This is an extract from a blog authored by my colleague Tony Xavier (Alumnus of IIM Lucknow & Chief Mentor, IMS Pune ). Read on for an insight into how to approach the Decision Making section of XAT. One of the most tedious and inscrutable sections that you will find across all management entrance tests,…
#CAT2016 is over!! In the words of the CAT Convenor, “CAT 2016 has concluded successfully.” While I was very pleased with the way the test was conducted last year by TCS (after all they had successfully administered the test to around 2 lakh test-takers in 1 day compared to previous years when Prometric was doing the…
The IIFT entrance test is scheduled to be conducted on 27th November 2016. This test is the gateway to IIFT Delhi and IIFT Kolkata, B-Schools that are counted amongst the top B-schools in India. Read on to know what to expect in the exam and how to improve your chances of getting a call for the next…
XAT is one of the most popular Indian B-School Entrance tests other than CAT. So it is only natural to believe that every CAT-taker would also take the XAT. However, data reveals that about 80 to 90 thousand students take the XAT every year compared to the 2 lakh plus students who register for the CAT every…
How many questions will CAT 2016 have? Will grammar be tested in the Verbal Ability Section? Will the DI-LR section be as difficult as last time? How do I quickly improve my percentiles in the last few days before the CAT? How do I push my scores beyond the 95%ile that I am consistently scoring in…
The NMAT by GMAC™ exam is a computer-delivered test conducted by Pearsonvue and considered by NMIMS for admissions to its campuses in Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. In 2015, GMAC™ took over the conduct of NMAT with an objective of making it an nationally accepted test by many more institutes other than NMIMS. Since then, GMAC™ has been able…
Edited on 31st July 2016 The CAT 16 Notification has been released on Sunday, 31st July 2016. Watch out for the notification in all leading newspapers. The official CAT website is also updated with all the announcements and changes with regards to the conduct of the CAT 2016 exam this year. There was a lot of…
Every year hundreds of thousands of students prepare for the CAT. Every year only a few thousands of students make it to the IIMs and other top B-Schools in India. So, what is it that separates these few achievers from the rest – is it just a matter of luck, is it all about hard…
One of the popular perceptions in the B-School aspirant community is that XLRI is the best B-School in the country if one wishes to pursue a career in Human Resource Management – but the truth is that XLRI is one of the best B-Schools irrespective of which specialisation you wish to pursue. In this post, I…
IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta are undoubtedly the Top 3 institutes for management education in India. But which of these is the better one among the others? What does one do when he/she has to choose from 2 or 3 of these B-Schools? The final results for IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta…
