CAT 2018 Changes by IIM Calcutta, CAT Dates 2018

CAT 2018 Changes (expected) have been given in this article. IIM Calcutta has released the CAT notification on 29 July on the official website of Common Admission Test. The registration will begin on 8 August. The CAT Exam brochure will be released soon. This year there may be some changes in CAT Exam and we have listed those changes in the article. With the availability of CAT 2018 notification, we can expect various changes in the test pattern and in the conduct of the test. CAT Dates for registration, the exam has been released. The CAT brochure will show the CAT changes that may be introduced this year. IIM Calcutta announced the CAT exam date much earlier than the expected date. CAT 2018 is a computer-based test and will be held across various test centres on 25 November 2018.

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CAT 2018 Changes (Expected)

As mentioned earlier, CAT 2018 exam date was announced much before the expected time period. Compared to last year, CAT exam date was announced at least two months before. Thus, we can expect few more changes in CAT 2018, since, after a gap of six years, IIM Calcutta will be conducting the test. Some of the expected changes of CAT 2018 are –

CAT 2018 Change 1: More CAT 2018 test sessions

•  Recently, National Testing Agency has announced that it will conduct exams like JEE Main and NEET in at least 8 sittings. This decision was taken to avoid candidates to travel to faraway places to take the exam. Also, since the last 2-3 years, CAT aspirants are requesting the conducting bodies to conduct the test in two days i.e. in 4 different slots. Thus, this will provide the aspirants an alternate day if in case of any emergency or clashing with other exams

CAT 2018 Change 2: Availability of CAT Mock Tests early 

With the availability of the exam date much earlier, candidates can expect the CAT mock test to be available before the expected date.

CAT 2018 Change 3: Changes in CAT exam pattern 2018

Every year, CAT exam is becoming more friendly for the candidates who are from the non-engineering background. This year, it is expected that there will be a slight increase number of non-MCQs in CAT 2018.

CAT Dates 2018

Check the list of expected CAT dates 2018 from the table below.

Note: The dates provided on the table above are prepared on the basis of previous year CAT schedule. These dates will be updated with the announcement of the notification.