Countdown has started now for all who have appeared for CAT. The heart rate is going up and all aspirants are busy in doing their homework to get a suitable destination institute. For last two years I am constantly interacting with MBA aspirants across the country and found that aspirants formulate their plan to reach […]

Hello everyone.I am Aadarsh Krishna. CAT 2011 : 72 %tile, MAT : 98.73 %tile, MAH-Cet : 91.2 %tile, NMAT : 196, XAT : 82 %tile, SNAP : 87 %tile Successful Converts : BIMTECH, Christ B’lore and ITM Navi Mumbai. CAT 2012 : 75.2 %tile, MAT : 99.91 %tile, CMAT AIR : 2138, NMAT : 195, […]

There is always a huge difference between what we are expected to say in an interview and what we actually want to yell out on being asked certain specific questions. Might not apply to some people, but many, especially applying for B-schools, will be able to relate to what I am trying to convey. Following […]

Post a 50% plus drop in MBA applications this year, the Department of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra, in quick time, managed to do away with CMAT and bring back the MH-CET. Good move, said candidates. But there is a not-so-good part to it, rather a bizarre part – which is that MH-CET will be online! […]

My journey towards CAT started in a train 3years ago. I was a better student in x and xii as i was a home kid. but in engineering hostel life started.. it was too funny and have dreamed to join mnc even before my first classroom entrance in engineering. The first class was an introduction […]

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is in trouble again. And this could be the final straw. The Delhi High Court has ruled that CMAT cannot be given the ‘exclusive exam’ status that it has been so desperately trying to achieve ever since it came into existence last year. The court said that AICTE did […]

Third week into the deadlock and tensions in the city were simmering. As media had reported, truthfully and otherwise both that so far nothing had come out of the negotiations. Noodle,the clown still won’t perform. It was unprecedented, after having thrilled the public for past thirty years, he just up and declared that he won’t […]

(Photo courtesy: Benson Kua) Management institutes in Maharashtra are just not able to attract candidates. Out of the 45,747 MBA seats in the state, only 12,321 seats have been filled till now, leaving 33,426 seats vacant. This number does not take into account seats allotted at the institute level or minority seats, the information of […]

(Photo credit: davidking) The All India Management Association (AIMA) has released the notification for the May 2013 window of the Management Aptitude Test (MAT). Candidates can take the paper-based test on May 5, 2013 or go for the computer-based exam May 11, 2013 onwards. The test timing for the paper based exam is 10 am […]

Photo Credit: Oatsy 40 (flickr) Questions on clocks (or even calendars) are not really frequent in CAT these days. They used to be really popular few years ago. Having said that, it is always better to understand some of the basic principles and the types of problems that get asked. They might come in handy […]