To Predict or not to Predict?
There are things that should be ignored and there are things that should be addressed. This one is the latter. I was quite amused when I read this in a website of a test prep company. “Another important point to…
Category Preparing for CAT
What’s this new type of Parajumbles I see…
As if Parajumbles of the regular variety weren’t mystifying enough – ever since CAT 2011 there has been a new type that has some of us a little dazed. Seen regularly in singlets in CAT ’11, you will find at…
CAT 2013: How many attempts for an IIM call?
In the last couple of days my mailbox is overflowing and with a single query from many of you. How many questions should be attempted to ensure an IIM call appears to be a common worrying point. Unfortunately most of…
Application Time!
Guest Column: Nikunj Bhagat, Alumnus IIMB,Mentor- CL Kolkata With the CAT testing window starting on 16th Oct 2013 and your preparation drawing towards a close, it is time to decide on the B-Schools you would like to apply to. The…
SQC Workshops 2013 – The Road Ahead
After a thoroughly engaging series of workshops across Vizag, Hyderabad and Bangalore, the next stops for SQC workshops in the coming days are Cochin, Chennai, Pune, Kanpur & Lucknow.
SQC Workshops 2013 – The Season Begins
Vizag As every year, I was looking forward to these workshops as we started with Vizag on 19th July.In the evening session I saw a lot of students coming in directly from their respective colleges, and the hall was brimming…
Aey Bhai, Zara Dekh Ke Chalo – NMAT Form Filling
One of the most upsetting situations that I encounter as a faculty is to interact with a student who did not fill up the application/admission form correctly and hence has to settle for a sub-optimal institute or program. Identifying the…
Direct dil se – Smart CAT Cracker
Ever since Niraj, Gejo and I started taking webinars for CAT’12, there have been regular demands from students for a full fledged CAT/MBA entrance preparation program built around our way of handling the paper. In this world of specialization, the…
The DTE Conundrum – 2013
On 30th May 2013, DTE finally came out with its notification for CAP for admission to MMS/MBA programs of Government Universities and Institutes. Given the paucity of time DTE has dispensed with the GD-Interview process and admissions this year will…
The new CAT’13 prep Programme
I have always believed that one needs to reinvent himself to remain relevant. While the delta of innovation can be small or big, however there comes a time when one has to stop doing course correction but change the course…