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<p>It doesn’t matter if they apply. The mere fact of taking the CAT means that, according to IIM, you are an applicant.</p>
<p>First off, you have to understand that the CAT is only useful in getting into IIM. It’s not useful anywhere else. That’s a direct contrast with the GMAT, in which the GMAT can obviously be used for any B-schools in the US (and many overseas as well). The CAT can only be used for IIM, because IIM is the only schools that care about the CAT. CAT is a dedicated admissions test solely for IIM.</p>
<p>Secondly, and more importantly, whether you are even allowed to proceed to the next step of the application process is determined solely by your CAT score. The top x % of CAT scorers get invited for interview. </p>
<p>But the point is still that the mere fact that you have taken the CAT automatically means that IIM has counted you as an applicant. That is why the admit rates are so “low”. It’s like if Harvard Business School decided to run its own dedicated admissions test, and everybody who took that test was automatically considered to be an “applicant”.</p>