Most Awaited CAT 2012 Exam Results Declared Today!

Finally, the wait is over for CAT 2012 aspirants. The most awaited results of Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 were declared on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. The entrance test was taken by around 1.90 lakh students out of 2.14 lakh registered students to seek admission to the 13 Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and other premier B-Schools in India like MDI Gurgaon, FMS Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, S P Jain Mumbai, etc. CAT 2012 showed a hike in number of registration from 2.05 lakh in 2011 to 2.14 lakh students in 2012.  

      

CAT 2012 was conducted by IIM Kozhikode in 36 cities and included 61 centers from October 11 to November 6, 2012. The result announced on 9^th January can be accessed by candidates on CAT official website www.catiim.in by using their registered email id and registration number. The CAT 2012 officials announced that the results would be accessible to candidates from 3 am onwards; however due to server problems and high traffic the candidates could check the results after 4.15 am.

CAT 2012 witnessed a hike in the number of female candidates to take admission in 13 IIMs- IIM Calcutta, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Shillong, IIM Indore, IIM Rohtak, IIM Ranchi, IIM Raipur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Kashipur, and IIM Udaipur. Apart from IIMs, CAT scores are accepted by other premier technical and B-Schools for admission in management courses. 

More applications were submitted from top 5 cities, which included Delhi (21224), Mumbai (16895), Hyderabad (16138), Pune (13368), and Bangalore (19553). As per survey, Maharashtra witnessed maximum number of registered candidates, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.  

Looking at the category-wise registration, CAT 2012 showed a healthy growth in all categories where the percentage increase for each section included SC-5%, OBC-17%, and ST-7.4%. CAT aspirants from engineering background dominated the total number of registration with 67.6%. Other candidates included either fresh or had work experience.

Now when the results are declared, the time has come to get calls from IIMs and other institutes that consider CAT scores for admission. Candidates are advised to keep a copy of CAT scores for future references and start your preparation for Group Discussion and Personal Interviews.