All applicants with 90 percentile and above in CAT or XAT would be screened in for the MICAT, declared Mudra Institute of Communications today.

Curiosity was raised today when a couple of students were given calls today even though they were not selected in the first call list. When PaGaLGuY.com asked why MICA issued calls so late in the process, the MICA director, Prof Atul Tandon replied that “Its a good thing that MICA has released a second list and students should be happy about it”.

Asked if all applicants above 90 percentile in CAT and XAT would be called for the admissions process for the MICAT, Prof. Atul Tandon said “Yes, I would suppose so. That is what we are doing”.

When asked whether no applicant above 90 percentile would be left out from the admissions process, Prof Atul Tandon said “Yes, that is what the registrar has told me”

MICA’s screening process had raised eyebrows on Thursday when it became clear that it not issued calls purely on the basis of the overall percentile in CAT and XAT.

To learn more about the issue read – Ambiguity in MICA admissions screening irks applicants

This seemed to violate its AICTE accreditation which had clearly mentioned that the calls would be given only on the basis of CAT and XAT and sectional scores will not be considered. Asked if there was any change in the admission criteria compared to the first list, Prof Atul Tandon replied in the negative and stated “Our entire internet connectivity was down for the last three days, so the call giving process had been interrupted but it was restored today morning. So we resumed the call process”.

This implies that sectional cutoffs would not be criteria as had been speculated.

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