Most of the students will get confused when they complete their graduation studies. Most of them will not have a plan about the future courses, which they have to complete. However, this article is basically designed to give you some important knowledge about the top MBA institute Noida and the importance of cracking CAT or MAT exams for getting admissions in the top colleges. Even though most of the students are aware of CAT exams, there are few candidates who do not know the importance of writing these exams. If you are one amongst them, this is the right time for you to gain some knowledge about it. CAT, which is also known as Common admission test, is basically a national level entrance test. These tests are conducted by Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) for the management courses. Most of the top colleges that provide admission for the MBA students look for the marks scored in CAT as well as MAT exams. Most of the top management institute located in Noida and Delhi will provide quality education with highly experienced teaching staffs. This is one of the main reasons why millions of individuals take CAT and MAT exams each year. Know More About The Pattern of The Exam: If you are planning to write a CAT exam, you should know about the four different sections, which are known as Problem Solving, Verbal ability, Reading Comprehension, and data interpretation. CAT exams also contain time duration with multiple-choice questions. However, the exam is for two and half hours. These exams are not as easy as your think, because for each wrong answer you make, there will be a negative marking. Eligibility Criteria for CAT or

MAT: If you have bachelor’s degree with a minimum of fifty percent marks, you are eligible to appear for the CAT or MAT exams. In case, if a person belongs to the Schedule tribe (ST) or Schedule caste (SC) category, he or she can appear for the exams even with forty five percent marks. How to get prepared for the CAT exams: If you are planning to get prepared for the CAT exams, there are few aspects that you have to consider. Before, appearing fro this exam, it is very important to know the ninth to twelfth concepts of the NCERT books. However, you do not have to worry, as you will be able to find all type of books required to prepare for these exams. These books will help you to cover the portions of your exams. There are also many tuition centers as well as classes, that provide coaching for the students who are getting prepared for the CAT or MAT exams.

If you are a CAT aspirant and would like to register for the most highly rated competitive exam, then it has become easy for you.

CAT 2009 aims to be completely easy to apply and easy to appear for the test options.

The candidates can view required information at www.catiim.in

Some Important steps for CAT Exam

a. Email ID :
You must have a valid email account throughout the selection process, say CATIIM.in. You will need to submit this email id at the time of registration.The admit card will be sent to you as an email on your this email address, after you have filled in your online application and scheduled a test.

b. Download ‘Registration Instructions & Manual for CAT 2009’ and ‘CAT 2009 FAQs’.

Link for Instruction Manual:

http://content.catiim.in/pdf/registration_inst.pdf

Link for CAT 2009 FAQs: http://www.catiim.in/faq.html

c. CAT Voucher’s Sale starts on September 9.

Link for AXIS bank locations http://www.catiim.in/buy_voucher.html

d. Register online early and schedule your exam location ASAP: Online registration for CAT 2009 will also begin on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 and end on Thursday, 1 October 2009.

e. Choose your exam time:

A typical testing day for CAT will have 2 exam sessions. Candidates are allowed to schedule for any one of the sessions, subject to availability. Session timings are as follows:

Session 1: Testing will begin at 10 AM and end at 12:30 PM. Candidate check-in will commence from 8 AM. Candidates are required to arrive at the test center no later than 8:30 AM.

Session 2: Testing will begin at 3:30 PM and end at 6 PM. Candidate check-in will commence from 1:30 PM. Candidates are required to arrive at the test center no later than 2:00 PM.

f. You must have a valid Photo ID :

According to IIMs you must present a valid (nonexpired) form of photo id before you can test. Acceptable forms of photo id include: driver’s license; passport; PAN card; voter ID; college ID; employee identification card; or a notarized Affidavit with photo, signature, date of birth and residential address.

g. Sample official mock CAT is available at

http://content.catiim.in/catdemo/index.htm

In what should come as a huge respite for Common Admission Test candidates, the Indian Institutes of Management have hinted that the registration fee for the computer-based test this academic year will not be as high as similar tests like GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test, for admission to business schools overseas).

While the registration fee for CAT 2009, which was Rs 1,300 last year, will surely increase due to the high administrative and infrastructure costs because of the computerisation, it may still be less than Rs 2,000.

CAT, say IIMs, will be a candidate-friendly test in terms of flexibility in the selection of test date, ease of registration, better physical environment and test experience, and enhanced security with biometric identification of candidates and video monitoring.

Unlike the paper and pencil test, computerised CAT this year will incur some heavy costs for the elite business schools, according to a source at one of the IIMs.

IIMs recently roped in US-based Prometric, a leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, through an exclusive $40 million (around Rs 1.9 billion) contract to computerise the prestigious CAT.  The test will be conducted in a span of about 10 days towards the end of this year.