The Xavier Aptitude Test (2014) paper will have a few minor changes. To begin with, GK will be made part of the main test and not a separate paper like last year, when it was introduced. This also means that the main test which was of a 2 hours and 20 minutes duration last year […]

Here we have a talk with Benny Joseph, a recent graduate of Chicago Booth and SoFi entrepreneur who heads the startup GoodApril, an awesome site that will help you save money while filing your taxes. In this post Benny talks about his experience at Booth and offers fantastic advice for incoming Booth students or those […]

IIM Ahmedabad (Photo: Kunjan Detroja) The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has altered its selection criteria for admissions to the PGP batch of 2014-16. From each of five academic disciplines covering the arts, commerce, medicine, science and engineering defined by IIM-A (more here, see Table 2) the top 50 or 1% (whichever is lower) […]

(Photo: Ben Husmann) An increasing number of cases of management institutes refusing refunds are coming to light this year. This time, seven students who withdrew admission to T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal, say that the institute has refunded only 11% of the total fees paid up and is refusing to part with more. […]

Sale of vouchers for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 began today. About 12,000 vouchers were sold in all and about 10,000 candidates registered. Of this, 80 per cent had bought the vouchers online. According to CAT Convenor Prof Rohit Kapoor of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, the availability of e-vouchers brought in […]

(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 […]

(Photo: herval) Questions based on the modulus function or absolute value are common in the Common Admission Test (CAT) and other management entrance exams. In simple terms, modulus or the mod is just the non-negative value of the number inside the function. It is often represented as |x|. For example, |5| will be the same […]

(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: Wikimedia CH) Continuing the eight-year-old tradition, we announce the nominations for PaGaLGuY Dream Team and PaGaLGuY UnderDogs Team as open for season 2013. These are teams built around CAT preparation that are known for their camaraderie, performance and passion to succeed through moments that would be cherished for life. Here’s a rundown on each […]

(Photo: Skylar Murphy) The sheer number of aspirants who appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) pushes up the competition up. This combined with the societal stigma attached with failure, the hype around an MBA degree and the misinformation attached to the need for doing an MBA means that ‘fear of failure’ drives every CAT […]