Notification for the admission process to the IIMs has been released. Please read the eligibility criteria mentioned in the CAT notification very carefully before proceeding to buy the application forms. The Common Admission Test (CAT - 2008) is scheduled to be held on 16th November, 2008. Though the application forms will be available until mid-August, we advise that you do not delay purchasing the CAT application form. The CAT has to be taken for applying to other reputed institutes like MDI (Gurgaon), S.P.Jain, Nanyang Business School (Singapore), MICA (Ahmedabad) as the first stage of their selection procedure.

After purchasing the Application form, please ensure that you read the CAT Bulletin very carefully and follow the guidelines mentioned therein while filling the form. Note that any error or omission while filling the form can lead to a rejection of your application, and a consequent loss of a year. I suggest you visit the nearest IMS Learning Centre to seek guidance while filling this form.

We are sure that most of you are currently focussed on achieving your dream of getting into the IIMs. In case you have not started preparations, the CAT Notification is a wake up call to get into the final stage of preparation and at this point, it is very crucial that you religiously execute the following three action points:
1.Develop the ability and confidence to tackle CAT questions
2.Practice with sufficient number of tests and follow it up with a diligent analysis of your performance in each of the tests
3.Fine-tune your Test Taking Strategies and Skills to match YOUR strengths and abilities

At this stage, IMS is committed to offer you the best possible support and guidance towards the execution of the above action points. The IMS Training

Programs are equipped with the following crucial components:

1. 30 Intensive workshops*: These have been designed and developed on the basis of extensive research and analysis of the past 15 years CAT papers. The workshops have been structured to not only help assimilate the concepts required but also build the necessary confidence to take on any CAT question. The workshops are supplemented with 60 section tests that enable you to practise what you have learnt.
   
   
2. 16 SimCATs: These tests are conducted in more than 130 centres across the country and have a student base of about 50,000 students. This ensures that you are able to get a truly simulated experience of taking the CAT and are also able to benchmark yourself against worthwhile competition. Each of these tests are very similar in nature to the CAT and a diligent analysis of your performance in these tests will surely enable you to enhance your performance on 16th November, 2008.
   
   
   
3. SimCAT feedbacks*: The classroom sessions coupled with a detailed analysis of your performance on MyIMS (the IMS student page) help you to analyse how one could have possibly maximised one’s score in the test, thereby clearing the sectional and overall cut-offs. The inputs received in these sessions will enable you to develop your test taking strategy and skills.
   
   
4. 5 Classic CATs and 10 AceCATs*: These are tests to be taken at home and have been designed to provide you with various possible CAT structures to help you fine-tune your strategies and Test Taking Skills. The objective of these tests is not only to provide you with sufficient test taking practice at home but also to make you structure independent(any change in the CAT structure should not baffle you).
   

*The above components will be included depending upon the program you have enrolled for
As an IMS student, please ensure that you make complete use of the above tools to not only improve your performance but also to get the all important GD-PI call from the IIMs. To enrol for any of the CAT Training Programs, you may visit your nearest IMS Learning Centre.

The National Achiever’s workshop: This 2-day rigorous residential program is a must attend for all students who get GD-PI calls from the IIMs and a few other select top b-schools. The program boasts of a high success rate and has been specially designed to help you convert the GD-PI call into a B-school admit. As an IMS student, this workshop comes to you at absolutely no extra cost. However, this program will also be available to non-IMS students at Rs 20,000/- after the CAT.

We, at IMS, are committed to provide you with all the support that you need to achieve your final goal: a seat in the IIMs.