The most competitive exam for getting into a B-school in our country is termed as CAT. This is something which every student of our country wishes to “crack”, because this is a visa for you to be a so called manager. Let us have a clear picture about what this exam is all about. It […]

1. Miracle: Getting placed at PSU. 2. Honeymoon period: All pay and no work makes Jack a happy boy. 3. Denial: This isn’t happening, I can’t stay here for too long. 4. Anger: What the f**k is this $#!t? I deserve better! 5. Desperation: Appearing for CAT,GATE,IES,IAS,GRE anything & everything! 6. Realization: Failing miserably in […]

Life is unfair- I’m not denying that. My only complaint is why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor. Sure I’m not the only one who failed. Sure ninety percent of people who were running behind the same thing as me lie stuck in the same abyss. But I’m sorry, I ain’t from the ilk […]

An RTI application regarding IIM Ahmedabad admissions has taken the B-school circle by storm. The RTI query has disclosed that for the last academic year (2013-2015) the institute has ‘possibly’ admitted ST students with a percentile as low as 38.34%. PaGaLGuY asked IIM-A to confirm and the reasons for the same but we got no […]

My regular travel in trains made me realize how B-schools in India can directly be correlated to the Indian RailWAYS. AC I Class(The IIM-A,B,C Level) : This class is the most coveted one. Everyone wants to be in it. Many know they won’t make it, so they don’t even try for it. They prefer other […]

You cannot judge a fish’s true ability by asking it to climb a tree. Every candidate who appears for CAT is different – different strengths and weaknesses, different accuracy levels, different comfort zones when it comes to time for practice. Thus, to form a good exam taking strategy each student must have a customised preparation/practice […]

PaGaLGuY speaks to Sangeet Chowfla, the Indian-born CEO of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), the US-based organisation that owns and runs the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) across the world. Mr Chowfla is a 1979 alumnus of the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University and has previously spent his career predominantly in key positions […]

Come February as results of various entrance exams flood our consciousness voices rise, opinions are slammed everywhere and virtues of national integration and brotherhood on which our forefathers had written the constitution are forgotten. The difference of opinion though are not on the entrance marks, surprisingly everyone though is shocked or disgusted with their marks, […]

It has been almost six years since I completed my graduation. I still remember this crystal clear how confident I was when I passed out that next year I would be in one of the top 3 IIMs (I guess everyone knows which ones I am talking about). There was simply no other thought in […]

With a profile picture of a muscular Emraan Hashmi on your social networking address, countless words about yourself pretending to be someone else and five minute photo ops at the swankiest places with the things in the background we could never afford, nothing is real in our make believe world of internet however there is […]