Is the interest for the Common Admission Test (CAT) waning? The queues outside Axis Bank branches for CAT vouchers seem to point so, though first day numbers are hardly indicative. The general overview from across the country was that while queues for buying CAT vouchers were shorter this year, it took more time to get […]

The six-week window to buy vouchers and register online for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011 opened today. Compared to previous years, the queues at Axis Bank branches were considerably shorter and the atmosphere less anxious, at least here in Mumbai. Simply put, here’s what you need to do to get started, 1. First check […]

Can you tell the difference between historic and historical? When do you use accept and when do you use except? Further and Farther? Sensual and Sensuous? For the last four years the CAT has been testing aspirants on this particular type of vocabulary question. These types of questions can be labelled as Commonly Confused Words. […]

(Photo credit: Alexandre Normand) Guess who’s the latest to jump onto the b-school bandwagon? None else but St Stephen’s, that super-exclusive college in Delhi University known for its arts and science degrees and the canteen. The St Stephens Institute for Management Excellence (SSIME) is not starting an MBA degree yet, but what sounds like an […]

Following some of its older brethren, the new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started since 2010 will replace the group discussion (GD) stage of their admissions with a written essay test. However, if you have already appeared for the written tests of some of the older IIMs, you will not need to take the written […]

Mocks are the most important part of prep work for the Common Admission Test (CAT). Yet, not all students capitalise on them fully. Often, students do not take the CAT because “the syllabus is not yet complete.” The syllabus for the CAT is never complete. Right through preparation time, there will always be some areas […]

Taking the Common Admissions Test (CAT) this year will be dearer by Rs 200. The price of the voucher — which goes on sale at Axis Bank branches between August 17 and September 26, 2011 — has been increased from Rs 1,400 of last year to Rs 1,600 for this year for the general category. […]

? Let’s face it, Quantitative Aptitude (QA) is the section that many absolutely dread. To top it, the importance of QA has only increased in the newly announced format of CAT 2011. As per a previous analysis on PaGaLGuY, this might increase the proportion of tough questions in the paper and smart selection of questions […]

Paragraph Completion or Deleted Sentences are an important part of the English section of the Common Admission Test (CAT) exam. And given the new format of the CAT, Para Completion (PC) or Deleted Sentences (DS) may well become a part of the Logical Reasoning section of the CAT, thus increasing the weightage of ‘English’ in […]

(Photo credit: albertogp123) Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) will revert to accepting the Common Admission Test (CAT) score for shortlisting candidates for the MICA test (MICAT) for admissions to the 2012-14 batch. A minimum of 90 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) will be required to reach the MICAT stage, said GK Nair, […]