In Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, it was a standard paper again with no major changes/surprises. Logical reasoning had much easier questions compared to most mocks. However, quick data analysis and data arrangement would be the key here. There were three caselets with three questions each. Most of the questions were on Sudoku style and […]

The online Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 kicked off without any glitches. There were no surprises in the test. As declared earlier, the paper had two sections of 70 minutes each. Most of the questions in both sections were conventional CAT type problems from areas tested regularly over the years. There were no changes in […]

Okay, so the idea of this note emanated from a three hour long intense discussion (Bakchodi, as it is being called these days) that the three of us had in the car a few days back. Though the central idea primarily remains different from what we had discussed with great alacrity, it did give me […]

Its that time of the year again! While the whole nation prepares for a festive season ahead, some 2 lakh cat aspirants are busy wrapping up their preparation for the mother of all exams! I being one of them took some time off and pondered why so much importance is given to this ONE exam […]

Over the past few years the number of seats available in the prestigious IIMs has gone up drastically mainly due to the setting up of 6-7 new IIMs. But how do the alumni from the older IIMs feel about these new campuses being set up, especially when it comes to hiring from these new campuses? […]

GMAT is taken by hundreds of students every year across the world. This test is one of the best managed tests in the world. GMAT focuses on testing an individual’s reasoning ability and does that with the help of Quantitative & Verbal questions. For an MBA aspirant thinking of taking this test, it is essential […]

While writing this article, I am prepared for the backlash that I might receive from the readers. The article is about my understanding of ‘Normalization’ and what can one do to counter the unnecessary stress that results because of the same. In the time of paper-pencil test, when the same or a similar test paper […]

Normalisation of the AT scores has been termed as a “highly unjust process”, that has left a lot of candidates frustrated because their scores have been scaled down. It has also led to widespread debate about whether the technique is even reliable. A lot of students have found it difficult to explain the sudden dip […]

The last lap strategy for CAT is very important – with less than 45 days to go for CAT this is the right time to iron out those flaws, and get “battle ready” in a way. Most of the things mentioned below would seem peripheral to the actual exam prep, but affect your performance nonetheless. […]

Continued from here. Improve your focus and attention span This is the right time to start practicing full length mock tests if you haven’t been doing so already. Even if you are practicing sectional tests, do it in chunks of 3-4 so that you ensure that you are practicing for at least 2 hours at […]