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Experience on Student Exchange from IIM – Respect or Inferiority?

Experience on Student Exchange from IIM – Respect or Inferiority?

“Student Exchange - Sure enough, delightful but...” “All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go”, humming to the tune of John Denver, I walked towards immigration. The officer flipped through my crisp passport, pausing at the only stamped page with the Schengen visa. I said to myself, “Aye boss, that’s my sixteen country dream....the Gondola-ride, Oktoberfest, Northern Lights, deep sea diving...” My thoughts were interrupted as the immigration officer, peering at me, questioned, “Kahan jaa rahe ho?” “France.” “Kyun?” A beaming me replied, “Student Exchange Programme!”

Shaurya Ahuja & Kanupriya Sharda IIM C
The Future of the CAT (Common Admission Test)

The Future of the CAT (Common Admission Test)

The waning interest in CAT among MBA aspirants continued as this year saw around 1.85Lstudents appearing for CAT 2011, no significant change (Ref. graph) from CAT 2010. Put this in perspective, that the number also includes the JMET applicants who would have applied for the IIT-SOMs and doesn’t take much to figure out that all is not well with the CAT. Looking at this trend I can’t help but think about the future of CAT.

Charan Iyengar