The CAT fever has recently settled down and the results of your year-long sins will soon be out in the next few days. Some lucky chaps amongst you, will miss out on the interview calls from the colleges of their choice, and will continue enjoying God’s precious gift to them- ‘Their Life’. But, some not-so-lucky […]

The funny thing is that I think the answer to me is substantially clearer at the end of thirty plus years after I exited the hallowed portals of IIM Calcutta at what was then their newly minted campus at Joka. A secondary question that I will also try to answer is: Was my Engineering Degree […]

Exam season is almost nearing its culmination. We know what follows next. The GD-PI-WAT season. Now this is one of the crucial stages for the student as well as the B-school in deciding whether the aspirant is competent enough and whether the B-school is good enough. So its the stage where not only the B-school […]

Prior to CAT Dude 1 (to Dude 2):” Hey I have come across a couple of questions which are being repeated. Wanna try them?” Dude 2: “Sure! Why not .. After all , who knows.” 2 hours after mumbling (Ant….cuboid…..X^2…..y^3…) Dude 2: “Good stuff this is. Hope we get lucky.” Post CAT Dude 1: “Hey […]

What are the most important factors you keep in mind while evaluating an applicant at Columbia? We follow a very holistic process. We look at three different areas – academics, professional promise, and personal characteristic. For academics, we look at where the student went to school, the rigor of the courses they took and how […]

That the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 ‘questions’ were being discussed in public fora when the exam was in progress, was not the best-kept secret in town. But what remains intriguing is that even to-date almost nothing has been done about it. This is despite the fact that sharing of questions goes against the Non-disclosure […]

Fiction books make you feel a surreal existence of the characters and the secret desire to be like them inculcates. However, there are some books that transcend the traditional boundaries of the realms of such genre? One such book is “My Beloved’s MBA Plans”. It is highly likely that a reader at his/her first glance […]

I thought of taking you all through the D-Day mindset, the importance of time management during preparation and during the test and some Dos & Don’ts (I know most of you are still in the preparation stage; however, you all will realize that the D-Day mindset is crucial and will eventually decide your final score). […]

According to the annual Open Doors report produced by the Institute of International Education, over 145,000 international students came to study in USA in business and management in the 2011/12 academic year, an increase of 5% from the previous year, and a number that is likely to grow. It is likely many of these visiting […]

Heading to a foreign destination for higher education may seem a little intimidating if you are not well-versed with the culture or do not speak the language of your chosen destination. For most overseas education pursuing students and their families, the language and culture barriers of staying and studying abroad is often a major hindrance. […]