14 years of schooling, 3 years of college, 2 years of coaching, almost 10 entrance examinations (including CAT) and still it seems that English is an alien language. As soon as I start thinking I know it, it surprises me. Coming to CAT, I still had a confusion of the level that ‘listen’ and ‘hear’ […]

Before I start the story of my journey from 52.26 percentile to 96.29, I must state one thing very clearly; this is not a journey of a struggle which most of us love to read. Unfortunately, we grew up reading all ‘newspaper boys’ achieving extra ordinary things in their lives. Whenever I read such biographies/auto-biographies, […]

“Hey, I can’t think of getting admission in IIM A or B or C. They are way above my league.” said these words to my friend when asked about my plans for CAT. And today i sit in front of my laptop writing this article after straight forward rejections from top IIMs. While i was […]

So there I was, staring at my CAT result – 99.82 percentile with 99.63 and 98.72 in both sections. It was 5 am. I was still groggy. I thought it was a mistake. It had to be! So I logged out and logged back in. Still 99.82. It took a minute to sink in. I […]

Dear fellow aspirants (who think they screwed up CAT ’13), Things may not exactly be going hunky-dory for some of you. I share your agony. I understand that some of you are still worried why your CAT slot was so darn difficult. I understand your disappointment at screwing up that one section in IIFT. But […]

Goa Institute of Management (GIM) has announced admissions to the 2015-17 batch. GIM has been consistently in the ‘Top-20’ Business Schools category in India, and has a state-of-the-art, sprawling 50- acre campus in Sanquelim, Goa. “We are concentrating more on the academic profiles of the applicants and where they are coming from,” says Reverend Dr. […]

Q1. What is the importance of behavioral science in a world that is asking for more BIG Data? Pleasure of driving a BMW is when you drive your-self, not when you hire a driver. Big data is only an analytical tool & industry where you generate reports for decision makers. If you want to be […]

Specific instructions for the MICAT 2015 will be out in due course of time. For reference, the MICAT 2014 had the following sections (Note: This may or may not be the same for MICAT 2015): Verbal Reasoning – Word association, visual reasoning, implicit statements, assumptions and more. Quantitative ability and Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning  Psychometric […]

CAT is all about practice and smart solving. The concepts in CAT are not new. They are probably taught in school. However, the approach taken and time required to solve play a major role in cracking CAT. Expertise in these aspects comes only with consistent practice. If an  aspirant is willing to put in this […]

How to Approach CAT ? It’s that time of the year again when the CAT fever is at its highest and everyone is rushing to practise as many mock exams as they can and read as many books as they can! Let’s take a step back and think about what it really takes to master […]