January is going to be a big month for all MBA aspirants aspiring to get into some B-school in 2010. XAT 2010, FMS 2010, NMAT  2010 and CAT 2009 retest are all lined up in month of January.

Another exam Sunday and another entrance exam gone now.  Except reading comprehension, all other sections were fairly difficult but the having grace was once again, no negative marking so that means you can flush accuracy down the drain while you attempt all goddamn questions in the exam. Quant was the toughest part of the exam, but even this part must have seemed as easier to those who have been preparing for XAT 2010. What is your take on the exam?

Its a matter of weeks now, before the interview grind begins. While it is important to take care of the usual (appearance, conduct, etc), it is much more important to make sure that you are aware. Another characteristic accompanying awareness, should be perspective or thought process. I am sure most of you must have made sure that you were reading throughout the year.Just in case you haven’t, you better start getting your act together, cause there isn’t much time left.

To further enable you on your Road to MBA, I …

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 …

IBSAT introduced essay component last year and XAT has had essays almost since eternity. XAT essays are generally out of the box and hence give you lot of scope to use your knowledge rather effectively. Whereas with IBSAT, essay topics are general in nature and are directly related to what is happening around you.

Last years essay topics in IBSAT, were rather straight forward and one was supposed to write an essay on one of the five topics given. 400 words essay in 30 minutes should not be too difficult. Following …

Ever since I wrote this post on TASMAC’s 14 point email, I have been receiving lot of queries from students who have been contemplating TASMAC. My only point is that while deciding to go for a foreign MBA, you should make sure that you take into account pay back period. Well, as far as TASMAC is concerned, they do have a facebook page, twitter handle and few videos on you tube to boast off.

There are not many following them on twitter, considering they are an education institute, so by default …

After CAT 2009 fiasco and the high profile meeting of IIM directors and MHRD officials, a notification was released on CAT website on 17th of December. Notification highlights the fact that out of 2.4L students who appeared for the test, more than 2L successfully completed the test. Students who could not complete the test due to various reasons will be given another chance to appear for the test in second half of January 2010. Telephone calls, emails, letters and complaints filed at the centres will be taken into consideration while …

IBSAT might have one of the most expensive fee structures around. But at the same time they also have one of the most elaborate scholarship programme in place.
Top 200 students in IBSAT written exam will be offered fee concession of Rs. 2 Lakh maximum. Then there is another Merit cum means scholarship of upto 2 lakh. In addition to this, 25% students of each campus are given scholarship of upto 50% concession in tuition fees. This is in addition to the merit scholarships. Then students can also work for IBS …

IBSAT 2009 is due this Sunday, 27th December 2009. The exam is, arguably, one of the easiest exams for entrance to B-school and has lots and lots of seats on offer, making entire competition way easier. Someone once said, “Good, Fast and Cheap. Pick any two”. I reckon he must have been referring to IBSAT exam. All said and done, IBSAT Hyderabad does offer some decent profiles and placements and so do their Mumbai and Gurgaon campuses.
 
The exam is on the easier side and holds 25% weightage in the final …

It seems SNAP 2009 cutoff this year is going a notch higher. In yesterdays post on SNAP 2009 analysis, I argued that cut off will go higher because paper was easier and GK will be the deciding factor. I was browsing through pagalguy forums and came across the usual SNAP 2009 poll. The poll had some interesting trends. Around 1500 plus have already voted in the poll and 30% think they are going to score above 100. Based on these trends, if you are anywhere below 100, you better strike …