The Common Admissions Test (CAT) starts less than a month from now. The good news is, that you can still start your preparation now and crack the exam to get a percentile you can use for the top b-schools. I spoke to six people who had sound advice to give on what to do in […]

The engineers among us would be aware that the notification for the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is out and registrations are in full swing. Here is the JMET 2011 Ready Reckoner – some tips to help you sail through. What is the eligibility criteria for appearing […]

After experiencing the CAT 2010 practice demo test released by Prometric, all of you must have found features you liked or found disappointing. We got Aditya Dipankar, a student of M.Des. (Information & Interface Design) 2009-11 at the National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore to look up the practice test and identify pain points and […]

Prometric today released a practice CAT test on its website in order to familiarize candidates with the navigation and functionality of CAT 2010. The test includes a tutorial followed by 12 sample questions in an interface that is supposed to look just like the actual CAT 2010. “Candidates will have 15 minutes to try selecting, […]

PaGaLGuY catches up with Prof Himanshu Rai, the man responsible for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2010 for a quick interview. Edited excerpts: CAT 2010 being a month away, how do you personally feel about the preparations by Prometric? I’m extremely happy. Nothing untoward has happened until now during the testing of the infrastructure and […]

(Photo credit: Joyjeet Maity, submitted as an entry to PaGaLGuY B-school Shutterbug Photography Contest 2010) PaGaLGuY’s Official CAT 2010 Helpline is now live, answered by none other than the Student community of IIM Kozhikode. Post all your questions and doubts about preparing for the CAT in the last month, how to cover your weak areas, […]

All but 70 kms stop IIM Rohtak from being called IIM Delhi. For advocates of building new IITs and IIMs near large industrialised metropolitan cities, the newest IIM at Rohtak would sound like a prayer answered in disguise, considering that it is just two-hours away from the country’s capital. And the travel time would be […]

The longer testing window seems to also have inspired a longer registration window for CAT 2010. The CAT Committee has decided to advance the final registration deadlines for CAT 2010 by one week. Vouchers will now be on sale at Axis Bank branches until October 4, while candidates can now register for the test till […]

The notification for the Xavier’s Aptitude Test (XAT) conducted by the Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur is out on their website. The XAT will be conducted on the January 2, 2011. Here is a ready reckoner with answers to Frequently Asked Questions and also, a few tips from people who had cracked the exam […]

The mock CAT season of this year is in its full bloom but it is not leaving many who are preparing for the CAT seriously too happy. It’s not the difficulty level of the test papers or ‘technical glitches’ at the mock CAT centers, but the percentiles they are getting that is irking them. Many […]