The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will publish a list of b-schools accepting Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) scores only once the registration closes for the exam on January 9, 2012. Confirming this an AICTE official said: “We will present the list of colleges accepting CMAT scores on or a couple of days […]

CMAT 2012 advertisement by AICTE that appeared on December 3, 2011 While b-schools and MBA aspirants have a lot to complain over All India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a senior AICTE official told PaGaLGuY that the exam is not compulsory for its affiliated b-schools. This comes as a breather, […]

Ninad Karpe Ninad Karpe, CEO and MD of Aptech Ltd, tells PaGalGuY his plan of action for conducting the first Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2012. How does it feel to be chosen among prominent bidders such as Tata Consultancy Services and Prometric to conduct the first CMAT? CMAT is a very prestigious project for […]

Some test takers outside a SNAP center in Mumbai The PaGaLGuY reporting team met up with some Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) test 2011 takers on Sunday evening after the exam. Most of the candidates said that the Verbal and Quantitative Techniques (QT) were easy compared to the Logical Reasoning (LR) and General Awareness (GA) sections. […]

If questions on factor cost and marginal cost in the Common Management Admissions Test’s (CMAT) trial test on December 12 left you flummoxed, relax. The test was only to give MBA aspirants an idea as to how a CMAT paper would look like. Though CMAT’s website clearly said, “A trial test will be available from […]

Editor’s note: The first part of the two-part series warns you about the common goof-ups at a GD. Basically, now you would know how to crack it in a crowd, and stand out. (Part two here). Photo credit: SHK You are done with the Common Admission Test (CAT) and are probably lining up yourself for […]

In an effort to attract the maximum number of applicants, the Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune has introduced a major change in its application process. It will now close application entries a day before the Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) test scheduled on December 18, 2011 as against earlier when the […]

There is more clarity about the new Integrated Reasoning (IR) section that is slated to debut in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) in its new format scheduled to launch in June 2012. Unlike the Quant and Verbal sections which are adaptive, IR will be a fixed-form test. Which means that candidates will be served […]

Photo: Alex E Proimos The notification issued by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) about the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a few days ago has caught MBA aspirants, b-schools and coaching institutes off-guard. While schools say that they have received no intimation about the new exam, likely candidates are clueless on whether […]

(Photo credit: Timothy Crause) As the economy enters an uncertain climate, there are indications of a lowered interest in doing an MBA among Indians. The actual Common Admissions Test (CAT) turnout was lower in 2011 compared to 2010, as we had reported earlier. The Economic Times now reports that the country’s second and third tier […]