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Should You Invest In An Education When Times Are Tough? | Dr. Ranjan Banerjee, Dean, SPJIMR

Should You Invest In An Education When Times Are Tough? | Dr. Ranjan Banerjee, Dean, SPJIMR

Do you think this is the right time to do an MBA? Do you think b schools are well equipped to provide a healthy and safe environment to their students in these times of pandemic? To clear all those doubts, we spoke to Dr. Ranjan Banerjee, the dean at SP Jain Institute of Management Research (SPJIMR). In this video, Dr. Banerjee talks about the current scenario in the world of education, and how b schools can use this as an opportunity to explore prospects. Dr. Banerjee addresses the most important query that students and aspirants like you have right now: Is it the right time to do an MBA? He speaks of the pros and cons of it, and how b schools like SPJIMR are preparing their campus to ensure that students get the best experience. He then speaks of the SPJIMR selection process, and how they value a candidate’s profile and experience more than their CAT percentile. He even gives tips on how a candidate with a weaker profile can make it to a top b school.

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How To Introspect Yourself While Appearing For The Last Few CAT 2020 Mock Tests?

How To Introspect Yourself While Appearing For The Last Few CAT 2020 Mock Tests?

This is the time when you need to give your best and leave the rest. If you haven’t been able to score well in your mock tests, the first thing you need to do is – DO NOT PANIC. Mock tests are extremely important in any competitive exam and CAT is no different. So here’s what you can do in your mock tests for the last month of your CAT Preparation:

Amrita Mishra
Making The Best Use Of The Last 45 Days For CAT 2020

Making The Best Use Of The Last 45 Days For CAT 2020

With 45 days to go for CAT, candidates often have several doubts in their minds regarding their preparation strategies. Is there a need to change strategy at this point? Should I increase/decrease the pace of my preparation? Should I increase the time I have been devoting to practice? Should I start attempting more mock tests?

Aishwarya Nair
Last Stretch To 99 Percentile - Exam Prep Tips From Toppers

Last Stretch To 99 Percentile - Exam Prep Tips From Toppers

In 2020, approximately 2.3 lakh aspirants have registered to appear for the CAT 2020 exam, of which (based on historical trends) between 80-90% are actually going to appear for the exam. This means that you'll be competing with just over 2 lakh aspirants for a few thousand coveted seats at the top-IIMs in the country. With your level of preparation and confidence, we're sure you can achieve your target score, but it always pays off to keep options open for yourself.

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How I Cracked CAT On My 2nd Attempt While Working At JP Morgan, Ft. Kritika Mittal, IIM B

How I Cracked CAT On My 2nd Attempt While Working At JP Morgan, Ft. Kritika Mittal, IIM B

Kritika Mittal graduated with a B.E. in Computer Science from Thapar University and got a job as an analyst in JP Morgan. After a couple years of working here, Kritika decided to pursue an MBA. Hence in 2018, she attempted the CAT. Not happy with her performance, she decided to rewrite the CAT in 2019. Working 12-18 hours a day and preparing for CAT was not an easy task. But Kritika managed to score 98%ile and convert IIM Bangalore. Find out her tips, tricks, and hacks to crack the CAT in this video!

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Students Appearing For 3rd Or 4th Time Need To Work On Time And Stress Management- Atishaya Jain | IIM A, 99.84%ile

Students Appearing For 3rd Or 4th Time Need To Work On Time And Stress Management- Atishaya Jain | IIM A, 99.84%ile

Atishaya Jain is presently studying at IIM A, the dream college for many MBA aspirants. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT Mandi, 2014-18) with a bachelor's in Mechanical engineering (8.79 GPA), he had scored 10 CGPA in SSC(class X CBSE, 2012) and 92.6% in HSC(class XII CBSE, 2014). Post-engineering, he worked for a few months as a sales officer in HPCL and later moved on to explore the educational sector where he worked as an IIT JEE maths faculty at an educational firm. Here is the entire journey of Atishaya during his CAT preparation and how he managed to score 189.43 with 99.84%ile [VARC: 50.48, 95.47 | DILR: 64.91, 99.86 | QA: 74.03, 99.76 ] in his first attempt.

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Utilize The Last 45 Days To Score 98+ Percentile In CAT

Utilize The Last 45 Days To Score 98+ Percentile In CAT

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” -Colin Powell Only 45 days are left for you to bell the cat, and now is the time for you to apply your full potential and optimize your time and work on key areas where you feel you can do better. There will be many who started late for preparation in this sprint think that they have lost this sprint.

Dhruv Aggarwal