CAT Form Common Mistakes to Avoid ❌

Asked by Shweta Arora on 2026-08-03 in General MBA Doubts

Ensure that you enter these correctly:

- Name: Enter it exactly as on your 10th mark sheet

- Academic marks: For 10th, 12th fill in marks for every subject on your mark sheet. For grad, follow university rules of calculation.

- CGPA conversion: Use your university's official formula. If no formula exists, use CGPA ÷ maximum possible CGPA × 100

- Test centre: Pick based on where you'll be in November

- Colleges/programs: Click "select all" even if you only want to get in top ones

- Work experience: Only list full-time experience after graduation that you can prove with documents

- Timing: Fill the form calmly once your details are ready, filling the form early has no advantage

20 Answers

Radha · 2026-08-03 · 5 helpful

What to do the last year students???? Like which marksheet ???
As my recent result was 4th sem so??

AM · 2026-08-03 · 4 helpful

For BTech, they are asking for total marks obtained and maximum marks along with graduation percentage. I only have my final combined cgpa. What should I do?

Frost❄️ · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

what should i do if my surname spelling in 10th marksheet and aadhar and all other doc is differnet - the spelling in aadhar is the correct one

As rar · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

Mam myy final sem results were recently declared but I havent received my degree certificate yet .. I don t have the degree document for now what should I do?

sundar · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

Hey everyone, I am applying for CAT 2026 under the SC category. Right now, I only have my SC caste certificate in Kannada, but I need the English/Central format for the application. Since registration is open, I plan to upload an undertaking form to submit the Kannada certificate for now.Has anyone here done this for CAT before? How exactly should I fill out the undertaking form for this specific situation, and is there any other proof I need to upload along with it? Thanks!

MS.B · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

for universities, i am getting total marks format and not the CGPA format
what to do?

Chandan · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

my surname is different in Aadhaar and 10th marksheet, and my Caste certificate contains my Aadhar name so what should i do. please guide me

Maitry · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

hi
my college had cgpa system and in the cat application they are asking for total marks obtained and maximum marks. I cannot enter the cgpa too in it as it is not taking decimal. What should i do?

I'm jay · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

my home town is different place but i live in another place can i do communication adress same as permanewnt addres mam

Aastha Sharma · 2026-08-03 · 1 helpful

What about last year students?? My 4th semester result was recently declared.. so what should i enter as my cgpa??

Swalih · 2026-08-04 · 1 helpful

My results were declared only previous week,I dont have my provisional certificate,is it mandatory?

Abhinav Kumar · 2026-08-04 · 1 helpful

There is a conversation formula for cgpa to percentage but nothing related to marks. What to fill in the total marks and maximum marks.

Rahul · 2026-08-04 · 1 helpful

I am in 3rd year and i have only sem 1 and sem 2 result

Rahul · 2026-08-04 · 1 helpful

Hi mam, myself rahul doing college final year
For next cat 2027 , i preparing with college of 9-5 , then i want to prepare for cat daily 6 hours and in weekends to 15 hours

now from aug to next aug 2027 phase 1 to complete entire syallabus

200days for only quant by 100 hours of percentyl app
80 days for only dilr by 40 hours of percentile app
80 days for only varc by 40 hours of percentile app

total of 360 days / 390 days with remain days of includ my sem exams
with 1 hour of class like + notes making and practise many questions daily with total of 6 hours of daily ,because I was doing college also

next sept ,oct ,nov almost 70 days with full mock of section wise around 75 +


by this strategy can I score 99.99 percentile for each session

because I want to get fms as core and first priority


Thanks mam for making percentile app for us ❤❤❤❤

Jinshad · 2026-08-04 · 1 helpful

anyone from kerala bcz we do have grading system on the sslc what should i do

nakiya · 2026-08-05 · 1 helpful

What to do when 10th and 12th marksheet have different name format?

StudyInsightHQ · 2026-08-05 · 1 helpful

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Namita Krishnan · 2026-08-05 · 1 helpful

In Covid 19 due to the pandemic attack' In my state they used to put all pass but while applying for xat exam it asks CGPA for 10 th what else can I put?Even they didn't given any 9th marks!

Kavi · 2026-08-06 · 1 helpful

Guys, i have a doubt in cat form, i graduated last year and now i am enrolled in m.a in ignou through distance education, when i fill this in the colounm oh masters its asking for predicted graduation date but its only upto 2027, i cant fill my expexted graduation to 2028! what to do

Ayush · 2026-08-06 · 0 helpful

I am currently facing a problem in registration as I am from Maharashtra and the 10 marksheet format for candidate name is like surname name and father's name while in my aadhaar card the format is name and surname what should be done in this situation

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