February 2013 MAT Eligibility!

MBA aspirants who are planning to appear for coming MAT on 2^nd February 2013 should know the eligibility criteria: 

The minimum qualification for appearing in MAT is graduation in any discipline from any recognized University or equivalent.

A final year student in any undergraduate (i.e. B.A, B.Sc., B.Com, B.Tech., etc.) can also apply.

Usually, there is a minimum percentage requirement in graduation which is different for different management institutes and universities.

However, there is no restriction regarding percentages for taking the MAT test, no age bar and no experience required.

MAT scores are valid for one year for most management institutes. It help students in getting admissions in various management programs such as Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in Insurance Management, HR, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and International Business, Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology & Management (PGDITM) in IT Marketing, E-Commerce, Information Systems Management.

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Pattern of MAT Exam

In forthcoming December MAT 2012 there will be Total number of Questions: 200 with Total Time allocated: 150 minutes and Marks allocation will be as:

• Correct attempt: 1 mark
• Incorrect attempt: Negative marking not specified

MAT exam covers five sections in all. Scores of first four sections compose the final scores. However, institutions might choose to consider the score of the General Awareness section.

MAT is the test conducted by All India Management Testing Service for entering into MBA or equivalent post graduate programs. The five sections mentioned above are basically comprised of the following five papers: 

• Paper 1 : Language Comprehension 
• Paper 2 : Mathematical Skills 
• Paper 3 : Data Analysis 
• Paper 4 : Intelligence & Critical Reasoning 
• Paper 5 : Indian & Global Environment Section

Prepare well and get success at December MAT 2012!!!

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Why GD is conducted

After you have successfully cracked IIFT, NMAT, SNAP, CMAT, MAT, IRMA, XAT etc. you will be undergoing Group Discussion.

Since you have already being tested in analytical skills and subject knowledge in the MBA entrance examinations, now you will be tested for your soft skills on communication, body language and attitude.

Factors which can be seen and sensed like positivity and being courteous will be highly crucial in GD.

Remember you are trying to enter in B-School so that you can gain theory of business ethos and entering in corporate world. So you need to at your best at GD to impress selection panel that you are the right candidate who can be transformed as future manager.

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CAT 2012: Strategy for attempting DI section in CAT

Strategy for dealing with DI while attempting CAT should be very straight as well as flexible. Do not start solving any set immediately, but read all the sets first and then make a call on which set is more structured and has lesser variables in terms of conditions that can be put in a structured table or a format easily.

 Make a good choice across the sections and, having decided that, give all the time to that set only. There are going to be hurdles but that does not mean you leave the set and move on to another set, as you have already taken a decision and invested a lot of precious time in that set. 

Hence you should make a sensible choice in picking up the right set and doing the right thing before investing any time in a particular set or just jumping from one set to another in DI

Moving from set to set will exhaust you and kill your time. But then even if you spend eight minutes in working out the entire set and the set is very clear, you can solve it immediately.

 Don’t be in a hurry that every two minutes you have to mark a question. Spend time on selection of the right set. Go for Mock Tests as number of times as you can.

The above should be top of mind while attempting DI section so that you can successfully achieve mission CAT 2012 !

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CAT 2012: Mother of All Exams: What are the other exams I can sit for if I prepare for CAT?

You can sit for almost all the management entrance exams that test the aptitude of the candidate like XAT, MAT, SNAP, CET, SRCC GBO, IIFT, JMET, NMAT, etc. Rather it will not be wrong to call CAT the mother of all MBA Entrance Exams in India. 

The aptitude test consists of English (verbal ability and reading comprehension), Quantitative Ability (mostly Class X level math, except in some exams like XAT and JMET where pure math, which is taught at the higher secondary level, questions are asked), Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency and Reasoning. 

In some exams such as MAT (Management Aptitude Test, another all-India common entrance exam), SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test, for the institute in Pune), IIFT (entrance test for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), IRMA (entrance test for the Institute of Rural Management at Anand) and ATMA (the Association of Indian Management Schools' Test for Management Admissions, another all-India exam), there will also be an additional section of General Awareness.

As can be seen, once you prepare for CAT, you can attempt almost all the management entrance exams.

In addition, the preparation will also be helpful in cracking the campus recruitment related exams. However, the patterns of different exams have to be studied and attempted individually to get maximum results.

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