Why IIMs remain on top?

Most of MBA aspirants dream and aspire to be selected for IIM because IIMs are the most premium management institutes of the country.

IIMA, IIM B & IIM C remain top of top institutes for the last many years but what makes IIMs to be on top?

Infrastructure, faculty, exposure and top of all students make IIMs on top. Students not only get top class exposure and listen to the guest faculty from who is who of the Industry but students themselves study a lot and try to relate with present industry scenario and this gives them immense and reference worthy documentation for their career.

LR (Learning Resource) centre in IIMs is the key to all students’ success. Besides other top hundred MBA institutes in India, hopefully other institutes will also pick up this fact and let the students benefit and make their career.

Author: MBA Rendezvous

Forget high percentile if fundamentals are not clear

MBA aspirants who dreamt of taking admission in any of IIMs know that scoring with almost 95 + percentile can facilitate you to get interview call letter from IIMs 

IIM A, B or C will call those who have scored 99 percentile and competition may force that some may still miss by point percentile.

For clearing CAT, it is must for aspirants to be clear in fundamentals. No harm in consulting NCERT books to revisit formulas of 10^th or 12th standard.

It is after that you can pick up speed & accuracy with Mock Tests. For sure you can clear CAT sections DI /VA and LR/RC easily.

Those aspirants who are still struggling on accuracy may have to forget high percentile so either they will seek admission in non IIMs or try luck next time.  

Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

You need to clear “Written Ability Test” after CAT 2012 score

CAT aspirants who are aspiring to be selected in any of IIMs must note that even after having scored high percentile in CAT, you need to clear WAT (Written Ability Test) which will be conducted by all IIMs individually at their campus.

IIMs have found WAT as alternative tool to GD for testing aspirant’s communication skills. 

In WAT you will be tested for your handwriting, creative writing and over all expression of thoughts in a format of Essay writing or on  any specified topic of current affairs but in a stipulated time frame of 15 to 20 minutes.

Later during PI you may be asked questions on what you have written in WAT. Such is the importance of WAT in ultimate selection to IIMs.

Preparation of WAT cannot be done overnight hence, you need to start practicing with writing a stanza on contemporary topics.

Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

 

CAT 2012: Exam will be Tough

CAT 2012 aspirants might get surprises at forthcoming exam  as it will be as tough as it is expected. 

But toughness is mainly a mental conditioning of exam phobia. Let’s be clear that CAT will be taken by two lakhs plus aspirants and scores being given on percentile basis makes this exam highly competitive and chances of getting PI call from IIM diminishes even for one percentile. 

For neutralizing the exam phobia this is the last chance as still few days are left for exam because last minute preparation or rectification on solution will spoil the party. 

The best way to have clarity on exam will be to make a final schedule now and close the execution at least five days ahead to exam date which you might have scheduled as per your convenience. This will lead you to mental relaxation and that is also one of the basic requirements for you after having prepared for CAT so exhaustively.

Go ahead with full confidence of achieving mission CAT 2012 !!!

Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

CAT 2012: WAT can be a precursor to PI

Written ability test which you will write in the first half of the personal assessment round can generate some questions in the interview round. 

The panel could ask you questions about the WAT and you have to defend it. Questions on the topic can also be asked, which means you will need to know a lot about the topic. If you don’t know something, simply admit it. 

WAT has gained importance in the admission criteria of IIMs but the main concern is the time limit hence, it is important to develop the ability to think and articulate quickly.

The best way to practice is by picking up one current-affairs topic every day and writing as much as you can for 10 minutes.

Your focus should be on starting WAT and putting in as many important points as possible. There is no compulsion to present the matter in impressive or flowery language. Instead, accuracy and correctness of spelling and grammar take precedence.

Get on to practice as WAT is very important component of admission in IIMs.

Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

CAT 2012: 106 Institutes have registered to use CAT 2012 scores besides 13 IIMs

CAT aspirants note that besides 13 IIMs who will primarily use only CAT 2012 scores for selection process, 106 other Institutes will also use CAT scores this year.

To know list of B schools you can visit MBA Rendezvous

You are getting enormous opportunity to seek admission in top hundred B schools besides thirteen IIMs at all India level. 

As reminder, you need to keep top of mind that CAT 2012 exam dates have been announced and important dates are: 

• CAT 2012 Exam:  11th October 2012 to 6th November 2012 
• Registration: 30th July to 19th September 2012
• CAT 2012 Result will be out on 9th January 2013 

If time and speed are the ingredients in CAT exam then anxiety and stress also club with the preparation hence, you need to go for SWOT for each step as that would ensure that you are at peace with pace of CAT exam.

Have bold face and be persistent with your preparation, you will achieve mission CAT 2012!!

Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

CAT 2012: “Think Positive and act accordingly”: Preparation Strategy

You must understand that CAT is not impossible to crack. People have done it before and will continue to do it, so why not you? You just need to continue systematic preparation and CAT could be probably one of the easiest tests to crack. 

Besides IIMs More than 100 top B-Schools take CAT as a standard written test. Your idea of getting into a good B-School starts with CAT and such exams, and the route to the same is not as difficult as it is made out to be.

CAT is all about Time management. The most important part of any competitive exam is the strategy that you adopt. Given enough time, you will realize that you can solve almost all the problems in the mock test. The fact that the same has to be done within a fixed time and that too by making as few mistakes as possible is what makes the task challenging on the final CAT day.

Each one of you is capable of getting there if you prepare systematically. There is enough time to revisit your basics , get on to practice with Mock tests and achieve mission CAT 2012.

Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM