The wait for 2.4 lakh students who attempted to “bell the CAT this year” is finally over. The result of the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) was declared on Tuesday. “A rough estimate suggests that around 3,500 students have managed to clear it, but the actual figure is yet to be collated,” said professor Ashish K Bhattacharyya, CAT spokesperson and admission chairman at IIM Calcutta.

It was conducted at 23 centres across the country and there were around 21,000 CAT applicants from Mumbai. “The results are along expected lines. We expect 1,000 of our students to qualify for the next round for admission to IIMs,” said Gautam Puri, vice chairperson of Career Launcher. Last year too, approximately 3,500 students could clear CAT. Besides the IIMs, 111 business schools in India will use the CAT 2007 scores for admissions.

The first collective effort at bringing organisation into the declaration of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2007 results got off to a bad start on Tuesday.

Over 2.3 lakh students, who appeared for a shot at the seven IIMs, and another 100-odd B-schools logged on to the common site, www.catiim.in, only to find their results inaccessible. It seemed like last year’s drama was being played out yet again.
CAT is the gateway to 111 management institutes, including seven IIMs-Shillong will get its first batch this year — and others like the MDI-Gurgaon, SP Jain-Mumbai and the IMT-Ghaziabad. Call letters to candidates selected for interviews and group discussion will be issued later.

Number of calls
IIM Ahmedabad

745 students for 250 seats
IIM Bangalore

1055 students for 240 seats
IIM Calcutta

998 students for 300 seats
IIM Lucknow

1150 students for 300 seats
IIM Indore

The scores can be accessed by keying in the test registration number and either the date of birth (preferred) or the cat application number. The IIMs that have short listed the candidate for group discussion and interviews (if so) will also be displayed automatically. However, the details of the date and venue will be available by post as well as on the individual IIMs web sites (after a couple of days).

The scores can also be obtained telephonically through the IVRS or by sending an SMS to 57333. To access the results through SMS, the candidate should send an SMS to 57333 as follows: ‘CAT < space > registration number < space > date of birth (dd/mm/yy)’ or ‘CAT < space > registration number < space > application number”
Example: CAT 5370082 030482.

CAT Result will be available on the following website from 3 PM on the 8th of January 2008

For CAT Results Log on to
http://www.catiim.in/

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