Friday Funda is a feature, I started last week. Last weeks video had the question “MBA or not” as central theme. This week, I am sharing a video which delves deeper into MBA decision. And focuses on how and what should be considered while going for an MBA programme. The video was made with US students in mind, so it has some portions that may sound irrelevant. But overall great video, great advice. Here it is.

Results for CAT 2009 will be out in around a month, in fact less than a month. And other results will start coming out around the same time. One of the most pertinent questions that you are going to come across on your road to mba would be why do you want to do an MBA. Ideally, you the aspirant, should have thought about it and by now you should be absolutely clear about it. Becomes more important if you have some months of industry exposure behind you. Having emphasised …

Group discussions and personal interviews are integral part of selection process of any college. Different colleges may go in for some specialist selection process, but the fundamentals remain the same. They are always looking for, your ability to listen, work in team, grasp on current affairs, decision making prowess and logical & objective thinking. While, most of the attributes develop over a period of time, grasp on current happenings around you is something which is easiest to develop. At R2M, I will try to cover some topics, that I think …

I am sure you must have heard about this great book called “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. The book is a must read for anybody and has an added relevance for all MBA aspirants. The habits talked about in the book are extreme importance to anyone who is planning to sit for MBA entrance exams. If you can inculcate these habits, trust me you will go a long way. One of the habits, Stephen talks about is importance of understanding others before you try to …

SNAP 2008-2009 results are out and as always, SNAP has managed to create confusion. This year there is a huge discrepancy in the scores as per answer keys that were published by various institutes and the actual SNAP 2008 scores. Generally, everybody is getting 8-12 marks less than what was expected. Somebody getting more marks will be treated as an exception, such is the extent of students getting less marks. Now what this will mean is that we will see lower cutoffs for the institutes as compared to originally predicted. …

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,

MBA or PGDBM? How are two different? Which one is better? What are the similarities?
These are some of the questions that always pop-up in MBA aspirants mind. These questions become even more important because emphasis on education beyond MBA is increasing with every single student who is graduating from our B-schools. Before we delve further into this let us be clear about the macro level difference between the two programmes, MBA is a degree programme wherein a management student is given a diploma on successful completion of the programme whereas …

Last year around 2.15 Lakh students appeared for CAT 2007, a Lakh took SNAP 2007, 50000 students took XAT 2008 and roughly 25000 took each of JMET 2008 and NMAT 2008. Multiply these numbers just with the cost of application form for these exams and you are staring at a figure of 46 Crores. Mind you these are just 2007-2008 admission figures and do not include the cost incurred by candidate to apply to other colleges who take these exam scores. This year is …

Presentations are an important part of any MBA curriculum. Level of importance, ofcourse varies with respect to a student’s choice of specialisation. For a marketing guy, effective presentation techniques are far more important than lets say for a Finance or a Systems guy. Irony is, that not all of us are blessed to be an effective presenter and we eventually end up losing audience’s imagination and interest. This post, has some of the best practices to help us deliver presentations more effectively.

Know your P-A-L - Your Purpose, Audience and Logistics.

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Pagalguy.com, for many aspirants in India, is the mecca of MBA preparation. PG has probably one of the most vibrant and active communities on the Indian online scene. So, it is no surprise that PG has decided to leverage this community base to come up with its own version of Indian B school Rankings. This would be the second the year of Pagal rankings, Last years rankings were highly succesful and saw close to 6000 participants rating Indian B schools on their own terms and understanding. Last year IIM-A topped …