It was a gusty day with wind blowing forcefully all through, making leafs depart from their abode. The sun vanished, clouds roared as though men have intruded into their territory and captivated their beloved so they are doing it in reprisal. As night approached, the savagery of the bracing wind reached the acme, lacking even […]

The CAT paper was Tough in comparison to last year’s paper. It was fraught with questions to put the CAT aspirant on edge. A fair variety of questions were put in. The Interpretative, Grammar, and Granular Understanding Skills of the aspirant were put to test. A repeat of a question from the previous year’s paper […]

This CAT centre’s address was Auratech Solutions, Vikhroli, opposite Nagbaba Mandir. On a bank holiday and as early as 8.00am, this nook, which is an industrial estate, looked like a ghost town. Not that it looked much better for the rest of the day. For many test takers it was a difficult address to find […]

I took the exam at Aditya Institute of Management Studies and Research in Mumbai in the first slot. For people who are taking the exam at this centre, commuting by train would be the best bet as the centre is only about ten minutes away from Borivali railway station and rickshaws are easily available. The […]

In Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, it was a standard paper again with no major changes/surprises. Logical reasoning had much easier questions compared to most mocks. However, quick data analysis and data arrangement would be the key here. There were three caselets with three questions each. Most of the questions were on Sudoku style and […]

The online Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 kicked off without any glitches. There were no surprises in the test. As declared earlier, the paper had two sections of 70 minutes each. Most of the questions in both sections were conventional CAT type problems from areas tested regularly over the years. There were no changes in […]

The last time there were close to 1.94 lakh registrants for the Common Admission Test (CAT), the total number of IIM seats on offer was less than 1,500. That was 2006. Seven years later, about the same number will vie for 3,335 seats, more than twice those many. No wonder then, that many candidates who […]

In Part 1 we covered the attitude and mindset with which we should approach CAT. Here lets analyze Sachin’s game preparation strategy and try to implement it in CAT. 4) Sachin is aware of all the arrows in the quiver of the opponent team – He scrutinizes each and every bowler of the opponent team […]

Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The college I finally joined was Shailesh Jain Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay. It was the only interview (8th March) in which I was asked the question- “Why MBA.” It was the first interview where they took interest in the fact that I loved cricket. So […]

A little more than 24 hours to go and CAT Phailin is expected to hit some 1.96 lakh aspirants. Time to seek last-minute tips that never help, rush with Mocks and panic on the eve of the exam day. Prometric, as usual has assured a ‘technical-glitch-free’ season and it better deliver since it is its […]