The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is in trouble again. And this could be the final straw. The Delhi High Court has ruled that CMAT cannot be given the ‘exclusive exam’ status that it has been so desperately trying to achieve ever since it came into existence last year. The court said that AICTE did […]

This is my first ever article online. Although, I write but till date it was confined to me only. To an extent, I don’t care what people think about me but while typing it on web, I feared because it was going to be public (I am not a gregarious person).This fear had put me […]

My CAT exam was scheduled in the morning slot dated 28.10.2013 at Aruna Manharlal Shah Institute (Ghatkopar West, Mumbai). To my surprise, no one in the area knew where the institute was. I was a little nervous as I thought I would not reach the institute on time. Then to my surprise, Google Maps helped […]

With CAT 2013 almost halfway through it’s 21 day journey and with around 75,000 people done with it, a very common thing these days is candidates broadcasting their number of attempts all over the FB prep groups and asking fellow groupies to predict their percentile. Also the people around us in colleges or workplaces are […]

All exams have different myths surrounding them. In the case of the XAT exam there is a very popular one that it is a tougher exam than CAT.! Let us analyse some of these myths! 1. XAT is tougher than CAT: Like CAT , XAT also matches the performance of a student against the performance […]

There are always those who get around rules and instructions. Despite repeated warnings from both, Prometric and the CAT Convenor 2013, Prof Rohit Kapoor, questions are being posted blatantly on social media sites. PaGaLGuY managed to unearth one such activity on Facebook. Titled Ganga Maiya ki kasam – this page has candidates posting questions from […]

Now that CAT is over… what next? After the mad prep for CAT and those long nights suddenly there is a vacuum to fill… what is the “best” use of that time and energy or even “any” use… Here are a few things I can think of. Pick your poison 1. If you have a […]

There are plenty of reasons for it but for this post I would just concentrate on one aspect of it which is discussed over beer (or chai) among people working in the sector but not in the public domain. The coaching companies at the national level charge anywhere from Rs 25000 to 45000. Depending upon […]

Krishna Deshmukh is a satisfied man. After narrowly missing out on a Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai seat last year (he scored 306 marks in last year’s Common Management Admission Test), this BITS Pilani Goa student finally upped his performance and topped the CMAT September 2013. PaGaLGuY spoke to him. What went […]

So, you did not bell the CAT? Is that the end of the world? What are your options now? So this was your 3rd time at CAT eh? Or may be the 4th? or 5th? The first attempt while in college went waste as you were having too much fun. The second attempt was awash […]