Articles in GMAT Entrance Exam 2022
Editor’s note: This ia an analysis of the CAT 2011 test pattern changes by Ankur Agarwal, a guest author and an IIM Lucknow alumnus who works in a senior position at an Ahmedabad-based coaching institute. The views expressed here are his own. — (Original photo credit: terren) The new Common Admissions Test (CAT) pattern looks […]
(Photo credit: Everjean) If Verbal Ability is the first half of the English section of management entrance tests, then Reading and Comprehension (RC) makes up the second half. As the name suggests, RC comprises two parts — Reading + Comprehension. A CAT aspirant should be able to read at a fairly good speed and also […]
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta’s Prof Janakiraman Moorthy, who is the Convenor for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011 speaks about this year’s exam. Will there be changes in the CAT this year? Yes, but few. The CAT 2011 will have only two sections instead of three. The first section will focus on Quantitative […]
Getting an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) call is the ultimate ‘Holy Grail’ for a CAT aspirant. But the quest itself is an arduous journey. And a good road map helps in making the journey easier. The hallmark of a good road map is to provide markers with the ups and downs of the journey. […]
Note by Apurv Pandit: Last month, I met Dr Ariff Kachra, a Strategy professor of Indian origin at Canada’s Richard Ivey School of Business who also runs the school’s executive training center in Mumbai. As we chatted about various things MBA, I asked him how he found the quality of applicants from India to Richard […]
(Photo credit: Nils Geylen) Starting this weekend, we will post a weekly digest of links to analysis or opinion articles from other websites and blogs that we feel might enrich both your knowledge and perspective about business education. We will try to cover the best of all prolific writing out there in the online beyond […]
The Supreme Court has brought an end to the uncertainty in the admission process by granting an interim relief against the controversial AICTE circular. We have procured a copy of the order and after speaking to the various stakeholders, we have deconstructed the implications of the order for MBA aspirants. What does the verdict say? […]
IBS campuses located at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune are the constituents of the Icfaian Foundation. They offer two-year, full-time Postgraduate Program in Management (PGPM) to prepare the students and equip them for successful corporate careers. IBS campuses are committed to achieve excellence in teaching and research by focusing on the necessary hardware […]
Computer-based testing will soon be ubiquitous in India and more management entrance tests will employ technologically evolved methods of assessment. As a consumer of these tests, how do you identify quality in a test? Lawrence M Rudner, VP of R&D; and Chief Psychometrician of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) writes a guide to differentiating […]
A classic error that judicial courts are prone to is one where the paranoia over not allowing criminals to be let off the hook results in a lot of innocent people being put to trial. Statisticians call this unintentionally increasing ‘type 1’ errors (false positives) in the pursuit of reducing ‘type 2’ errors (false negatives). […]