Preparation on WAT is on-going process

Those MBA aspirants who may find their name in the cut off list of top MBA institutes or even IIMs will have go through Written Ability Test or commonly known as WAT  before you finally face admission team one to one basis. You must be wondering that after so much tough entrance tests , now again you have to go through this test why ? You are right; it is really cumbersome to go for repeat test on language skill. But please note that this test as WAT is basically to understand your flow of thoughts on the given subject and how you show your skills to write two hundred words on the assigned topic with conclusion? The main point is your conclusion because that will motivate your audience to know you more and possibly, you might be put questions from your WAT in personal interview also.

Topics in WAT may vary but mostly with the trend in mind, you will get topics from the areas of socio economic issues, economic issues, sports, general science issues , environment issues. It is basically to know your awareness also beside your written language skills.

Please remember that as would be Brand manager, you are supposed to know the skills of communication in writing format so that you are able to communicate in best of motivating manner to your team as well as customers also. Therefore you are tested for language skills again in WAT but in writing format.

Wring skill is anon-going process and can’t be improved overnight therefore it is a must for you to keep on writing small stanzas on some subject and enjoy writing. The best way to improve would be to write summary of Editorials of national Dailies and then discuss with your peer group. Another area will be to listen news analysis programmes at all India radio then write summaries of these bulletins because with that not only your awareness on surroundings will increase but you will be able to comprehend any news with analytical way and that can be a boon for you in WAT as well as for your personal interview.

With WAT admission selection committee will not only judge your language skills but your personality too and that will be helpful to know you more and will directly impact you during personal interview.

WAT looks so simple on the face of it;anybody can claim of writing the best but remember that you will be competing with equally best of the competitors hence, your writing power has to be a gem and your conclusion on the assigned topic can be game changer in WAT therefore time is ripe to carry on with your practice to achieve mission admission MBA !!!

Brevity is the essence of WAT

After having scored high in CAT and shortlisted, now you will be tested in WAT which is essentially a test on your communication skills.

Expressing different thoughts but maintaining focus on topic is an art which will be on anvil in your WAT. 

Brevity is the essence to motivate readers so that not only they read till you conclude but they also absorb a message of your conclusion. 

Selection panel is looking forward to points which they might pick up for elaborating them in your personal interview.

Radical thinking or divergent views are acceptable but need to be framed in logical trajectory of topic. 

Simple sentences with conveying message will attempt you to be successful in WAT. 

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Body language is everything in PI

Personal Interview or PI is last step before you are declared to be selected in a B school hence; PI is very important stage of MBA admission process. 

Selection panel has already seen your performance in admission test and later in WAT / Essay / Extempore Speech etc. Finally you are being exposed to selection panel who wishes you to respond with your best presentation. 

Selection board is looking forward to the best candidate who dreams for future with most achievable aspirations and has doable ideas. Positive approach with equally fresh ideas and simple body language will be call for the day.

It is suggested to be updated with General awareness topics that will gain you confidence to be successful in Personal Interview. 

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How to choose best B school?

Very often MBA aspirants keep on guessing for selection of B schools. Building or location matters least for post graduation programme like MBA which is residential in nature but infrastructure in form of resource,   pedagogy, industrial relation and placement record matters most.

Option of B School will accrue only after your getting high percentile and your further getting success in WAT / Essay writing / Extempore Speech / GD & PI.

Based on your performance on above parameters you might get selection letter and now you would get chance to avail option of B schools from where you would have received such letters. 

Besides considering USPs of B schools, you must also introspect yourself again and then find the final suitability so that you are on the trajectory of great learning of management education! 

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WAT after CAT?

WAT after CAT?  Yes it will be written ability test which you have to give after you are being short listed by IIMs based on your percentile which you will come to know on January 9, 2013. 

Off course you are curious to know the result but within you, are you confident to make it? It’s better to take positive confidence forward and now you must bother about WAT / Essay and GD followed by PI.

Certain areas of the above can’t be improved overnight so advisable to practice a lot for each of the above and read variety of topics which might include fiction, autobiographies , novels besides regular reading of news paper & magazines. 

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