Many students could not access the results on the Internet because the official website www.catiim.in, displaying scores and a list of selected students, crashed after the declaration of results.

Sagar Nimavat was, however, lucky. “I was tense because the website was not opening. I had to use the SMS facility to get my score. Luckily it elicited a quick response. I have missed the IIMs, but with 90 percentile I am hopeful of getting a seat in some other good college.”

This year’s CAT cut-off score for the IIMs is expected to be lesser than that of the previous years. Gulshan Kheskani of the Endeavour Carriers Private Ltd, a coaching institute, said: “Because of the tough quantitative analysis part, we are expecting the cut-off to be lower this year. In 2006, the cut-offs for interview calls from the six IIMs was above 140, this year it is expected to hover around 120.”