Articles Archive for December 2008
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Apparently there are some discrepancies in answer keys. Read this post on some tips on how to handle this.
In my last post I asked you, the readers, to send in your impressions of the SNAP 2008 Exam. Here are two of the most interesting reviews. Please keep sending in your review with your bio. And if you have appeared for IBSAT 2008, feel free to send in your reviews for that exam too.
SNAP 2008 threw some surprises.
1) The no. of questions in GK, EU and QA section were reduced to …
MBA 2009-2011 »
Today is yet another Test Sunday. SNAP and IBSAT 2008 will be conducted in a few hours. Best of luck to readers and aspirants. Relax and stay calm. SNAP can be very tricky, you never know what kind of cut-offs you might see, so give it your best shot, be accurate and do not mark answers unless sure (gotta mark with pen, right?). IBSAT, you will realize, will be a cake walk if you have prepared reasonably well for CAT 2008.
And guys a small favour, would be great if you …
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SNAP 2008 is round the corner, With less than 48 hours left for the exam best preparation for the exam would be to solve Mock SNAP papers. And what better Mock tests than the actual SNAP’s of yesteryears. Minglebox.com, a community built around students has come up with solved SNAP papers. They claim that these tests are memory based because you are not allowed to bring out your SNAP test paper , it has to be submitted alongwith your OMR.
Minglebox’s solved SNAP test papers are SNAP 2007 and SNAP 2006. …
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Yesterday, I wrote about various institutes coming forward and sharing their answer keys for JMET 2009. Comparing your answers across these answer keys can be quite daunting. To help you with comparing and analysing your scores, I have consolidated TIME, TCY and IMS answer key into one excel sheet.
You can download the sheet from this link (Filename:JMET2009.xls). All you have to do is to fill your answers in ‘Your Answers’ column and sheet will automatically compute your scores based on these keys.
Hope this helps!! Keep reading Road to MBA for …
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Essays are increasingly becoming an integral part of MBA entrance procedure. IBSAT from this year will be adding essays to its testing procedure. Essay topics can be anything from current issues to abstract ones like the XAT 2008 essay topic, “Gender imbalance will lead to third world war”.You can write an impressive essay on such ridiculously abstract topics only if you have been reading a lot in your run up to these exams.
While predicting abstract topics would be tough, you can expect or prepare yourself on following topics for upcoming …
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As written in my previous post, JMET 2009 was solved by experts from various MBA coaching institutes. Now most of these institutes have come up with their answer sheets to the JMET 2009 exam. The answer keys may vary from one institute to another, I could not check them personally, but they are bound to differ given the fact that there were huge variations in predicting cutoffs.
Career Launcher has, in my view, excelled in this initiative. You can log on to CL website and upload your e-OMR. The process …
MBA 2009-2011, Results »
Score card for IIFT 2008 which was conducted on 23rd November is available now. You will need your roll number and date of birth to access results. Under ideal circumstances you should have both, if circumstances are ideal for you click here to access your score card.(IIFT website)
GD PI shortlist for IIFT was released earlier. Read here.
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General knowledge is one the biggest headache for any MBA aspirant. Because if you are not in touch regularly then it becomes increasingly difficult to stay in touch (what does that mean?). Well, the MBA coaching institutes understand that and try to support students on this one. PT education has come up with a list of some relevant GK topics for SNAP 2008, XAT 2009 and NMAT 2008. Following are the links available from PT education,
Featured, MBA 2009-2011, review »
JMET 2009 which was recently concluded on one of the exam Sundays had some surprises in store for the the students. The exam, though not very popular, is one of the most feared. After XLRI’s XAT, this one is probably the second best organized exam for the simple reason that this one gives students lot of time to attempt questions and lot of clarity in preparations also. The syllabus is clearly spelt out which makes the preparation a bit easy.
GD PI, MBA 2009-2011 »
GD-PI list for IIFT exam which was conducted on 25th23rd of November is out now. The list was declared on 13th of december and is available for download from this link. The list has 910 names who will be competing for seats at IIFT. Congratulations to all 910 1224 and those left out, do not worry, I am sure there is something better in store for you.
Candidates in this list will be called for Essay-Writing, Group Discussion and Interview to be held in January / February at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, …






