CAT 2015 Results: 9000 candidates score zero or negative

CAT 2015 Results announced by IIM-A has revealed that about 9000 candidates have either scored zero or negative marks in the coveted MBA entrance exam. This year, a total of 1,79,602 candidates had appeared for the exam out of 2,18,664 applicants. The CAT 2015 Results were announced via text SMS to the mobile number of registered candidates on January 8.

According to the number of test takers shared by IIM Ahmedabad, which conducted CAT on behalf of all IIMs this year, the detailed score cards carry more details on sectional scores of all candidates.

The CAT 2015 official results data available with Careers360 suggests that candidates who left their answer sheet blank came out with an overall 5.01 percentile. This means that any candidate with less than 5 percentile would have scored zero or negative scores. One of such candidates shared her text message with Careers360. “Dear Candidate, your percentile for CAT 2015 for application number 50003013 is 5.01,” read the SMS text received by the candidate. 

Statistically, with a total of 1,79,602 candidates taking the coveted exam this year, the number of candidates below 5 percentile is a little less than 9000.

Though the number of candidates scoring zero or negative marks has reduced significantly over the years, experts suggest that 9000 candidates scoring in negative is still a worrying signal for IIMs and CAT exam pattern.

In the year 2013, a total of 1.74 lakh candidates had appeared for CAT 2013. The CAT 2013 Results, however, showed that 95000 of those appearing for CAT either scored zero marks or obtained overall negative marks. 

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On the basis of the CAT 2015 Result, all 19 IIMs will announce the shortlist of candidates based on their admission criteria and CAT 2015 cutoff. The shortlisted candidates have to appear for Written Ability Test and Personal Interview rounds.  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the online testing partner of CAT 2015.

Normalization and Shortlisting at IIMs:

According to the normalization process announced by IIM-A officials, the scores of CAT 2015 results have been adjusted for location and scale differences of score distributions across different test forms. Besides normalization across different forms, the result prepared for CAT 2015 has been further normalized across different sections and the scaled scores obtained by this process have been converted into percentiles. The same percentile will be used as final results for shortlisting by IIMs and other top B-schools accepting Cat scores in India, IIM officials said.

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CAT 2015 Result: Know scaled score of CAT 2015 Topper who gets 99.99 percentile

How much you needed to get almost 100 percentile in CAT 2015? What scaled score would have brought you a percentile close to 100? After CAT 2015 results are declared now, Careers360 brings you insights into how much score fetched 99.99 percentile for a CAT topper in 2015. CAT 2015 Topper Rajeev Reddy achieved 99.99 percentile with an overall scaled score of 242 marks.

We bring to you here the score card of the CAT 2015topper. As per the CAT 2015 score card issued by IIM Ahmedabad, Rajeev Reddy scored 89.03 scaled score in Quantitative Aptitude. He also scored a scaled score of 86.74 in VA & RC. His overall scaled score of 242 brought him a percentile of 99.99.

Rajeev Reddy is an IIT Bombay student graduating in 2016. Read here his interview with Careers360.

His sectional percentile in VA-RC, DI-LR, and QA is 99.81, 99.73 and 99.98 respectively.

Here we bring to you the detailed Score Card of the CAT 2015 Topper.

Normalization and Shortlisting at IIMs:

According to the normalization process announced by IIM-A officials, the scores of CAT 2015 results have been adjusted for location and scale differences of score distributions across different test forms. Besides normalization across different forms, the result prepared for CAT 2015 has been further normalized across different sections and the scaled scores obtained by this process have been converted into percentiles. The same percentile will be used as final results for shortlisting by IIMs and other top B-schools accepting Cat scores in India, IIM officials said.

Topper Profile:

Rajiv Reddy

CAT 2015 Overall Percentile: 99.99

Age: 21 Years

Academic Achievements:

• CAT 2015 Toppers with 99.99 Percentile
• AIR 11 in IIT JEE 2012

Lives in: IIT Powai Mumbai, India

Home Town: Hyderabad, India

Category: General

Academic Qualification:

Schooling:  St.Gabriel's High School, Kazipet, Warangal

B.Tech - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Languages Known:  English, Telugu, Hindi

Loves to do:

Music Band: Javed Ali, Suswaram Anirudh, RoOtZ band

Movie:  Harry Potter, Rudhramadevi, etc

Sports: Football, Cricket & Basketball

Idols: FC Barcelona, Sachin Tendulkar, Lionel Messi

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Check CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Marks Topper Roll no-iimcat.ac.in

CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Marks Topper Roll no wise declared at iimcat.ac.in today on 08th January 2016,IIM CAT 2015Result, IIM CAT 2015 rank card,IIM CAT 2015 Result Score Card, cut off , Merit list Download  declared at iimcat.ac.in5, CAT result link,  CAT result by name

CAT 2015 Result Check Score Card Name Wise : The Indian Institute of Management(IIM) was successfully completed  Common Admission Test (CAT) 2014 on November 29th. Every year IIMs organize CAT to take admission to Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) all over the India. This year CAT 2015 was organized by IIM. More then 2 Lakh of student was appeared in this exam from various part of country. IIM has declared CAT 2017 Result today on 08th January 2016 on official website of IIMCAT i.e. “iimcat.ac.in“. After checking the examination paper & Answer sheet properly IIM Indore is ready to publish IIM CAT 2015 result today at 07:00 Pm on official online web portal of IIM CAT. IIM will cross the result and marks of candidate before declaring the result today.

CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Roll no wise Marks with official category wise cut off

IIM Indore has declared the result with score card and cut off marks of category wise on official website. score card and scorers will be base on the process of Normalization by IIM. there was to section in cat 2014 paper Section I: Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation and section II: Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning. there was 100 question and maximum marks was 300. Section 1 was having  50 question with 150 marks and section also having 50 question with 150 marks. for every wrong answer 1/3 of total marks (1 marks) from correct answer will be deducted.so any candidate got 30 write answer and 20 wrong answer then finial marks will be 30*3 = 90 – 20-*1 = 20  which is 90-20 =  70. Candidate who git highest marks will be topper of CAT 2015. IIM Indore will publish CAT 2015 topper name after 07:00PM after declaration of result. Every year IIMs organize CAT to take admission to Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) all over the India. If are you want to admission through cat exam then this is one of chance that you can apply it .

CAT 2015 Result Score Card is very important for candidates,after this result student will decide there further study and planning for higher study. When a candidates appears in exam, he/she will attempt the question paper and write down the answer in answer sheet to get good marks in exam and to improve the result. After exam candidates have only one idea in their mind ,what  will be my result. All the candidates are now waiting for there result. IIM Indore is finally declared the CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Marks today on 08th January 2016.

Instruction to Get CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Marks

Student would be required to follow the given steps to download there result form IIMCAT official website.Use this simplified method to access your result online anywhere

• Visit the IIMCAT official website https://iimcat.ac.in.
• Click on CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Marks Link .
  
• Submit your roll no.,name etc  and Click on Submit Button.
• Now CAT 2014 Result Score Card Name wise Marks is download to your local computer without any error.
• Take a print out of CAT 2014 Result Score Card Name wise Marks For further uses.

Still if candidate facing any problem while accessing the  CAT 2015 Result Score Card Name wise Marks they can write comment’s we will definitely help them to short out the issues and any difficulty.

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CAT 2015 Pattern change: Still 4 months left to prepare

Compared to last year, where the total duration of the exam was 170 minutes and the candidates were allowed to switch among the two sections. This year the pattern has been changed entirely. As per the new CAT Exam Pattern 2015, the total duration of the exam has been increased to 180 minutes or three hours, with total 100 questions to be answered. Below are the changes that have been done in the Exam Pattern of CAT 2015,

• CAT is a computer based objective type test with multiple choice questions. 

• The total duration of the exam is 180 minutes with exact 60 minutes to answer each section. The total number of questions is 100, divided into three sections. The exam will be divided into three sections namely, Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VRC). Candidates will not be allowed to switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section.

• QA and VRC will have 34 questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions. Some questions in each section may not be of multiple choice type, instead, candidate have to type direct answers on the screen.

• One of the major changes, and also first time in the history of CAT, candidates will be allowed to use basic on-screen calculator for calculation. The tutorial, explaining the CAT 015 Exam Pattern will be launched on October 15, 2015, for the candidates to have a better understanding of the changed pattern, and the procedures to be followed at the time of CAT 2015 exam.

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Especially VS Specially?

These two words may have similar sounds but you have to be choosy when you using it.

 Especially or Specially? 

This is a favorite question of grammar checkers. Most of the time there is little or no difference between the words especially and specially. 


Special is a common adjective. Specially is its adverb form. Special means "particular, distinguished in a distinct way, or designed for a particular purpose." Specially means "particularly, in a distinguishing manner, or for a particular purpose." 


Especial is an uncommon adjective. Especially, its adverb form, is much more common. Especial means "exceptional, noteworthy, or particular." Especially means "exceptionally, in a noteworthy manner, or particularly." 


In the sense of "particular" or "particularly," the words mean pretty much the same thing. Often they can be used synonymously. However, if you want to stress the exceptional or noteworthy quality, then especial or especially is a better choice. If you want to stress the distinctive purpose of something, then special or specially is the word you are looking for. 

Example: This program has specially designed macros for word processors.
(A distinctive purpose) Example: He did especially well in All-Star Game.
(A noteworthy performance)

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