IITs to CONSIDER CAT SCORES,JMET SCRAPPED ?

                                  

 After  the announcement of the CAT 2011 dates and pattern this week , latest information has emerged that JMET might be scrapped this year. No official information has yet come out regarding the same.

WHAT IS JMET?

JMET or Joint Management Entrance  test is the first step in the process of admission to the TWO YEAR FULL TIME Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by the IITs. Currently IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee offer Programmes  in Management. 

Only engineers are applicable to this test that was conducted on December 12 last year. It was a three hour test having four sections namely: Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability.

One could apply to IIT Madras using the CAT scores for the last few years .

REASONS  FOR SCRAPPING JMET

The reason cited for the scrapping of this test that was the low number of test taking aspirants which were in the range of 30,000 last year. Such a scenario was unviable according to test conducting authorities. This information will be validated most likely by September.
 

WHAT IT MEANS FOR ASPIRANTS

1)     From now on, CAT becomes even more important as besides the IIMs , the gates to the IITs also would pass through the Common Admission Test.

2)     Normalisation could  spoil the chances of a large number of people . Thus , getting into an IIT could become tougher,

3)     Each IIT may desire that a student pay an application fee upfront. This could dent your pockets further.

In fact, IIT Kharagpur has already mentioned on its website that candidate's score in CAT, will be considered for admission to 2012-2014 MBA Programme at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur.

Here is the link: http://www.som.iitkgp.ernet.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=298

So, the gist of the story is pretty simple : Perform doubly well in your CAT slot else the doors to the IIMs and the IITs would be shut in one go.

Keep checking this place for more updates regarding this new development.