This looks like the beginnings of one-upmanship contest in computer-based exam awesomeness. While the CAT grapples with getting the basics write, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies’ (NMIMS) entrance exam NMAT is offering a choice of three attempts to aspiring candidates. The best score of the three attempts will be considered. Besides giving the candidates […]

Last week, we had an opportunity to have a quick phone conversation with Prometric’s Vice President (Solution Services) David A Meissner during his visit to New Delhi about scoring, testing environments and results. Following is an edited excerpt: Why is it not possible for a candidate to get his raw score from Prometric? There are […]

(Photo credit: Kristian Bjornard) A lot of expectations rest on a smooth conduct of this year’s Common Admission Test (CAT), after it suffered a major credibility-hit in 2009. The major change in CAT 2010 over CAT 2009 is that of the duration of the test — from 10 days to 20 days and only in […]

The 2010-11 admission season to Indian b-schools received a formal flag-off with the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) publishing the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010 notification in national dailies on August 22. The exam will be held in a computer-based format at 32 cities on 20 calendar days between October 27 and November 24, 2010. […]

Five 99-percentilers who are now studying at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) speak about what they did right when preparing for the CAT. Read through their experiences, you just might find a magic pill or two! What to read Shreyans Shrimali from IIM Ahmedabad with a CAT 2009 score of 99.99 percentile: “A lot […]

The third of the four newly sanctioned Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Raipur released its admission notification today, inviting CAT 2009 applicants with minimum 90 percentile for the general category. IIM Raipur, which is being mentored by IIM Indore, will have 70 seats for the two-year Post-Graduate Program (PGP) in Management to begin with. […]

(Photo credit: James Whatley) Last week, the Chennai-headquartered Brilliant Tutorials’ branch in New Delhi was asked to cough up a refund of Rs 36,250 to a student who left the study course mid-way due to ill health. The New Delhi Consumer Forum, which passed the order, also asked the coaching institute to pay Rs 5,000 […]

Prometric, the testing agency entrusted with conducting the Common Admissions Test (CAT) today announced two companies — MeritTrac Services Pvt Ltd and Everonn Education Ltd — as its on-ground partners for CAT 2010. Both companies replace NIIT which participated in CAT 2009. “Everonn is an existing test delivery partner of Prometrics IT certification business and […]

An interesting bit of information came to light during our conversation with the IIFT Registrar yesterday. The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), which has its campuses at New Delhi and Kolkata too would have made its entrance test computer-based had it not been for the collapse of the system during the controversial CAT 2009. […]

The official notification for applying to the Indian Institutes of Foreign Trade, Delhi and Kolkata is already out. The first step of the admission process is the written test which will be held on November 28, 2010. The shortlisted candidates from the test will appear for a group discussion and personal interview Here are some […]