Admit Cards for First
CMAT 2014 to be conducted by AICTE from Sep 25 to Sep 29, 2014 on All
India basis are out now. Candidates can download their Admit cards from
the AICTE site and in case of any problem they should contact AICTE
immediately.
All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) will be conducting First CMAT 2014, a
National Level Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) to select
suitable students for admission in management programmes for academic
year 2014-16. According to AICTE the candidates will be given two
opportunities to appear in CMAT for admission session commencing in
2014; first in September, 2014 and Second in February, 2014. The better
of two scores will be used for admission for PGDM/MBA batch 2014-17.
Download and Print the Admit cards
Admit cards for CMAT
September 2014 test can be generated on-line now. In case of any
difficulty candidates can contact AICTE office over phone of on their
email id.
Your Admit card
will contain your photo, name, signature, CMAT Roll number, test
date, time, reporting time at the venue, venue name and address as
well as brief instructions.
Please note that apart
from online availability and generation of Admit cards, they will be
sent to the email id provided by you. But no hard copy of the admit
card will be sent, so don’t wait for the hard copy of the same. Since
Admit Card is a mandatory requirement, you are supposed to bring the
print out of the same at the test centre.
CMAT Sep 2014 Registration closed on Sep 1, 2014
CMAT Sep 2014 Registration closed on Sep 1, 2014
Registration closed on Sep 1, 2014
AICTE opened the online
registration window for CMAT Sep 2014 on July 3, 2014 and after
giving an extension of a week’s time closed it on September 1, 2014.
All the candidates who are graduates or are in the final year of
graduation in any discipline could apply for CMAT Sep 2014. The only
condition was that their results should be declared prior to
commencement of admission 2014.
CMAT, considered to be
the second largest management entrance test after CAT has seen a dip of
around 40 thousand in number of registered candidates. There were
around 1 lakh registrations for CMAT February 2014 while the
actual test takers were approximately 89 thousand. There are however,
approximately 54 thousand registrations for CMAT Sep 2014. The dip
is not unusual as per the past trends of CMAT. More candidates take CMAT
February test in comparison to CMAT September test.
Apart from B schools that are going to accept CAT/XAT scores, there are other leading B schools who accept CMAT scores. Good marks in CMAT Sep 2014 exam will offer participants ample scope to get admitted into some of the highly ranked university and private B schools in the country.
CMAT September 2014: Exam pattern
Apart from B schools that are going to accept CAT/XAT scores, there are other leading B schools who accept CMAT scores. Good marks in CMAT Sep 2014 exam will offer participants ample scope to get admitted into some of the highly ranked university and private B schools in the country.
CMAT September 2014: Exam pattern
CMAT is a computer based
test (CBT) and the CMAT 2014-16 first test (September 2014 CMAT) will
be held in 62 cities all across India in a 5 day test window from
September 25 to 29, 2014. There will be 2 test sessions of 3 hours each
on every day; the first one will be from 9.30 AM to 12.30 PM and the
second one will be from 2.30 PM to 5.30 PM.
Sharing about the
computer based pattern of the test, AICTE mentions, “Each candidate
will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and scratch paper for
rough work. After the test, candidates must leave the scratch paper at
the desk.” The test comprises Multiple Choice Questions.
The test is divided in 4 sections. There will be 25 questions in each section. The total duration is 3 hrs (180 mins).
Type of Questions |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation |
25
|
100
|
Logical Reasoning |
25
|
100
|
Language Comprehension |
25
|
100
|
General Awareness |
25
|
100
|
While 4 marks would be
awarded for each correct answer, there shall be negative marking for
wrong answers. For each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.
CMAT Sep 2014 - Scoring & Ranking
The result of candidates
appearing for computer based test CMAT Sep 2014 will be displayed with
Raw Scores and Rank secured in the All India merit list.
Raw Score in CMAT Sep 2014:
• The raw score will be calculated by assigning:
A. + 4 points for the correct answer
B. - 1 point for incorrect answer
C. 0 point for no answer
D. Candidates will be provided with raw scores for each section.
Declaration of results
CMAT Sep 2014 results are expected to be declared on October 30, 2014. According to AICTE, CMAT results have been designed to rank all the candidates who appear in the test based on their aptitude towards the management education in the order of their merit.
The CMAT Sep 2014 exam
score cards can be downloaded from October 30 to November 30, 2014. The
scores will be valid for the admissions to academic year 2014-16.
Other important MBA/PGDM entrance exams
There are more than 10
prominent management entrance exams in India like CAT, XAT, CMAT, NMAT,
SNAP, MAT, ATMA. Apart from these, the regulation allows each
University to conduct its own entrance test. So apart from NMIMS which
holds NMAT and Symbiosis which holds SNAP, many Universities like KIIT
University hold their own entrance tests too.
State Governments too
hold their own entrance test like MH-CET, GCET, HP-CMAT, Karnataka CAT,
MET, OMAT, RMAT, UP SEE, held by Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal
Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Governments respectively.
The biggest beneficiaries
of CMAT currently are those students who intend to take admissions
into MBA programs falling under State Universities as they don’t need
to take any other test to apply to MBA programs in these states.