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CAT 2009: Day 8 too, the same story

noChange.gifDay 8 of the CAT online test also did not go without cancellations, rescheduling and all the dreaded phenomenon that have been keeping the students on their toes ever since the start of CAT 2009.

As per our reports, two labs in the morning slot and one in the evening slot at Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Byculla, Mumbai have been cancelled and many students have been asked to wait for that ever elusive SMS from Prometric regarding the correct schedule of their centers.

Students were again in the dark about the their examination schedule and little help was provided by Prometric Proctors present on the centers, who also were as clueless about the scenario as the students themselves. Some of the students whose tests were rescheduled on December 3, 2009 have still not received any response from Prometric regarding their new test dates.

Although there were reports of centers getting cancelled in Mumbai, there were no reports of anything as such from Bangalore (as of now). A press note released by Prometric today says, “With reference to rumours that the CAT has been cancelled in certain test centres in Bangalore, Prometric would like to clarify that this is not true. Testing is proceeding in all test centres across Bangalore as scheduled”.

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Pragya Tiwari
#101 December 06, 2009, 9:14 pm

& here I was thinking I am the only 1…guys plz help us!!!

two face
#102 December 06, 2009, 9:14 pm

@sunshine89 http://www.testfunda.com/CAT09 . plz share ur experience here

Bangalore 6th Dec CAT
#103 December 06, 2009, 9:48 pm

The test on today ,i,e . 6th December 2009 at bangalore was fine.

But once i selected some option by mistake , i was unable to uncheck it.The instructors there knew nothing about it and they asked me i should have checked that in tutorials :(

Tutorials did not mention it..So once i selected one of option in RC, i was forced to select the most appropriate one and continue with it..

So be careful..check some answers only if You are sure of it..else sometimes u cant uncheck the answer and You have to choose one of the answer options

[Accordingly double clicking on answer option twice should uncheck the option selected..but this did not work for me :( }]

Also 2 DI questions for 1999 were repeated with some modifications.Shame on IIMs and the guys setting the paper ….

chris_rocks
#104 December 06, 2009, 10:40 pm

Yesterday on 5th of December the test got cancelled at Hyderabad Sri Devi College. It was a devastating experience.We wished nothing would go wrong as nothing had gone wrong there previously.

Having scheduled to write exam in the morning slot we were made to sit at the examination hall for 5-6 hrs during which we were asked to restart the computers at least 10 times after it started getting problems on the server etc. There was proper mis management, students were allowed to go outside while they tried to get things right.Even if there is video surveillance how could they have prevented students from discussing questions and answers while they were outside.

I would have liked to get things over even if they had asked to start the exam at two or three pm but it would have been a horrid experience for any person to have attempted the test after having made to sit there for seven hours.

It is absolute shame on the people responsible for not having taken care of so many smaller and important things which could have been very well taken care of.

ayneil85
#105 December 06, 2009, 10:43 pm

Kindly sign d petition & share ur problems.
http://www.testfunda.com/CAT09

pencil
#106 December 06, 2009, 10:49 pm

@ayneil….

I am fed up..of signing petition…..
Par yeh IIM waley kyun nahi thakte hai…..
kya khaya hai….

SONA CHANDI CHYAWAN PRASH>>>

Kab tak yeh khoon peengge students ka…

har din koi na koi student suffer kar hi raha …hai..
wats d fuss…

plz no more petition…

sorry !!

kafan1986
#107 December 06, 2009, 10:53 pm

IIMs won’t go for Retest until some one drags them down to court. The heads of IIMs have so called huge ego which stops them from accepting there fault and going for a paper-pencil retest. I am not saying that a CBT is faulty rather it should be implemented but not in this way; may be it can be brought in next year after removing present faults.

So rather than sending them petition; send these people court notice asking for a fair re-test which will give some worth to thousands of students who have burned their midnight’s oil for this test.

pencil
#108 December 06, 2009, 10:58 pm

@kafan,.,,,

My exam was glitch free…becoz they already made so much of mess…that they now know..how to handle…

So..dnt knw ..hw i can mov eto court…..

But in terms of fairnes..level and othe rimp facts and matter….

i urge for retest

deependra.singh
#109 December 06, 2009, 11:11 pm

kafan I m with u …..they really need 2 face the court notice…..i really suffered a lot for this cat n still I hv not given the CAT exam…this is the 2nd time they have 2 reschedule me….For a single test I hve to travel about for 8 hours…n wt they do jst say that ur test is canceled today u’ll get d SMS frm prometric…wt prometric do they never send any SMS n send mail on the midnight about near 12:05 am that your test is schedulled for tomorrow…….

I jst failed 2 understand wt they think abt themselves…They claim 2 b the most managed..they r the management gurus….bt they r still not ready 2 accept that they have conducted the ONE of the MOST MISMANAGED EXAM in the Indian history.There is no management,no coordination,no transparency…its really disgusting….

pankaj
#110 December 06, 2009, 11:35 pm

my test was scheduled at father angel college, bandra, mumbai….everythn was fine xcept few question frm quants n DI( to be precised, 4 in my case) were hardly visible…n d irony was dat dey were visible in my neighbours screen…n dis happnd wid almost every1…wen we raised d issue, we were instructed 2 mark d question n note down d question number…n b4 we left, we made sure dat d prob was being actually noted down n sent 2 iims…only got knows how dey gonna handle dis situation…

vermaster
#111 December 06, 2009, 11:36 pm

my test went well n smooth without any fussssssss……it ws a fine n easy going process….test started at 10 and ended on time…prometric people were helpin out any query and were also somewhat trained (i guess due to their recent failures)…….only thing in my mind is teh selection process n grading on basis of 20 different test sets……ITS THE MATTER OF LUCK now rather than hard work

goyal
#112 December 06, 2009, 11:38 pm

The Garden City college (Bangalore) has never worked for the following lab IILZ6 till date. Moreover the candidates are also never informed about the cancellation beforehand. One of my friends have been rescheduled 4th time today after the temporary Koramangla center also failed today.

two face
#113 December 07, 2009, 12:05 am

@ from Prometric stop spamming bro

HungryForIIMS
#114 December 07, 2009, 12:16 am

NIIT guy informed me that there were different software versions installed on the systems. In few if u re click or double click the option it’s get cleared and few it doesn’t get cleared. That’s why they have not informed in tutorial or by mouth. But it’s really unfair as many of them got opportunity to clear in case they have selected any wrong answer and many didn’t got the same.

Manoj
#115 December 07, 2009, 12:22 am

i had my exam today at 3.30 pm at saboo siddiki college, Byculla, Mumbai. But got delayed due to server problems and we had to wait till 5.00 pm. Morever there was too much noise in the lab.

Sanahho
#116 December 07, 2009, 12:35 am

PP test was goood yaar.Kisi kaa kuch fayedaa hua ho yaa naho,Prometric ne aapnaa aacha marketing kiyaa hei.Now Everyone in the world came to know Promictiec as the best Online testing exam company.But hardly few ppl knows abt IIM….he he he….JAGO GRAHAK JAGO (IIM).

great_timer
#117 December 07, 2009, 12:42 am

The Great Indian Mockery called CAT…CATastrophe sounds better!!!

two face
#118 December 07, 2009, 6:55 am
pencil
#119 December 07, 2009, 8:59 am
Vikrant Singh
#120 December 07, 2009, 10:11 am

Wrote it yesterday and it was one of the worse experience of my life. Apart from our desks which had hardly any space except putting key-board on it, we had to manage to do all the rough work on that little space only. Instructors probably did not know how important CAT was for us that’s why they kept on talking during whole 2:15 hrs. and disturbed us. They gave us only one blunt pencil and everyone in the class using the same sharpener one by one provided to us. There was no A/C facility and mosquitoes kept in irritating us during whole test. What to say more, I think my all the hopes are dead now. I wrote CAT last year too and it was wonderful experience. I was hoping for improvement this year but think everything is finished now!!…I don’t know what will I do now :( (

chaitanya
#121 December 07, 2009, 11:01 am

why r the IIM guys not accepting thier mistake.they r saying tht they will reschedule the xam for those who hvn’t taken the exam.but wat abt the ppl who hv already taken the xam….and ppl who got an unfair advantage by getting xtra time?and….ppl who did give their test amid many shutdowns and unfriendly environments???????????

pencil
#122 December 07, 2009, 11:05 am

@chaitanya…..

they hve already made committee for this..who will submit report to the IIM….

but dnt knw..how much it will help the studentss,,,,,,

rosh
#123 December 07, 2009, 12:28 pm

a strange thing happened to one of my friends… he got a mail saying his test is rescheduled…he didnt get any info regarding the reschedule, so he just went to the centre on his originally scheduled appointment to check up on it and it so happened that his test was not rescheduled and he was able to write the exam then and there itself…

pencil
#124 December 07, 2009, 1:06 pm

@rosh….

u must be a mistaken….he must have given any other MOCK CAT of any test series of any xyz coaching institutes….

MAn..this is CAT…how can that be happened…he must be fooling u around….

rishabh.banthia
#125 December 07, 2009, 1:25 pm

IIM people are some of the most shameless creatures on earth. These fools still tout on the news channels that ‘Online CAT is the way forward’. They don’t understand that how many people’s future is at stake !! I feel a GMAT like approach should be followed. Take the exam, submit your score alongwith your essays and profile. This CAT fiasco justifies that IIMs certainly don’t deserve a place in the Top 100 b-schools of the world

gaurav
#126 December 07, 2009, 2:27 pm

Update from Prometric
Candidates at various locations experienced different technical difficulties that were related to the viruses. Prometric is currently reviewing the experiences of all the candidates that might have been impacted by computer viruses and/or other sources of potential disruption. One of the key advantages of computer-based delivery is the ability to electronically record a candidate’s exam and identify issues that might affect an individual’s performance. That assessment is already underway and with the consent of the IIMs, Prometric will be offering a new test to the candidates who were impacted in this way.

The vast majority of virus programs are written to work with or corrupt commonly available file formats, such as executable files, and exploit functionality in commonly available applications such as e-mail programs, internet browsers, and operating systems. The proprietary result files used by Prometric fall outside the scope of what a typical virus is capable of attacking, thereby vastly reducing the risk of exposure to these viruses.

The result files produced during an exam are encrypted prior to being written to disk. This procedure enhances the security of the content and provides a degree of protection from virus infection and/or destruction. Any such tampering with the files would be detected when the test results are imported into the data processing system and subsequent item analysis.

To date, Prometric’s ongoing event reconciliation processes have verified that no results have been deleted or modified by a virus attack. The majority of sites and candidates have tested without incident and their performance indicates that most candidates had a valid and fair experience.

wite.nite
#127 December 07, 2009, 2:37 pm

Worst experience of my life.
I wont say i wud have qualified for IIMs or wud have secured big %iles if it was a paper based test… no; but it was a dreadful experience…
The computers were covered with cardboards wich marked their boundaries… the &*$%# invigilators kept on insisting for the whole time ” dnt press quit” etc etc… and 1000 of other points… pathetically pathetic :(

Manish Gupta
#128 December 07, 2009, 2:46 pm

While waiting to take the CAT last Friday (4th December) at the centre in Ahmedabad, I was talking to a couple of guys who seemed quite casual, without any preparation. I found out from them that they were sent by a coaching class to cram the questions and post them on Orkut…. Now in a way these malpractices are forcing the CAT people to adopt strict and tight measures. Bcoz of such issues, normal candidates have to suffer. First of all no questions have been leaked. Most of the coaching institutes are speculating and spreading rumours that questions have been repeated, questions have been leaked… arrey you and I know that we all study from past questions and the pattern and categories of problems are going to be more or less the same. It is this way with GRE, GMAT, every test. What’s the difference here? I’m simply saying, put all allegations aside and expect a fair test and result. Good luck friends!!

aviator1
#129 December 07, 2009, 2:49 pm

“that most candidates had a valid and fair experience” lols at prometric update….they are one tough skin.

rinkupgr
#130 December 07, 2009, 4:12 pm

Inspite of all this chaos and drama prometric guys still want us to believe that everything is fine.. and they can make the exam fair for everybody. I am sure they think all the cat takers and future managers are stupid enough to believe them.
Please check the new update from prometric. Update on ongoing Computerized CAT 2009
Shame on IIMs for letting prometric do this.

Height of “Mismanagement” by the “Indian Institute of Manegement”.

.kaizen.
#131 December 07, 2009, 4:41 pm

IIMs just wont listen to anyone…they think this is some kind of an artificial “hype” being created by the media and those who did not do well in the test. They think the only issue is that some candidates were not able to appear and for that the Prometric is rescheduling the exam.

It is so frustating and yet nothing is going to happen no retest nothing…Moreover when results come out..the voices of protest are going to get diluted even further as those who manage to get a good percentile would not want their results to be changed. Overall this will go down as the worst CAT exam ever :( .

Varun
#132 December 07, 2009, 4:47 pm

Hi

I was scheduled to write CAT on 5th Dec,2009 at Ideal Institue of Technology, Ghaziabad in 3:30 p.m. slot. However, as expected, I along with approx. 40 students from two different labs were asked to leave the lab as there servers weren’t working properly. So, After about 2 hrs, a proctor approached us and told us that our exam has been rescheduled and the student cell would be calling us. I am still searching in my phone for the SMS and diggin up my emails just to get a glimpse of the ever-elusive email…

Manish
#133 December 07, 2009, 5:45 pm

I was one of the unfortunates who had their exam on the very first day, i.e. 28th Nov. The exam was cancelled and I like many other aspirants, was told that I will be provided some other window and a prometric representative will get back in touch through mail or sms. It has been approx. 10 days since then and there haven’t been any response at all!

The customer care route is equally dysfunctional. Out of some 100 odd times I tried the help line number, I could get through only 3-4 times and that too in vain, as every time the call got disconnected after 5-6 second (prometric has sworn to baffle the students through every possible means). It was only today, when they could fix this problem of calls getting disconnected – however when I tried explaining my problem, the prometric representative, in a yelling sort of voice, retorted that it has been 10 days since my original appointment and I haven’t cared to call customer care since then!!!

Towards the end, he promised that the problem will be resolved with-in 2 hours and I should check my mail every 15 mins. Needless to say, there is no mail or call from them.
To profound the problem, their online system doesn’t have an option to retrieve forgotten password and I can’t change a few details I am required to change (SSC marks etc.)

raghavbadiger
#134 December 07, 2009, 5:55 pm
isaiah123
#135 December 07, 2009, 6:31 pm

ITS ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE THE TEST JUST BECAUSE MY DRIVING LICENSE DIDNT HAVE A HOLOGRAM. NO WHERE IT WAS MENTIONED THAT ID CARD NEEDS TO HAVE A HOLOGRAM.

I THINK IIMS NEED TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT EVERYONES CASE AND NEEDS TO MAKE A JUSTIFICATION.

IT SEEMS THAT IIMS HAVE JUST THE NAME BUT NOT THE STUFF TO DO THINGS AT THE LEVEL WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM. GOOD LUCK GUYS WHO ARE YET TO TAKE THE TEST

Shivani Shah
#136 December 07, 2009, 7:01 pm

isaiah123 ANY valid ID is allowed. if your license didnt work, surely you have another id like passport, pan card, voter id card, college id card. if you dont have any id at all, then a recommendation would be to get a proper id …… stop filling PG space with your personal incompetency

pagal ladki
#137 December 07, 2009, 7:04 pm

PRESS RELEASE – December 7, 2009
The last date for conducting online CAT has already been extended by a day to December 8, 2009. This additional day would allow most candidates, who could not take the test in their scheduled slots, to take the test.

There are still some candidates who could not take the test due to genuine reasons and test has not been rescheduled for them. A new test date will be announced in about a fortnight to provide an opportunity to ALL such candidates to write the test.

Prometric would inform all such candidates about the date and the venue for the test.

raghavbadiger
#138 December 07, 2009, 7:41 pm

Puys, a well worded article( I don’t think, I have not found many articles till now, which said exactly what we wanted to say) in Hindu. Read it just to feel that, attention is coming from some papers at least….Ya lets prepare for other exams. All the best
http://beta.thehindu.com/education/article60723.ece

navin_523
#139 December 07, 2009, 9:45 pm

Puys, pathetic situation here too :( , my exam got rescheduled twice. Initially slated on 5th Sat at Sridevi’s college Hyd where both morning and afternoon slots got cancelled and was rescheduled to today 7th afternoon slot at MVSR college Hyd, where my Lab got some problems again!!! So double rescheduling and now going to exam tomorrow morning at Lords Institute. Have taken leave at office and now extended it to tomorrow. Not sure if these small things of students inconveniences reach out to IIMs. …………….. 3 different exam slots 3 different days 3 different centres…

isaiah123
#140 December 08, 2009, 12:30 am

guys lets start to teach the IIM directors what computers are and how they work

ayneil85
#141 December 08, 2009, 9:21 am

All people facing any problem or unstaisfied with CAT 2009 exams can now log your queries with prometric.

http://www.prometric.com/IIM-CAT/contactus

watta fakkk
#142 December 08, 2009, 1:32 pm

The test at hyderabad also got cancelled on 5th and prometric rescheduled for 7th on the day there was a bandh.

teja
#143 December 08, 2009, 10:42 pm
rosh
#144 December 09, 2009, 1:20 am

@pencil:
hey…my friend and i had the test scheduled at the same slot and at the same centre…i saw his mail from prometric saying his test was rescheduled…btw, our centre was the now infamous garden city college…nyway, the test went smoothly…

rajlaxmi
#145 December 09, 2009, 11:37 am

the worst experience of my life …my exam was on 5th dec. due to some technical problems my exam was cancelled that day.i was told that my exam will be rescheduled ,i have also called on iim’s helpline they are saying on a regular basis that u will be informed with 24 hours as they will call me but they doesn’t make a single call till today .if i willnot get any call from their side it will be a waste of my precious 1 year preparation

shilpi5
#146 December 11, 2009, 11:08 am

my CAT was on 5th 3:30pm…eng as wel as d.i was gd but quant was tough…major portion was covered by numbers,p & c,probility..luck played the major role instead of hardwork…20 different tests so 20 different papers…but this was not fair enough…sum test was too easy while others was tough compare too.i d’nt think CAT was well organized this time.%ile???god knows on what basis….b’coz as i said sum were too easy while others was tough…lets c how prometric plays their role

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