PS: Columbia Business School asked for a 140-character essay as part of its admissions application for the MBA admissions of 2012. Concept, illustrations and graphics by Deepak Gopalakrishnan aka chuck_gopal, a Mallu-turned Mumbaiker who blogs here and tweets here.

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011 is underway (October 22 – November 1 and two testing days are over. According to Prometric, 6,703 candidates had appeared to register for the test today (October 24) across the country. CAT 2011 marks a change in test pattern, in that it contains two separately times sections of 70 […]

(Photo credit: David Shankbone) Ever wondered how much rebellion costs? Apart from possibly losing your job and your house to be a part of it, it takes money to keep the revolution alive. This Bloomberg feature shows the other side of the revolution that is gaining momentum at Wall Street, America. Called “Occupy Wall Street: […]

Editor’s note: Guest author Parasharan Chari, Chief Operating Officer of Ahmedabad-based test-preparation institute Endeavor Careers, analyses the first-day-first-slot of CAT 2011 and identifies pointers that test-takers in the later slots could use. — — — First day, first slot an expression that sounds quite filmi, but then the Common Admissions Test (CAT) has never had […]

The effectiveness of a digitised testing infrastructure struck me like an a-ha moment today morning when I placed my index finger on the biometric fingerprinting device at the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011 center and within seconds the executive checking me in smiled and remarked, “You’ve taken the test twice before.” By matching biometric data […]

Pesky calls and SMS are the flavor of the season, what with the government penalising the telecom industry by setting daily limits on SMS and unleashing heavy fines on telemarketers. That however does not cover email and snail-mail spam. All these years, MBA applicants have been complaining that the information provided while purchasing the Common […]

(Photo: Samantha Marx) You can now count the hours to the first day of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011. It’s only a matter of time before the third edition of the computer-based version of the test makes its presence felt starting October 22 and going right up to November 18, in its new avatar […]

Seriously puys, go get the paper! Graphic: Deepak Gopalakrishnan

If you are b-school in India that encourages and facilitates peer-to-peer learning and group activity, then do your research well before joining a non-residential MBA, writes guest contributor Junaid Shah from a nasty personal experience. — — — Soon after the Common Admission Test (CAT) results are declared, the excitement builds up as one starts […]

(Photo credit: Bud Caddell) The concepts of Set Theory are applicable not only in Quant, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning but also in solving syllogism questions. Let us first understand the basics of the Venn Diagram before we move on to the concept of maximum and minimum. A large number of students get confused with […]