With CAT going online, all aspirants are set to gain. First and
foremost, by giving a 10 day window, the aspirant can choose the
convenient time and day to take the test. Secondly, the test
environment is going to be same for everyone and hence quality of test
center issues will be taken care of. Moreover, the current generation
is tech-savvy to a large extent and hence working with computers is
not a new thing for them. Also, some of the graduation level entrance
exams are already online so it won’t be much of a change for them.
Since, the notification has come 6 months in advance; aspirants will
get ample time to practice too. Online exam also eases the process of
center-change for taking exam which is not a possibility right now.
Most importantly, the test conducting agency is a global veteran,
teething problems won’t arise. Moving forward, the test can be
conducted in centres outside the country maintaining the test-taking
time window. This will give people abroad to take CAT/GMAT both for
admissions to the IIMs and other institutes.
Online CAT was long due and it’s good to see it coming finally.
P.S. – Business standard newspaper liked it so much that they decided to hand me out a reward of Rs. 500 for this! Check out the edition dated May 11, Page 15 on the top right hand corner :)
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Hey Amit. Your post is very valid for the word "convenience" of taking the exam. The one huge point you are overlooking is the fact that more important than convenience of the exam is the quality of the exam that is taken. And that is a huge screwup in my opinion, because there is no way they can maintain consistent quality, especially given their past performances.
ReplyDeleteI believe that with "admin" part being taken care of this time, IIMs can focus their energies more on quality and consistency of the paper. Its a challenge but I hope the institutes will be able to pull it off.
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