As the D-day approaches, it is that time when students run helter-skelter trying as many bases as they can for CAT. It is at this time that you need to fine tune your attention and make sure you focus on your goals and improvement. A critical part of this improvement involves taking Mock-CATs and then […]

Why is that we see very few female faces in the elite engineering institutes like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)? What is the reason for the low number of girls in the premier institutions? Asked a few guys in the college, we got some of the most surprising (a few shocking too) and witty answers. […]

Let us think about this with a simple experiment. Pick a passage from the Hindu editorial, read it at your natural speed, and write down the time it took to read this passage. Now, pick another passage from the same newspaper, and then psych yourself up and try to read this much quicker. Odds are […]

The clock is ticking for sure and with just about 14 weeks left for CAT, it is time for you to pick up the pieces and get your act together. In a way, the next 14 weeks are going to determine the outcome of the effort you have been putting in for the exam over […]

Hey everybody, Guess what, the CAT Convenor 2015 has spoken exclusively to PaGaLGuY on lots of interesting stuff about this year’s exam – something you should definitely not miss if you are a CAT aspirant.  So, If you want to hear it all and in the words and voice of the CAT Convenor himself, tune […]

MICAT will  undergo  major changes in 2016.  To sum up the changes:  *The selection process for PGDM-C 2016-18 to happen twice. *Candidates will have to take at least one of the three eligibility exams: CAT 2015, XAT 2016 and GMAT (2012 onwards). *MICAT will be held only in the computer based format in 14 cities […]

This is a question that dominates minds in the last few weeks of preparation. Because the top few colleges offer something distinctive, there is a substantial difference between 97-98th percentile and 99.xx. Everyone knows that the final few steps are the toughest to climb. So, what should one do? In my mind, there are two […]

6 years – 5 CATs, 4 XATs, 2 FMS, 3 IIFTs, 3 GMATs, 2 JMETs and over 500 Mocks, 1 failed start up and  Finally got 760 in GMAT and joining Tepper school of Business – Carnegie Mellon University. I loved the journey, in fact I loved it too much for my liking. Met remarkable person […]

CAT 2015 notification is out. First up, let us get the facts 1. Exam on one day, on Nov 29th. 2. Time-limit now 180 mins ( from 170 minutes previously). Time limit in 3 tight compartments, one hour each for three sections, QA, DI-LR and Verbal. 34 questions each in Quant and Verbal, 32 in […]

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015  notification is out. Check here The biggest change – that the exam will be held on one day only – November 29, 2015 – in two sessions. The last time the exam was held on a single day was in 2008 when it was conducted in a pen and paper format.  […]