1. Regret: I’ve seen people, even from colleges like IIMs, who regret their decision to join a B-school, while they pursue their MBA. All of us, at some point think that we could have put more efforts and could have made it to a better B-school, may be next year or it would’ve been better […]

The last lap strategy for CAT is very important – with less than 45 days to go for CAT this is the right time to iron out those flaws, and get “battle ready” in a way. Most of the things mentioned below would seem peripheral to the actual exam prep, but affect your performance nonetheless. […]

Continued from here. Improve your focus and attention span This is the right time to start practicing full length mock tests if you haven’t been doing so already. Even if you are practicing sectional tests, do it in chunks of 3-4 so that you ensure that you are practicing for at least 2 hours at […]

Two and a half years ago, I got hold of a pdf file from PaGaLGuY titled AIWTSAC-10.pdf, and read it all in a day. And I resolved that one day I’ll share my experience of cracking the CAT as well. It has taken me time to reach this stage, but I finally have. I fell […]

I graduated from a reputed National Institute of Technology and joined a major automobile firm in 2010. I realised in few months that tech was not for me and decided to do an MBA . CAT 2011 was my first attempt. I prepared well but answered a few questions I unsure about. I wrote XAT […]

This triangle will help you remember the most basic formulae for TSD. Given below are a bunch of other concepts, formulae which come in handy while solving questions. Average and Relative Speed If a body is moving with speeds s(1), s(2), s(3), … s(n) and the time is constant for each part, then the average […]

It began in the third year. I myself wanted to do something more after engineering and had started weighing further options. Having done a lot of asking around, I decided that I would prefer staying in India and go for an MBA. 2010 I came across PaGalGuY.com through guess what? Orkut. I joined PaGaLGuY on […]

Engineering students generally stay in touch with their mathematics throughout their curriculum – not exactly with topics that are tested in the CAT but certainly with equations, basic arithmetic and advanced mathematics. This helps them get into the groove during their preparation much quicker as compared to others. However, they do find verbal ability quite […]

image courtesy: Bharat Goyal Photography The end of a journey is more important, because this end was the driver of your journey. You always set this end to get there at any costs. This end is the report card of your whole journey. If you agree with above statements, prepare to experience failure in that […]

A lot of students face problems in the General Awareness / Business Awareness / General Knowledge section of MBA entrance exams like XAT, IIFT and SNAP. That happens because they start “preparing” for it once they are done with their Quant, LR/DI and Verbal prep (sometimes even after CAT) – which is often too late. […]