CAT 2012 REGISTRATION PROCESS,HOW TO FILL CAT 2012 FORM

CAT 2012 Registration Process

Important Instructions:

1. You must purchase your voucher prior to the online registration process.

2. The boxes marked with ‘*’ this symbol have to be necessarily filled in.

3. Session Time Out: You will have 20 minutes to complete each page of the application, Otherwise your selections will be lost and you will be required to re-enter your information. Please ensure that you use the CAT 2009 Registration Performa at the end of this document to fully prepare your answers before going online.

Visit official website www.catiim.in to online Cat registration

When you open the screen, you must enter your voucher number and a special set of characters that are displayed on the screen. The Voucher Number and the Security Code are not case sensitive. If you are having trouble reading the characters, you can either click the audio icon or the refresh icon. Once you hit the submit button, the following Login Screen will appear to begin the CAT registration process:

Login with an existing User ID and password:

All of you will be new users and this will be your first time. However, if you have already logged-in once and have created a profile and need to change your scheduling information, then all you need to do is request to have your Candidate Profile or Admit Card email resent. You will enter your User ID and password when you get to the login screen.

New users:

You will need to choose “click here” under the question Are you a new user? to gain access to the

 online CAT registration. Now you are ready to create your Profile.

You will enter the following:

1. Name and surname: Enter your name as it appears in the school leaving certificate. You can decide what part of the name should go into the “Surname” and “First Name” fields.

2. Email address: Please input your e-mail address. To make certain you receive all necessary communications, please type your email address twice, once in the ‘Email’ field and again in the ‘confirm Email" field. Do not copy and paste this information because any errors will simply be repeated and you won’t be able to receive a confirmation Email and your Admit Card for the day of testing.

3. Address: This is where you would like any correspondence to be sent.

4. Phone number: – Enter numbers only

Input of mobile phone number is preferred

For mobile number, please include 0 before the number.

For land line number, please include the area code/STD code before the number.

You will also be asked to read and accept the Prometric Data Privacy Policy before proceeding with the application

In this section of the application, you must enter your work experience in months and the sector or sectors in which you have worked. For example, if you have worked 10 months, you will enter “10.” If you do not have any work experience, please enter 0 (zero). You should combine all months worked in all sectors through 31/08/2009. The list of work experience choices will appear in the online drop down menu. You should choose all that apply.

Educational information:

You must choose all educational qualifications that apply. When choosing certain qualifications, you may be asked to enter additional information such as marks and boards.

SSC or Equivalent and HSC or Equivalent

If you choose these, the percentage of marks received and board will display (as shown below) and

 must be completed. Enter the percentage of marks obtained in the SSC/CBSE/ICSE/10th Standard examination. Also, enter percentage of marks obtained in the HSC/CBSE/ICSE/12th Standard examination. The choice of SSC and HSC board has to be selected from the drop-down menu. If you have undergone 3-year Diploma in engineering after SSC (without doing HSC) and have then done/are doing a 3-year Degree course in engineering, enter the percentage of marks obtained in theDiploma course for HSC.

For the “%” you may enter a number from 0 to 100 rounded-off to one decimal point. For example, 68.76 % should be entered as 68.8 and 81.62 % should be entered as 81.6.

HSC Discipline Codes

Further, you will choose from the following HSC discipline choices: Arts/Humanities, Commerce, Science, Any Other.

Bachelor’s Degree

After you choose Bachelor’s Degree Incomplete or Complete, the system will prompt you for the percentage of marks received.

Note: Choose Bachelor’s Degree “Incomplete” option if you are still undergoing a 5-year Integrated Master’s Degree course after your HSC. Choose Bachelor’s Degree “Complete” option if you have undergone a 5-year Integrated Master’s Degree course after your HSC.

Bachelor’s Degree Incomplete: Enter the percentage of marks obtained for the years/semesters of the degree course completed till date. If you are undergoing a 5-year Integrated Master’s degree after your HSC, compute the percentage of marks obtained in the first three years and enter this in the bachelor’s degree (incomplete) box.

Bachelor’s Degree Complete: Compute the percentage of marks obtained as per the norms of the university/institute. If no norms exist, enter percentage of marks obtained for all the years/ semesters of the degree course. If you have undergone a 5-year Integrated Master’s degree after your HSC, compute the percentage of marks obtained in the first three years and enter this in the bachelor’s degree box. Enter the percentage of marks obtained in the remaining two years in the Master’s degree section. If the duration is four years instead of five years, enter the percentage of marks obtained in all four years under the Bachelor’s Degree complete. If you fulfill your eligibility based on your performance in a professional examination (e.g., CA/ ICWA), which is considered equivalent to graduation, you should indicate the marks obtained in that examination as marks obtained in the bachelor’s degree field.

Master’s Degree

If you choose Master’s Degree 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd year; you will need to complete the percentage of marks obtained for each year chosen and select your Discipline for the Master’s degree. Choose 3 years only if your Master’s Degree is of three years duration. If you choose Master’s Degree 3 years only, Master’s Degree 1 and 2 will automatically be checked and you will need to list the percentage of marks for the 1st year and the 2nd year.

Note: If you have not completed the master’s degree, enter the percentage of marks obtained for the years/ semesters of the courses completed till date

Professional Course

If you choose Professional Course Inter and/or Final, you will need to enter the percentage of marks

 obtained and your professional discipline. If you have done/are doing any course such as CA, CS or

ICWA, you should enter the percentages of marks in this section as well.

Interview Centre:

In this section, you should choose the IIMs you want to apply to and also choose one interview city for the respective IIMs.

Declaration by Candidate:

 In this section, you will be required to choose “I Agree” or “I Disagree” to the declaration shown below:

Declaration by Candidate

 I certify that I satisfy the eligibility requirements for CAT and the programme(s) I have applied for and have furnished complete and correct …….

After completing this section, you must choose “NEXT” to proceed or “Back” to return to the Create Profile page. Once you choose “NEXT,” you will move to the “Create Login” section. If you are a differently-abled candidate requiring special accommodation support and have made such a request to take the test, you will not be able to continue with the scheduling process. You must wait for a Prometric Contact Centre Representative to contact you.

Voucher and Login information:

 After you have completed filling in this information, you would be again required to input the voucher number before Scheduling your test.

Voucher Number: In the Voucher Number section, you must enter your voucher number and a special set of characters that are displayed on the screen. The Voucher Number and the Security Code are not case sensitive. If you are having trouble reading the characters, you can either click the audio icon or the refresh icon.

Submitting your Candidate Profile

After you have completed the Create Login screen and pressed the Submit button, your Candidate

 rofile will get submitted. In order to successfully submit the candidate profile, all required information must be complete, your voucher number must be a valid voucher number, and your User ID and password must be valid. If any information is missing or not valid, the system will tell you what is needed and you will be given an opportunity to correct the information. Once the candidate profile has been successfully submitted, a copy of your Candidate Profile will be sent to you via email within 24 hours. Please save and print a copy of the Candidate Profile for your record.

After you select Finish, you will be sent an email Admit Card within 24 hours.

Admit Card

When you receive the email Admit Card, you should read it and verify all information on the card is correct. You should then print a copy. You must bring the Admit Card with you to the test centre on the day of your test. You will not be able to test without the Admit Card.

If, for some reason, you do not receive an email Admit Card, or you need another copy, you will need to go to www.catiim.in, visit the CAT Registration link, enter User ID and password, and choose “Resend Admit Card.”