This week’s compilation of the best and most popular articles. Editors’ Picks The best of the lot, selected by our editors. 1. Knee Trauma Episode by gypsy The Most Read Articles Articles that have had the most views by readers this week. 1. Slice of Life at the ISB! by Llewellyn Desouza. Read 2,223 times. […]

What is the ROI from the MBA program I am planning? Now this a taboo question to ask since there is the illusion of ‘big bucks’ at the end of the rainbow and who questions the brand value of an IIM and ISB anyways. ‘How dare you?’ is the tone I get when I ask […]

The end of CAT 2013 is in many ways similar to the end of the world hy(steria)pothesis . All the hype leading up to it is slowly beginning to fade away, but for some of us the real test begins now.Around 85% of PG has attempted 85% of the questions with 85% accuracy leading me […]

A couple of exams being over, we all (correction: most of us) must be busy right now preparing a list of colleges to apply. And this is where a first-time applicant raises at least three questions about the system in practice: 1. Application fee: Rs. 2000? A: This much high application fee just to shortlist […]

Its not often that one sits in office to write the first few words on PG, but then I am doing it. Among the hustle bustle of a fresh Monday,with my colleagues arguing over bits and pieces of code written in robotic languages the C’s the Java’s the .NET’s, what I do is to pay […]

As we all know IIFT is on 24th nov 2013 , Here are some points which can help you in performing better in IIFT. 1) We all get confused when it comes to last minute preparation. We try to do many things which in turn leaves us doing nothing.So, First thing to do is to […]

With CAT out of the way, the good old days of paper-pen testing is back. Yes, I’m talking about IIFT 2013 which will be held on 24th Nov 2013. A well prepared student for CAT can find that the only road block in his/her way would be the GK section. This section can make or […]

(Part 6 ) Also with the CAT on the rounds, it’s commonly observed among the aspirants that after writing their paper, they post their attempt rates n “probable accuracy rates” on every possible and available networking site, and then beg others to “predict” their %iles; however misleading the projected %ile might be. I sincerely wish […]

(Part 5) The same applies even to those kids who have been assigned the task of fulfilling their parent’s wishes. It is indeed a matter of pride that the kids happily agree to live up to the expectations of his parents. But the kid must realize that it is very important for him to first […]

(Part 4) Moving on to another most obvious reason for an aimless child to appear for CAT could be “joblessness” coupled with aimlessness. In simple words, MBA is the drowning (and aimless) man’s straw, in this situation. The very reason I described the “aimless CAT aspirants” to be dangerous was that they might end up […]