At 5, I fell in love with planes. I wanted to be a pilot. At 15, I fell in love with Physics. I wanted to study the science of flying. At 24, I fell in love with the ticket counter. I realised that I had great talent of being a skillful passenger. Nevertheless, I loved […]

With an epidemic outbreak of Sachin fever during the CAT season, the entire mood is of Sachinfluenza. Lets analyze Sachin’s attitude towards the game and try to implement in CAT. 1) 2003 World Cup Final in South Africa – India needed a mammoth 360 runs if they wanted to touch the world cup again after […]

We always approach an exam with a nervous mind and impatience.I would like to share what worked for me.I know that most of you at this stage of preparation have already evaluated your competency level. I also know that many aspirants may have given up even before appearing for MBA Entrance Exams.I have been in […]

A couple of weeks back, I got this question from an MBA aspirant which read something like this “I am attempting CAT this year, my Quant is very weak.I don’t have time to start from the basics, just give me some tactics so that I can quickly score more percentile.” After reading this question, I […]

Recently I grabbed a copy of Disha Chhabra’s My beloved’s MBA Plans. I never had the affinity for this genre of books. However the reviews for this book on various blogs and forums caught my attention. It talks about the successful stories of people who pursued their executive MBA degrees. The catch being they either […]

It is almost a week to go for CAT. While many are giving a finishing touch to their preparation, a chunk of students are there who are worried and have almost given up. Some common thoughts which ponder over our head are: 1.The competition is too tough. I don’t stand a chance. 2.I haven’t been […]

The timing for writing this could not have been any better. 12 months exactly before this day, I was an MBA aspirant. My CAT preparation was consuming day and night, but the hardest part was the most unanticipated one. Yes, before your guesses go from exam day jitters to giving CAT in online mode, let […]

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have announced registration data for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013. A total 1.96 lakh candidates have bought vouchers this year and 1.94 lakh have registered, according to a statement issued by Prometric. “While overall registration has declined, the percentage of female candidates has continued to steadily increase, to […]

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. ― Stephen King It’s been close to three weeks since we launched Channels to everyone and since then we have seen enthusiastic contributions by the authors among you. Congratulations to everyone who has […]

So, I have been preparing for CAT since an year and half (on paper) and only for a few months actually. My exam is due on October 25. Though I am very serious (on paper) my level of preparation is not that serious (actually). Kindly excuse any errors in English. The Quant section in CAT […]