Exam season is almost nearing its culmination. We know what follows next. The GD-PI-WAT season. Now this is one of the crucial stages for the student as well as the B-school in deciding whether the aspirant is competent enough and whether the B-school is good enough. So its the stage where not only the B-school […]

Prior to CAT Dude 1 (to Dude 2):” Hey I have come across a couple of questions which are being repeated. Wanna try them?” Dude 2: “Sure! Why not .. After all , who knows.” 2 hours after mumbling (Ant….cuboid…..X^2…..y^3…) Dude 2: “Good stuff this is. Hope we get lucky.” Post CAT Dude 1: “Hey […]

That the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 ‘questions’ were being discussed in public fora when the exam was in progress, was not the best-kept secret in town. But what remains intriguing is that even to-date almost nothing has been done about it. This is despite the fact that sharing of questions goes against the Non-disclosure […]

The different test forms on different dates may lead to inequality in terms of difficulty. Equating is a statistical process, used to adjust scores on the basis of difficulty level. In an objective type test, raw scores include scores earned by an examinee by marking correct or incorrect options. These raw scores are transformed to […]

Why? The importance of the essay in XAT 2016 went up a notch as XLRI has decided that institutes admitting through XAT can avail of any student’s essay. I think that one of the good ways to improve your essay writing is by practice and here are a few suggestions to put the plan into […]

I am a brand new entrant for the tournament for MBA aspirants called CAT, one of the most sophisticated exams of India. I am a B.Tech graduate from a decent enough college. Right from start of my academic life till 12th, I only revered superficial dreams. I got the idea of being the ‘Napster’ after […]

1. Don’t worry about GK: IIFT GK has always been moderate-difficult. Brushing up the current affairs, going through the past papers and identifying patterns would be helpful. 2. Solve past papers: Solving the past five IIFT papers would be extremely useful as you would get a feel of the type of questions asked. Also, in […]

Never had I thought in wildest of my dreams, when I was studying in nursery and K.G. that the ‘C’ for CAT will haunt like hell, change my life and make it crazy! Cat, for me, just followed a mouse, drank some milk and ran away. but CAT, for now, follows me Drinks my blood […]

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! […]

Decision Making for XAT is often neglected by students while preparing for XAT and at their own peril. Some of the students don’t even realise that it is a whole section in XAT and its score will be used while giving out calls to students. Given below is a table which shows the number of […]