MBAUniverse.com reports that the Xavier’s Admission Test for 2010 admissions to bschools such as XLRI Jamshedpur, XIM Bhubaneswar and Goa Institute of Management will take place on January 3, 2010.

According to the report,

“XAT will be held on January 3, 2009,” said XLRI, in an official communication to MBAUniverse.com.
Unlike CAT 2009, XAT entrance exam will maintain its traditional paper-pencil test format, according to XLRI. The candidate application fee will be Rs. 800, the same as last year, the admissions department of XLRI mentioned. (Complete story)

This is how the exam calendar for 2010 admission season looks as on August 7

2009

• September 6, 7 onwards: MAT September 2009
• Nov 8: IRMA Entrance Test
• Nov 22: IIFT Delhi/Kolkata Entrance Test
• Nov 28-Dec 7: CAT 2009
• Dec 13: JMET 2010
• Dec 27: ICFAI’s IBSAT

2010

• Jan 3: XLRI’s XAT

Is it just me, or does someone else also suspect that IIFT knew about the CAT exam dates when it announced the IIFT Entrance Test on Nov 22, the slot usually reserved for the CAT. Interesting, if all these institutes counsel with each other before planning the year’s exam dates.