Dear Puys, Sorry for this long and irrelevant post on this sacred thread of achievers and winners. This is not a success story, as you might have guessed from the starting lines, but another rant from an underdog. I did not want to post this here, but I was sure that if there was a […]

I have never been an extraordinary achiever, someone who excels at everything he does. I have been very mediocre person, failing at each and every point I could have failed. Always followed the traditional path everyone followed around me, did HSC with Science, prepared for IIT, landed in a Deemed Engineering college(Where education means Business),Got […]

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is an essential entrance exam for all B-school aspirants conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). This exam covers 5 sections which can be classified as language comprehension, mathematical skills, data interpretation, logical reasoning and general knowledge. MAT scores are valid for most of the management institutes. It helps students to […]

The petitions filed by disgruntled CAT 2013 candidates in various courts across the country have made little progress. In most of the cases, the IIMs have either failed to respond or been absent for the hearings. This has only attracted fresh ‘hearing’ dates. The case at IIM Indore came up last week but not all […]

The NC-OBC reservation along with batch size increase in the IIMs has positively impacted the academic grades of both general merit students as well as reserved category students in the IIMs. In the pre-OBC period, we had closer competition at the top in the IIMs with fewer marks separating over two-third of the section in […]

I have always maintained in my advice to CAT (& GMAT) aspirants that the best way to score well in the exam on the D-day is to know yourself – your strengths and weaknesses, the time taken per question, which questions to attempt at the start and which ones towards the end, which questions to […]

“Your son will not get admission this year no matter how hard he’s going to try.” That’s what my dad got to hear upon consulting an astrologer. Yes he’s a stereotypical father who takes lesser rational decisions. This was during the time when I had decided to quit my job in order to pursue MBA. […]

“A simple girl and a simple B.SC graduate with a long and stony path ahead jostling for a stable future.” I completed my graduation successfully and being an rank holder in my college and the university, I was confident about my future. Till the mid of my third year, I was like “Arrey abi bohot […]

GMAT scores are one of the most popular tools by which universities screen business school applicants. The score provides some guidance to the selection committee as to the applicant’s ability to withstand the academic rigor of a MBA program. It is also not uncommon to have academic scholarships awarded based on GMAT scores, although it […]

Realization of the fact that your dreams would never be fulfilled hurts.What hurts more is the fact that you realize that you were not that far from achieving them.Dreams are like bubbles,them amaze you when you see them when you get closer try to actually touch them they blow off.After spending 2 years in IT […]