(Photo: Liz West) Arts and commerce students – or those from non-engineering academic backgrounds are often in a fix about how to prepare for CAT. I talk of certain strategies that can be useful for such applicants. Non-engineering students often find that quantitative ability is their bête noire. This is because after high school they […]

(File photo) The voucher sale for Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 will now begin from August 5, 2013 to September 24, 2013, Rohit Kapoor, CAT Convenor 2013 confirmed to PaGaLGuY. Previously the registration was scheduled to begin from July 29, 2013. Impending changes in the official CAT website is the reason behind this shift in […]

(Photo: Tim G. Photography) The integrity of the much-spirited Common Admission Test (CAT) exam has taken a beating with the tampering of scores of 80 students who took CAT 2012. All thanks to an anonymous caller. But what if this anonymous caller had not called? What if scores were meddled with last year but since […]

(Photo: Official US Navy Page) Practicing mock tests forms an important aspect of preparation for CAT candidates, who often work their hearts out when it comes to practice. Some attempt up to three dozen mocks in a single preparation season. Many CAT takers often discuss with me their performance in these mock tests on the […]

To put the new Ford EcoSport’s Rs 5.59 lakh price in perspective, talk to someone who’s joining a two-year MBA program in the US this fall. In the two weeks that the Indian rupee slid from 57 to 60 against a US dollar, that is about how much more their impending educational expenditure increased by, […]

Could Ringo Starr possibly prepare for the CAT while being in such an overpopulated band? (Photo: Jao Haupt) When I read a comment in PaGaLGuY seeking advice on preparing for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) while living in the chaos of a joint family household, it brought a smile to my face immediately. With all […]

Sangeet Chowfla, tipped-to-be CEO of GMAC Starting 2014, a technology executive of Indian origin will head the organisation that owns and runs the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the global non-profit body of business schools today announced the appointment of Sangeet Chowfla as President to succeed David A Wilson, […]

Suhail Abidi, Stanford GSB MBA 2013 What would you do if you had to pay absolutely nothing to do your MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB)? Suhail Abidi, a Stanford MBA 2013 from Lucknow, who joined with a full waiver of tuition and expenses due to the Stanford Reliance Dhirubhai MBA Fellowship […]

Here’s a talk with Josh Howatt who was recently accepted an offer to join the CMU Tepper class of 2015. Josh blogs at Taking on Tepper. Thank you Josh for sharing your story with us…and congrats on your acceptance! This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuringinterviews with current MBA students, offering […]

(Photo: Cali4beach) Does one need a classroom coaching programme to prepare for the Common Admissions Test (CAT)? MBA applicants often ask this question on online forums, and even otherwise to their mentors and peers – whether classroom coaching improves CAT preparation better. Or should they instead self-study and maybe join an online test series at […]