While gliding through pages of PaGaLGuY one recent news on the fate of CMAT got my eye balls and the reason can be easily guessed. Being a CAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT, TISS, MICAT, MH-CET, CMAT etc etc. aspirant, these kinds of news are of greater interest for me than those of Rahul-Modi melodrama. Let’s get […]

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 […]

All exams have different myths surrounding them. In the case of the XAT exam there is a very popular one that it is a tougher exam than CAT.! Let us analyse some of these myths! 1. XAT is tougher than CAT: Like CAT , XAT also matches the performance of a student against the performance […]

There are plenty of reasons for it but for this post I would just concentrate on one aspect of it which is discussed over beer (or chai) among people working in the sector but not in the public domain. The coaching companies at the national level charge anywhere from Rs 25000 to 45000. Depending upon […]

Krishna Deshmukh is a satisfied man. After narrowly missing out on a Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai seat last year (he scored 306 marks in last year’s Common Management Admission Test), this BITS Pilani Goa student finally upped his performance and topped the CMAT September 2013. PaGaLGuY spoke to him. What went […]

You all must be busy in the last miles of your preparation for CAT. And I am pretty sure many of you must be thinking of “BEING a BAAP” in other management exams like NMAT, SNAP or XAT as you have ruined your CAT preparation. When you started the course preparation you must have targeted […]

Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The college I finally joined was Shailesh Jain Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay. It was the only interview (8th March) in which I was asked the question- “Why MBA.” It was the first interview where they took interest in the fact that I loved cricket. So […]

The greatest fear of a storyteller is that of his story going unheard. And I shared the same apprehension whenever I thought of sharing it. But then a friend of mine managed to convince me to share it. And what better time than CAT season at its peak and what better place than PaGaLGuY to […]

We always approach an exam with a nervous mind and impatience.I would like to share what worked for me.I know that most of you at this stage of preparation have already evaluated your competency level. I also know that many aspirants may have given up even before appearing for MBA Entrance Exams.I have been in […]

Continuing from my previous article. I have attempted CAT thrice. I had no job, my friends were enjoying their weekends but still supported me, my other friends started to look down upon me. My relatives began to avoid me saying I’m unemployed. All these factors led to a discussion in my home. I said “I’m […]