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 […]

Just about a day to go before CAT 2010 begins, aspirants are still abuzz with discussions about the expected question-patterns and probable questions. Occupying a large part of the discussions are question from sub-topics that haven’t been seen in the CAT papers of the previous 7-8 years, and yet have appeared in some of this […]

*RAT = Random Admission Test. Concept, illustrations and graphics by Deepak Gopalakrishnan aka chuck_gopal, a Mallu-turned Mumbaikar who blogs here and tweets here.

There are various things one can do to beat exam stress, like the ones listed below. PaGaLGuY has put together a five-point agenda that can help make the road to CAT a little bit easier on the nerves. From praying to God, meditating, to eating the right food and what to expect on the big […]

(Credit: Pranav Yaddanapudi) Hyderabad is all set to add to its image of a city famous for pearls and biryani — by also becoming one known for sprawling education campuses and big business schools. A recent initiative by the Andhra Pradesh government to invite big names in management education has made those of the stature […]

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow in its new Post Graduate Program (PGP) admission policy has made an explicit bid to admit a batch with diverse educational backgrounds. According to the policy, candidates from non-engineering graduation backgrounds will receive an additional 2.5 points at the time of making the Group Discussion and Personal Interview […]