The difference between the CAT 2009 and CAT 2010 can only be discussed by the people who have experienced both. PaGaLGuY speaks to a few candidates who have taken the CAT in the latest computerised avatar as well as last few years. Naveenan Ramachandran (PGDM 2008, IIM-A) Appeared for CAT in 2001, 2005, 2009 and […]

The advent of the computer-based Common Admissions Test (CAT) has brought about many changes in the way MBA aspirants prepare and strategize for the test. This has led to a complete turn-around in the way test preparatory institutes deliver CAT coaching to MBA aspirants. Mock tests are now computer-based and the sectional tests have been […]

If you want to get back a picture postcard of Shillong, all you have to do is click a photograph of the IIM Shillong campus with its palatial building and regal drive-in. If you have a wide lens, you can get the bounteous flowery gardens on either side of the sloping drive-in and the pine […]

On the sidelines of today’s CAT 2010 test, there have been reports of centre personnel asking CAT candidates for their personal information and contact numbers before or after the test. At the Sri Balaji Society center in Pune where I was taking the exam, all students were asked to form a queue inside the building […]

The D-day has come and gone. CAT 2010 has begun. About 4548 had registered to take the CAT test today, first slot. Of these, some failed to turn up because they were stuck in traffic, some forgot to bring their vouchers or photo id and some who’s registration took longer like in the case of […]

First-day first-show at the CAT is over, and no untoward incidents have been reported until now. Two of us from the PaGaLGuY HQ attended the 10 am slot test at two different centres in Mumbai and Pune. We have written down our experiences in the form of a timeline so that you can live’ through […]

After the faulty first implementation of the computer-based CAT thwarted the dreams of several IIM aspirants in the country in 2009, there are high expectations from Prometric and the IIMs for an unblemished CAT 2010 from everybody involved in the management education sector. Here’s a look at stakeholders who are praying for a frictionless CAT […]

Gone are the days when coaching centres threw a party just a day or two before the D-day to de-stress CAT takers. Or, when they handed over free tickets of a latest Bollywood flick or had a movie screening inside the coaching centre to lessen the anxiety associated with CAT. With the CAT testing window, […]

PaGaLGuY will be following regular updates on CAT 2010 for the entire CAT period starting October 27 to November 24, 2010. Those taking CAT, please call in and share your experiences, what you liked about the CAT, what disappointed you, etc with us. We’d love to hear from you. You can call us anytime between […]

‘Exams’ is not like the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Be it the elementary exams in school or CAT exams taken by lakhs of IIM aspirants every year. Worse is when applicants actually opt to take the CAT exam, the first day, first slot, knowing very well that the bulk of applicants will take […]