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Why MBA?


Panic button is pressed by graduates of final year students to rush for gathering information on doing MBA. But many a times they flock together with herd mentality and peer pressure to go for MBA without having thought as to why they should opt for MBA?

MBA education makes you professional is a much generalized statement so we need to probe it further. Assume that you have opted out of MBA then what is that you will be losing. 

MBA education imparts education on expressions, logics, team work, interpersonal skills, decision making process, business practices, exposure to the great works, boosting confidence level, ethical approach to business, management of failures, management of stress, management of competition, management of probability  and think global but act locally.

Taking decisions at crucial junctures is exception even with top managers so it is that important, here MBA education helps you to be on a directional thought making process wherein you start taking decisions in an organization.

Ultimately with MBA you gain to understand business jurisprudence and you become Thinker & Doer.









Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

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CAT 2012 Strategy


In general all of us presume that to achieve something different we need to strategize. Fundamentally strategy is a tactics to counter competition and take preemptive actions.  Best of all examples would be Army as how they counter attack to enemy’s shelling and neutralize aggression.

The best strategy is simple planning which must cover all positive & negative fallouts based on factual facts. 

SWOT would be first step towards strategizing to crack CAT 2012. Analysis of strengths, weaknesses and converting threats to opportunities should yield positive results.

Each section of CAT 2012, provided planned well with ‘why & how’ approach will clear equations to score in VA, LR, DI & QA.

Practice and management of time limits backed up with great will power or obsession to achieve mission CAT 2012 can be termed as the best strategy of all strategies. 









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CAT 2012: Preparation Countdown


Failure in planning is an invitation to certain failure. Scaling heights on mountains requires skill set of mountaineering besides will power, determination, sound health and management of risks.   Likewise aspire to succeed in CAT 2012 demands perseverance of practice!

Countable days are left for forthcoming CAT 2012, time for planning is fleeting and practice sessions for all sections are top of mind with serious and focused aspirants. 

Notification for CAT 2012 in coming second week of August will herald annual exam cycle for MBA admissions in IIMs and top hundred B schools.

To fulfill the dreams, aspiration fantasy have to be converted to reality so management of time, speed, stress level, failures have to be worked upon but along with maintenance of positive attitude to  be successful in CAT 2012.









Author: MBARENDEZVOUS.COM

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CAT 2012: 140 minutes exam

Indeed CAT 2012  is the most prestigious and highly competitive and unpredictable entrance exam for thirteen IIMs Viz; IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Shillong, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM  Kashipur, IIM Trichy, IIM Rohtak  and IIM Udaipur.

Selection from CAT is based on percentile basis which makes CAT much more competitive. Seventy minutes for each section and total of 140 minutes require speed but to be supplemented with accuracy.

Again to have speed with which you can analyze for selection and rejection for opting out from questions is a herculean task. Practice and practice is the only alternative to speed up for attempting all questions in both sections which will consist of VA, LR, DI & QA in CAT 2012









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CAT 2012: Mission Admission MBA

With single focused mind unachievable have been achieved, examples are many but to motivate ourselves let us  name few like  Graham Bell, Wright Brothers, Archimedes, Galileo Galilei  and off late Lance Armstrong and our own Yuvraj Singh.

Ambition to take admission in one of the thirteen IIMs requires heavy dosage of hard work and preparation for CAT 2012 without any exception. 

Few months are left over for CAT 2012 which can be converted to days then hours. Once focus is established, there must not be looking back and arrow must strike at the bull. 

Single window opportunity is annual for CAT so serious aspirants have started repetition of exercises followed by immense practice sessions for LR, QA, DI and VA sections. 

After computer based test of CAT, focused aspirants will turn on to prepare and practice extempore speech, written ability test, essay writing test, GD & PI.

Mantra is to have holistic approach to crack CAT 2012 and achieve the mission MBA.