Many CAT toppers do not recommend repeated appearances in CAT. Rather, they believe in preparing themselves in such a way that there is no chance that would cause them to miss their mark on CAT exam day.

The journey for every aspirant starts with the dream of securing a high percentile which eventually leads to the admission in a top B-School.  There are several things that CAT 100 percentilers do differently from the rest of the candidates. In 2017, two women students and three non-engineers were among the 20 candidates who secured the perfect 100 percentile in CAT.

IIMs had introduced TITA or Type In The Answer questions in CAT since 2015. TITA or the non-MCQs do not carry any answer options and you have to answer the question by typing your answer on the virtual keyboard with the help of mouse and submitting by clicking on the 'Save & Next' tab. Since CAT TITA questions do not have negative marking scheme, you must attempt all such questions. On the other hand, owing to the lack of options, CAT non-MCQs can be time-consuming as well.

In 2015, the IIM introduced on-screen calculator along with a host of other changes. The objective to provide on-screen calculator is to help the candidates carry out basic computations.

There is less than a week to go for the CAT. Some aspirants would have gotten trained for this for around a year, some of them attending again for improvisation and some of them with a lot of dreams for the first time. With just days left for the exam day, here is what you can do to ensure a better preparation before you appear for the exam.

Once you have decided to join a coaching institute, what all factors are important to consider before freezing your final option? With a number of CAT coaching institutes available today, each one of them claiming to be the best, selecting a CAT preparation institute had always been a matter of confusion for MBA aspirants. There are some factors you must consider before selecting a CAT preparation institute to get good results after spending some money on preparation fees.

It is never too early to start preparing for entrance exams as most of them demand knowledge that you have accumulated over a period of time. CAT is scheduled to be held in November. The registrations for the same open in August. Now, is the best time to start with your preparations.

There are 60 questions in CAT 2012. Pattern is similar to CAT 2011. For students who’re going to take the exam, the biggest confusion they have in mind is how many questions should be answered so that they get the desired percentile. This question of how many questions to crack in CAT (or any other exam) depends upon three factors.

it is important realize that the CAT preparation is divided into two parts. Each part is as important as the other. Part 1 is the development of basic concepts. Through conceptual development and practising questions, you can focus on developing a strong theoretical background in each section of the exam. Part 2 is test taking or mock CATs. Any preparation for CAT cannot be completed without a significant number of tests taken by you.