Saturday, December 27, 2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
CAT 2008 Cut Offs - Overall & Sectional Cut-Offs
Quant Section - Likely Cut Off: 33-34
Verbal Section - Likely Cut Off: 47-48
DI Section - Likely Cut Off: 29-30
Overall Cut Off for CAT 2008
You can expect an IIM call at a cut-off point of 125 or more, provided you also meet the sectional cut-offs. CAT 2008 candidates with a good academic + work-ex background can expect calls at slightly lower scores in the CAT.
* These are only predicted scores, and the actual cut offs as decided by the individual IIMs may differ, though unlikely to differ by a great margin.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Last Minute Tips for CAT 2008
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Saturday, November 01, 2008
MICA Admission Cut Offs | CAT 2008 | GMAT
MICA CAT Cut Off for Admission to the 2009 - 2011 PGDCM batch
MICA will shortlist candidates for the MICAT, Group Exercise (MICA holds GE instead of a GD) and the Personal Interview on the basis of their performance in the Common Admission Test ( CAT 2008 ) - Overall CAT 2008 Percentile cut off will be 90 and they will need a minimum sectional cut offs of 50 percentiles in both Quant and DI sections in the CAT. In the Verbal (VA) section that comprises Grammar, Language and Reading Comprehension, MICA aspirants will need to clear a minimum cut-off level of 60 percentile.
MICA GMAT Cut Off for Admission to the 2009 - 2011 PGDCM batch
A minimum GMAT score of 600 obtained on or after 1st January 2007
MICA aspirants can hence write either the CAT 2008 or the GMAT to get a call for the second round of the admission procedure. Unlike last year, MICA has removed XAT from its list of written test options.
Another Change in MICA Admission Process:
Unlike the previous years when all shortlisted candidates were called for the MICAT, Group Exercise/GD and Personal Interview, the 2009 - 11 admission process will be 3-stepped. Candidates shortlisted from CAT 2008 and GMAT will first write the MICAT, and only the candidates further shortlisted will be called for the Group Exercise and Personal Interview.
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
IIM CAT 2008: Number of Applicants Up by 25%
You may not yet have realized that the downturn in the US economy may have a more direct bearing on you - it reduces your chances of making it to the IIMs. With the number of jobs in the markets drying up, the beeline at the B Schools has increased tremendously.
Compared to the 2,30,000 applications received in CAT (Common Admission Test) 2007, the number of applications for the 2009-11 sessions have increased by a whopping 60,000 to reach to a figure just under 3 lakhs. Last year, there was at least one new IIM in the form of Shillong to cheer things up.
In terms of mathematical probability, an IIM aspirant this year stands a meagre chance of about 0.6 % of making it to one of the seven IIMs (including the Rajiv Gandhi IIM Shillong and the additional increase of about 200 seats across the various IIMs). Delhi has now firmly established itself as the MBA Entrance hub of the country; IIM Lucknow which receives applications from Delhi candidates has been flooded with over 62,000 applications.
CAT Year | No. of Applications |
2009 | 2.9 Lakhs |
2008 | 2.3 Lakhs |
2007 | 1.9 Lakhs |
However there are about 15,000 seats on offer at the many non-IIM b schools that accept CAT scores. Only a handful of them - MDI, MICA and a few more are any good and not much can be said about the others.
For a list of the non-IIM b-schools that are accepting CAT scores, you can click here.
It will be interesting to watch this trend next year if the Common Admission Test does indeed go online.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
What's your dream B-School?
B-School | No. of Votes | |
| 584 | |
MICA | 98 | |
MDI | 58 | |
FMS | 106 | |
GIM (Goa) | 28 | |
XLRI | 136 | |
TISS | 43 | |
Other Indian | 66 | |
B-School Abroad | 45 | |
Total Votes Polled | 1164 |
No surprises at all at no.1 - the IIMs are definitely India's most popular B-Schools. Little wonder that the number of CAT takers is now swelling to close to the 3 lakh figure. XLRI Jamshedpur was ranked no.2 in our poll with 136 votes. FMS was not far behind, ranked at no.3 with 106 votes.
The two specialized B-Schools, MICA and TISS together garnered over 12% of the total votes indicating a huge marketing for specialized Business Schools. 28 MBA aspirants showed their keenness to do their studies from GIM, Goa. Located on the beautiful Mandovi, the Goa Institute of Management is the most picturesque of the Indian B-Schools, and the ideal place to mix partying and studying. What was the most surprising was the lack of interest shown in overseas B-Schools. Less than 5% of the voters said they want to study abroad; an indication of the student community's faith in the booming Indian economy. But given a choice between Harvard and IIM Ahmedabad, will they prefer the Indian school? I have my doubts there.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
XAT 2009: Reach XLRI in 5 simple steps
- Available at select branches of AXIS Bank on payment of Rs.800 ( 121 branches in all, how select depends on where you are - 3 options for the whole of north-east, 7 for Delhi alone. )
- If the select branch is not close enough, you need to make a draft in favour of "XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT" and send it to XLRI Jamshedpur.
Next steps:
1. Go to the XLRI website and fill in the online XAT form. You need to fill in basic details like the XAT bulletin no, AXIS Bank Branch Name, your personal info and you will be immediately issued your XAT ID and password. In case you just have a draft with you, you will be required to fill in the draft number, date and personal info.
2. You need to further furnish details of your applications to the other XAT associate B-Schools and once you do this, you can proceed to take a printout of the XAT Payment Advice cum Photo Form ( lovingly referred to by the XLRI as the XAT PP form)
3. Fill in the details asked for in the XAT PP form and since the second P is for photo, you will obviously need to stick one onto the form in the designated box provided. ( this b-school guys are not too emotional types, so no point in getting all nostalgic and sending that cute pic of yours when you were only 10; they deserve much less - send a boring looking recent pic)
4. Remember your visit to the Axis Bank? Let's hope you have retained those pay-in slips. (If not, wait for my post on the IIFT entrance.) Take out the 3rd slip ( I can bet a 1000$ at least half the guys confirm it with a friend/mom/sister as to which one is the 3rd slip, here is a hint: it's the one that's immediately after the 2nd slip) and put it in the special envelope given to you by the Axis bank guy. Don't forget to also insert into the envelope the lovely looking XAT PP. For those of you unlucky ones, far removed from an Axis Bank, please insert the draft instead of the pay-in slip.
5. This is the most crucial step, the one step that will finally bring you in direct contact with your dream b-school - Post that envelope. Let me add that the XLRI guys are not as uncaring as the IIM ones, in case you are late, you don't have to be dependent on the sarkari Speed Post only. You are even allowed to courier your application - wow, isn't it?!
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The XAT is India's second most premier MBA Entrance Test after the CAT. Organized by the XLRI Jamshedpur, the exam serves as the entrance exam for various other B-Schools in India including SP Jain (Mumbai), Alliance Business Academy (Bangalore), Goa Institue of Management (Goa), Welingkar (Mumbai) and XIM (Bhubaneshwar).
XLRI has announced the dates and registration process for XAT 2009 ( for admissions to the 2009-2011 MBA programmes). Here are the important details:
XAT - Exam Date & Time:
Sunday, 4th January 2009, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
XAT Test Centres:
Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Baroda, Behrampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Goa, Gurgaon, Gauhati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Trivandrum
Last Date for receiving the application:
5th December 2008
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Sunday, September 07, 2008
CATch 'em if you can
Her name is Sashi and she happens to be a lawyer. Till a few months back, she was as interested in the management world as I was in the legal but things have changed dramatically in the past twelve weeks. Today, she knows what the 4 P's of marketing are and fancy sounding words like mandamus and habeas corpus are already enriching my vocabulary. And me being me, a google fanatic, I have started scouring for more and more info on her world. That's how I landed at the doors of an 108 year old institute called Rasmussen.
Remember the dramatic call- to- action line in those Army recruitment ads : "Do you have it in you?". Rasmussen's online criminal justice degree programme tries to raise a similar emotion in you - "There's no higher calling than keeping America’s streets safe." This degree programme can be your starting point for an exciting career in crime management in the US. You can go on to work as a Police Officer, Correctional Officer, Customs officer and in other similar areas .The programme can be completed either in the classroom or through a blending learning programme wherein there is a mix of online and offline classes.
Rasmussen College's School of Justice Studies ' programmes delve into several different aspects of the legal process. With a degree in criminal justice from this premier school, you can aspire to reach the top in your field of work. Besides this programme, there are a variety of different course to select from, depending on your areas of interest. For instance, if you love lawyers (like I do) and wish to be close to a lawyer always, you can look at the Paralegal Associates' Programme from their paralegal school minnesota. Of course, there is always a possibility that you don't want to be as close to lawyers as I want to be, or you may simply not be in Minnesota. Not to worry, just hop over to their website and you will find lots else to opt from, or simply call toll free: (888) 5-Rasmussen.
Institute Strengths/Good Points:
- 108 years of experience (yes, they began operations as way back as 1900, this month - September),
- flexible scheduling enables you to create a fit with your work life,
- Personalized Support.
- Another thing I quite liked is their easily navigable website, with highly relevant and easy to understand content.
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Friday, September 05, 2008
CAT 2009 will be online...well..
The latest swing seems to be in favour of the "CAT will go online from next year". Latest media reports suggest that the IIMs, " which had rolled out the process for inviting tenders from various companies for conducting CAT have already shortlisted four companies." (source: Mint, 5th September)
Notice that this by itself doesn't really indicate much about the nature of the testing method itself. What it does indicate is that the IIMs are seriously considering outsourcing CAT. However the nature of the organisations that have been shortlisted does point clearly in the direction of a computer based CAT.
The companies which have been shortlisted are
1. ETS Prometric ( have handled GMAT before)
2. Eduquity Ventures ( conducts the BITSAT)
3. Attest (An Aptech concern, it is into computer aided assessment. But it also manages traditional paper and pencil tests)
4. Pearson VUE (Virtual University Enterprises) - (they are into computer based testing solutions)
A few months back the IIMs had officially denied that a decision had been made to make the CAT a computer based test (CBT), much like the GMAT , from 2009. What they did say was that the IIMs were exploring alternatives to the traditional testing method. This official denial was prompted by media reports and statements by various CAT coaching institutes that the test was indeed going online from next year. Even then it had all started with the news of the IIMs inviting tenders from interested parties for conducting the CAT.
Once again there is no confirmation or denial from any authority at the IIMs though the Mint report does include anonymous comments from an IIM official. Well, you can never be sure about that - whether it is truly an anonymous IIM official or the creative imagination of a journalist!
Watch this space for more.
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post-script:
An online CAT doesn't mean a internet based test. It is actually a misnomer in that sense. What will likely happen is that the CAT will actually become CAT, which expanded means Computer Adaptive Test vis-a-vis GMAT.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
List of non-IIM B-Schools accepting CAT 2008 scores - II
For the List 1 of non IIM B-Schools accepting CAT 2008 scores, click here.
19.Delhi School of Professional Studies & Research
9, Institutional Area
Sector-25, Rohini
Phone: 011-27062290
20.Department of Business Management
Phone: 0161-2401960-79
21.Department of Management Studies
Indian School of
Dhanbad – 826004
Phone: 0326-2296631
22.Dr.GaurHari Singhania institute of Management & Research
Jaykaylon colony
Kamla Nagar
Phone: 0512-2231417, 2232444
23.Department of Business Management
1,
Kolkata – 700027
Phone: 033-24499418
24. Department of Commerce,
87/1,
Kolkata – 700073
Phone: 033-22410071-74
25. Department of Management Studies,
R V Nagar
Puducherry – 605014
Phone: 0413-2655244
26.
P.O CSKM Educational Complex
Satbari, Chattarpur
Phone: 011-26654422
P.O CSKM Educational Complex
Satbari, Chattarpur
Phone: 011-26652373/2375/3927
28.Enterpreneurship Development Institute of
Near Village Bhat
Via
Gandhinagar – 382428
Phone: 079-23969163
29. Faculty of Management Studies
Phone: 0542-2307430/31
( The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was established by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in 1916 and has for years been one of India's premier seat of learning.
The students to MBA/MIBA programmes at BHU are admitted through CAT conducted by the IIMs. Taking cognizance of its expertise and deep commitment to learning, the Faculty has been identified as one of the five Quality Improvement Programme Centres by the AICTE for developing and updating the teachers of management institutions of the country. )
Plot No. 5, Vasant Gaon
Opp. Army R R Hispital, Rao Tula Ram Marg
Phone: 011-26144319-20
B-18, Qutab Institutional Area
Phone: 011-41242424/26863396
32.Galgotias Business school
1,
Greater Noida – 201306
Phone: 0120-3272004, 3256832
XI – 11 & 12, Block–EP
Sector-V, Salt
Kolkata – 700091
Phone: 033-40003600, 23573610-12
34.
Plot No-HS-02, Block-F
Sector Alpha-02
Greater Noida (NCR) – 201308
Phone: 0120-2320521-524
35.Haryana School of Business
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology
Hisar – 125001
Phone: 01662-263111/263182
36.
No.8P & 9P, KIADB Industrial Area
Bangalote – 560100
Phone: 080-41432888
37.IILM Institute for Higher Education
Gurgaon
Phone: 0124-4559300
Lakshmipura, Thataguni Post
Phone: 080-32961373
39.Indian Institute of
Post Box No. 357
Nehru Nagar
Phone: 0755-2775716/2773799
40.
Plot No.4, K.P-1
Greater Noida
Phone: 0120-2326537, 2326665
41.
16, Knowledge Park-II
Greater Noida – 201306
Phone: 0120-4029318/4029300
42.
Gomti Nagar
Phone: 0522-4066823,3206771
43.Indian Institute of Finance
Post Box 8486
Ashok Vihar-II
Phone: 011-27451212
44.Indian Institute of Information Technology
Deoghat, Jhalwa
Phone: 0532-2430006, 0539-2922178
45.Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
Management House
College Square (West)
Kolkata – 700073
Phone: 033-22191684/22418694
46.
Salt
Phone: 033-23578189/8908
47.
DES Campus
Pune – 411004
Phone: 020-25653186/25652754
48.
Phone: 0522-2740412, 2741012
35 KM Milestone, Mouza Dorli
Phone: 0712-2805591
50.Institute of public
Phone: 040-27098060
51.Integrated
(INMANTEC)
Adhyatmik Nagar,
Udyog Kunj
Phone: 0120-2768951
52.
Rajasthan Agricultural University
Beechwal
Phone: 0151-2252981/82
Ahmedabad – 382481
Phone: 02717-241900/01/02/04
54.Insitute of Management Education
G.T Road, Sahibabad
Phone: 0120-2621424
55.
A-16, Site-3, UPSIDC
Industrial Area,
Phone: 0120-2705628
56.
Raisan
Gandhinagar – 382007
Phone: 079-23276911-14
57.INRECH Institute of Business Management
960, 24th
4th ‘T’ Block, Jayanagar
Phone: 080-
Kanchana Bihari Marg
Off Ring Road, Via Kalyanpur
Phone: 0522-2751066
B-10, 30 & 31, Qutab Institutional Area
Phone: 011-26529240
60.
CAP-1,
Near ITPL, Whitefield
Phone: 080-65606200/6300
61.
Plot 25 & 26, Sector-4
Kharghar
Navi Mumbai – 410210
Phone: 022-27742793/98
62.
(
No.62,
Opp. Electronics city Post office
Phone: 080-41668111/222
Phone: 0581-2460442/443
64.Jaipuria Institute of Management
Vineet Khand
Gomtinagar
Phone: 0522-2394296/2398096
65.Jaipuria Institute of Management
1 Bambala Institutional Area
Pratap Nagar, Sanganer
Jaipur – 302033
Phone: 0141-2771330-33
66.Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS Rohini)
3, Institutional Area
Sector-5, Rohini
Phone: 011-27042284, 27042296
Plot No. A-32A
Sector-62
Noida – 201307
Phone: 0120-2403850-54, 2403379-81
68.JK Padampat Singhania Institute of Management & Technology
Dist: Gurgaon
Phone: 0124-4268031,4267641
69.KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research
Vidyanagar
Mumbai-400077
Phone: 022-66449300/66449350
70.Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies
Yantrapur
Harihar – 577602
Phone: 08192-241269/241483
71.K R Mangalam Global
S-Block, Greater Kailash-II
Phone: 011-29219274/9810534726
72.
Old Pune –
Khandala
Pune – 410301
Phone: 02114-269230
73.Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management
Shastri Sadan, Sector-III
R.K. Puram
Phone: 011-26191081/26172407
74.Lotus Institute of Management
16 KM Stone,
P.O. Rajau
Phone: 05821-231364
75.Lal Bahadur Shasti Institute of Management & Technology
29,
Cantonment
Phone: 0581-2429203/205
76.
Jalandhar-Ludhiana G.T.Road
Near
Phagwara – 144402
Phone: 01824-500701
77.Management Development Institute (MDI Gurgaon)
Post Box No. 60,
Sukhrali
Gurgaon – 122001
Phone: 0124-4560800/4013050-61
78.National Institute of Bank Management
NIBM Post Offfice
Kondhwe Khurd
Pune – 411048
Phone: 020-26831584
79.National Institute of Technology
NIT Campus P.O..
Phone: 0495-2286100
80.National Power Training Institute (NPTI Faridabad)
NPTI Complex
Sector-33
Faridabad-121003
Phone: 0129-2275448
81.
Phone: (65) 67905622
(Nanyang Singapore, one of Asia's finest B-Schools, is accepting CAT 2008 scores for admission to its MBA programme)
82.National Institute of Technology (NIT)
Thiruchirappalli – 620215
Phone: 0431-2503001
83.
Balewadi,
NIA P.O.
Pune – 411045
Phone: 020-27204000/4444
84.New Delhi Institute of Management
60-61, Tughlakabad Institutional area
Phone: 011-29956566-68
85.
46, Institutional Area
S 32
Gurgaon – 122001
Phone: 0124-427500
86.
Narayan Kothi
Race
Phone: 0731-3245424, 3245425
87.S D M Institute for Management Development
No.1,
Siddarthanagar Post
Phone: 0821-2429722/9161
88.S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)
Munshi Nagar,
Andheri (West)
Mumbai – 400058
Phone: 022-26237454
Khushipur
P.O. Bachhaon
Phone: 0542-2271771, 3259266
90.
NH – 58
Modipuram
Phone: 0121-2575091/92
91.
Karyal
Post Office: Katra
Katra (Jammu & Kashmir) – 182301
Phone: 01991-285687/285524
92.
Phone: 040-23135000/23011091
93.
Tewariganj
Phone: 0522-2815015-16
94.Suryadatta Group of Institutes
2074, Sadashiv Peth
Vijayanagar Colony
Pune – 411030
Phone: 020-24336000/24330425/35
95.T.A. Pai Management Institute (populary referred to as TAPMI)
Manipal – 576104
Phone: 0820-2570361/2571358
96.Thiagarajar School of Management
Pamban Swamy Nagar
Thirupparankundram
Phone: 0452-2484099
97.The
(Jammu & Kashmir)
Phone: 0191-2430133, 2435529
98.
Phone: 0172-2541591/2534709
99.
Kurukshetra – 136119
Phone: 01744-238565
100.University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
SCO 9-12, Sector-14
Near HUDA Office
Gurgaon – 122007
Phone: 0124-4240300
101.Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management
Vignana Jyothi Nagar
Bachpally, Via Kukatpally
Phone: 040-23044901/23044902
Fax: 040-23044953
102.
VIT Universtiy
Phone: 0416-2202157/2125
Fax: 0416-2245544
That a B-School accepts CAT scores admission to its MBA/Other PG Programmes is not an indicator of the quality of the B-School. Please check with other reliable sources before applying to any B-School.
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Monday, August 04, 2008
List of Institutes accepting CAT 2008 Scores - 1
1. Accurate
Plot No. 49
Greater Noida - 201306
Phone: 0120-2328234-35
Fax: 0120-2320355
2.
Behind Sector 34 Marble Market
Sector – 34
Gurgaon – 122001
Phone: 0124-3212001
3.
Ettimadai P.O.
Phone: 0422-2656422
Fax: 0422-2656422
4. Aravali Institute of Management
Marwar Bhawan
Polo No.2, Paota
Phone: 0291-2550070/255356
Fax: 0291-2543600
Shiksha vihar
Phone: 0671-2111204/207/208
Fax: 0674-2111205
Village Damat
Neral, Karjat
Raigad – 410101
Phone: 02148-236714-20
Fax: 02148-236713
19th Cross, 7th
BTM-II Stage, N.S. Palya
Phone: 080-26681444
Fax: 080-26684137
Sector-8
Dwarka Institutional Area
Phone: 011-25363979/81
Fax: 011-25363985
9. Army Institute of Management
Opp. Alipore Telephone Exchange, Alipore
Kolkata – 700027
Phone: 033-24398335/37/38/24794494
Fax: 033-24794929
10. Asia-Pacific Institute of Management ‘
4, Institutional Area
Jasola (Opp. Sarita Vihar)
Phone: 011-42094800 (30 lines)
Fax: 011-26951541
11. Bharathidasan Institute of Management
M.H.D. Campus
BHEL Complex
Tiruchirappalli – 620014
Phone: 0431-2520796/502
Fax: 0431-2520733
12. BLS Institute of Management
Opp. Mohan Meakins Factory
Mohan Nagar
Phone: 0210-2658405, 2657654
Fax: 0120-2657714
13. Birla Institute of Management Technology
Plot No. 5
Knowledge Park–II
Greater Noida (NCR) – 201306
Phone: 0210-2323001-10
Fax: 0120-2323022/25
14.
11,
Kolkata – 700071
Phone: 22427488/22821450
Fax: 22826350
15. Center for Management Training & Research
CMTR Campus, Khanpur
P.O. Textile Colony, Kharar
Distt: Mohali – 140301
Phone: 0160-5009000
Fax: 0160-2282493
16.
Pantanagar – 263145
Phone: 05944-233884
17. Chandragupt Institute of Management
Hindi Bhavan
Chhajubagh, Post Box No.42
Phone: 0612-2200453
Fax: 0612-2200453
18. Cosmic
B-1/E-II, Mohan Co-operative Indl. Estate
Phone: 011-40520815-816
Fax: 011-26945323
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