January 2019

Important Highlights

• The official CAT 2018 Notification will be announced on the 4th week of July 2018. The Application Forms for the examination will release once the official announcement is made. The Notification will be updated online which will carry all the information on how the complete process of the examination will take place.  
• The CAT 2018 Application Form will release on the 2nd week of August 2018. The students will have to fulfil the eligibility Criteria first before applying for the examination. The Application Form is supposed to be filled online. And, the payment is also supposed to be done through the online mode.
• The last date to register for the examination is the 4th week of September 2018. If you miss the last date then you won’t be able to get yourself registered for the examination. A successful registration is very important to give the examination. It is important that you submit the Applications without making any major mistakes.
• Once all the Application Forms are submitted, the exam conducting body will open an Application Correction Window. In this, you can alter the information on the Application Form which you may have entered incorrectly while filling the Form. Be aware of the fact that only some selected sections can be altered. Therefore, it is important that you fill the form correctly at the first time.
• The CAT 2018 Admit Card will be uploaded on the official website by the 3rd week of October 2018. The students have to enter the Username and Password to make the Admit Card appear on the screen. Download the Admit Card as soon as it releases. Carrying the Admit Card on the day of the examination is compulsory. Students found without the Admit Card won’t be allowed to give the examination.
• A mock test will be conducted online by the 4th week of October 2018. The mock test will be conducted following the actual exam pattern. This would be conducted only to make the students prepared before the examination. The marks the students will score in the Mock Test won’t be added anywhere.
• The examination will be conducted on 25th November 2018. The exam will be conducted online. It will carry both subjective and objective type questions. There is be total 100 questions with 300 marks in total. 3 marks would be given for a correct answer and 1 mark would be deducted for a wrong answer. The total duration of the examination is 3 hrs.
• An Answer Key will be published on the official website by the 2nd week of December 2018. The Answer Key will carry the correct answers to all the questions that came in the examination. Students will get an overview of their marks by comparing their answers with the ones given on the Answer Key.
• The Result will be declared by the 2nd week of January 2019. The Result will be published online on the official website. The Institution will decide the Cutoff value for each course once all the results are published. The marks obtained by the students should match the Cutoff score to get the Admission.

The important dates and important highlights for CAT 2018 are given above. If you want to know something regarding this topic you must write in on the comment box without any hesitation.