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 […]

Read Part 1 and Part 2 Filling the forms for the GD-PI stage was a very tedious affair. I had a tough time coming to terms with the current affairs. I did not speak a word in my first 2 mock GD’s because I felt irritated at the idea of raising my voice in a […]

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned – quote by Benjamin Franklin has a myriad of meanings. With this quote as a tool lets try to find a relation between the ‘CAT-preparers’ and the platinum standard MBA dreams which are already over-hyped. Almost every one of the students preparing for admission in an MBA college […]

Since CAT is just around the corner, I thought of expressing my views for the aspirants who are on a sticky wicket like me. Studying for CAT became a part and parcel of our life and all of us somewhere started avoiding movies , social gatherings, uninstalling watsapp (this one really hurts)etc. Though, I am […]

Link to Part 1 As the D-Day came closer, I studied harder. I, however, cut myself off from studies 3 days before my exam. I watched movies and sitcoms to lighten myself. The D-Day arrived on October 15. The exam passed smoothly and Anshul was the first person I called after the exam. My words […]

Career building or rather choosing is, I believe, one hell of a task because we all wish to be successful in what ever we do, well most of us atleast but the probability of liking a particular job or not is something which no one can predict! I did away with 2009’s economic crisis after […]

I am not a believer of New Year resolutions. For me, those are just gimmicks of weak-willed people. So I refused to categorize my first lecture in Career Launcher on January 1, 2012 as a New Year resolution. I was just happy to be in a classroom, away from my office. People had partied hard […]