Bangalore:
Your entry into the premier IIMs has just got tougher. For, the fat CAT wants to shed weight!
In a move that will affect thousands of IIM aspirants, the directors of Six IIMs have taken a collective decision to fix a
minimum academic eligibility to take up the Common Admission Test (CAT).
This means, candidates have to secure a minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination to be eligible to appear for the CAT–let alone
cracking one of the toughest B-school entrance exams this side of Harvard. "The number of applicants are far too many for us to handle. Every year the number of applicants goes up by 20,000. Last year about 1.7 lakh students
took the CAT. We want to reduce the number by fixing a minimum eligibility criteria so that the best minds get into IIMs," Prakash G Apte, Director, IIM-B told the TOI.
At the recent meeting in Ahmedabad, the directors
of all six IIMs, have decided to take up the issue with the respective faculty councils to seek their feedback. The decision was taken after the CAT Group, involving admission chairpersons of IIMs, informed the directors that the
chunk of faculty time was taken away in conducting CAT and completing the admission process.
"Traditionally IIMs had insisted on having a minimum marks in graduation. But I do not know at what stage this was
discontinued. We are only going back to an earlier practice. This more will further filter the number of applicants taking the CAT," S P Parashar, IIM-Indore, said.
Not just that. There are other sweeping changes IIM are
contemplating for CAT 2006. Like the IIT-JEE style of admission, IIMs are mulling a two- tier selection procedure, where applicants have to appear for two CATs - priliminary and mains. "We are also thinking of keeping the
group discussion and personal interviews short so that these do not take away teaching and research time," Apte said.
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