CAT results out partly, but hiccups persist
The
CAT results may be out partly, but the hiccups seem to persist. As if the delay
in announcing the results was not enough, the server holding the data
could not take the overload and almost crashed on Sunday, as thousands of
anxious candidates tried to check their results.
Sources associated with
the IIMs and CAT 2009 said that the officials conducting the exam deliberately
postponed the results, as it gave them enough time to double-check the results
and prepare the administration against legal action, court cases and
right-to-information queries. "There is going to be lot of apprehension
and a lot of candidates have now got reason that it is not a fair
process," said a source.
Some people associated
with CAT 2009 said that results had indeed been impacted because of the delay.
R Shiva Kumar, director-research & development, Career Launcher, said that
the very fact that results are being made available one month after the
scheduled date is a reason good enough for many students and affiliated
institutes to feel aggrieved.
A senior official
dealing with IIMs said that a great number of good students had already picked
up institutes which come after IIMs in ranking, as they couldn’t wait for the
results. "IIMs now need to work to improve their image," the official
said.
Also, many students have
felt a big difference in their performance due to the uncertainties with their
test schedule. Moreover, there were a few slots which had an unfair advantage
in terms of repetitions in terms of questions from previous slots or questions
from past CAT papers which are in public domain. "We will get to know if
these have really impacted the results only when we get a complete picture of
all the results," said Mr Kumar.
On the other hand, TIME
director-Bangalore Ajay Arora said, "Each IIM has got its own selection
criteria. However, the limited data available tells us that the results are fine."
TIME’s senior corporate manager Jaideep Singh Chowdhary said that it is
interesting to know that marks have been given out of 450 when there were just
60 questions.
For example, Anshul Jain, an IIT-Delhi graduate is a bit tensed but optimistic. Despite scoring 99.72%, his number is not there either in the IIMA or IIMS list. He is hopeful that his number will be in the other six IIM lists which are yet to come out. Mr Jain had to take up the exam twice, as his exam centre got cancelled the first time. "I think it was a fair process, but I am curious to know where I made the errors, which I could realise while giving the exam with pencil and paper. Under the computerised system, it is difficult to know," said Mr Jain, who works for a Honeywell company.
On the other hand, it is celebration time for Vivek Gupta (24), an IIT-Roorkee graduate who scored 100% in CAT 2009 and is preparing himself to enter IIMA. "The exam went smoothly and there were no technical glitches for me," said Mr Gupta, a former Samsung employee.
Ankit Srivastava, who scored 99.94% and has been selected for IIMA, too is satisfied with the result. "This was my fourth attempt, there was no trouble and my exam went off smoothly. I am planning to go into strategy consulting, once I finish my MBA," said Mr Srivastava, an IIT-Delhi graduate, currently working for Analytics Quotient.
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