Hello,

Technically speaking you will be writing CAT exam  in the month of november i.e prior to 2 months before XAT and IIFT which are being conducted in January.All these exams are conducted once a year and have 3 rounds viz- Objective,Descriptive writing/Group Discussion and Personal interviews. You will need to apply each for the most of the participating institutions separately and a Common admission process is also done clubbing some of the institutions.All scores of the first level would be released in the month of January tentatively and you should start applying immediately after the result declaration.Final admission results after all the rounds will be released at the end of May.Best wishes.