CAT retest scheduled for Jan 30 and 31

Jan 02, 2010

CAT Candidates who were anxiously looking forward to intimation of the retest schedules were finally answered with authorities putting up an official notification on the website to the effect that the second phase of testing will now be held on Jan 30 and 31. According to the release, candidates identified for the re-test in phase two would receive communication from Prometric by January 10, 2010. Results of the entire exam can be expected by the third week of February.

Based on analysis of calls and emails received from the candidates, site reports filed by the site managers, computer logs and information gathered from public domain and media, authorities have identified candidates who are eligible for the test. Quoting directly from www.catiim.in, they would be:

1. those who could not take the test due to planned or unplanned closure of their test lab and were not rescheduled later in the first phase. (This does not include voluntary no-shows.)
2. those who were rescheduled but could not appear for the test because of notice period of less than 48 hours.
3. those who were rescheduled but could not appear for the test as they were rescheduled in a city different from their original choice.
4. those who pressed the End/Quit button within the first 120 minutes during the first three days of the testing window and have not been rescheduled yet. (If a candidate in this category chooses not to take the rescheduled test, then his/her score from the first phase of testing will be retained.)
5. those who completed the test in more than 140 minutes of clock-time* due to computer disruptions. (If a candidate in this category does not appear for the rescheduled test, then his/her score from the first phase of testing will be considered null and void.)
6. those who completed the test in 136 minutes to 140 minutes of clock-time* due to computer disruptions would have an option to take the rescheduled test. (If a candidate in this category does not appear for the rescheduled test, then his/her score from the first phase of testing will be retained.)
7. those who experienced difficulties due to various kinds of disruptions such as frozen computer screen, blank screen, and data/graphic elements not displaying properly, identified through site reports recorded at the test labs and have not been rescheduled yet.

(* Clock-time refers to actual elapsed time from the start of the test to the end of the test for a candidate. This is different from the time indicated by the count-down timer which was displayed on the computer screen.)