Let’s get this fact straight. For Indian candidates (specially when you are a fresher or in a low paying job), taking the GMAT is a costly affair. The exam itself costs you 250 USD (around 17,000 INR). Add to it the cost of coaching and mock tests and you end up spending quite a lot.
How I prepared for CAT, the thought process and expectations from MBA.
There is a famous declaration in Math that goes thus – “Any prime number greater than 5 can be written in the form 6k + 1″ . This is blather. Pure, unadulterated blather that is a unique product of our system of education. This is not wrong, mind you. It could have been banished easily if it had been. I have never hated something so much for being right.
The AWA (Analytical Writing Ability) is an important section in GMAT where you will be provided with a situation/ argument and will be asked to critically analyze the same.
Indian School of Business (Hyderabad and Mohali) has been ranked as the 29th Best B-School in the world by Financial Times 2016 Ranking. Even then, a majority of Indian MBA aspirants are not aware about the basic features of this school. Many consider it “Out of reach” and do not even care to apply. This post is intended to be a ‘myth buster’ and I hope it will be informative to the aspirants.
As iQuanta ( www.iquanta.in) has brought revolution in the field of Online CAT world, something to know about such an amazing initiative.
Before I start writing this post, I would want to make it clear that it is being written keeping in mind the needs and aspirations of Indian MBA Aspirants, who generally prepare for the Indian Management Entrance Exams (CAT, XAT etc) and hence have quite a few doubts about the GMAT.
Mihir Gupta has done his engineering in Electronics and Communications from GNDU, Amritsar. He is currently in his second year of Post Graduate studies at IIM Sirmaur. He gave CAT'14 and managed to score 98.65 percentile.Did your engineering background help you during test prep? Did it help you in subsequent rounds (WAT-GD-PI)?
Let’s get this fact straight. For Indian candidates (specially when you are a fresher or in a low paying job), taking the GMAT is a costly affair. The exam itself costs you 250 USD (around 17,000 INR). Add to it the cost of coaching and mock tests and you end up spending quite a lot.
How I prepared for CAT, the thought process and expectations from MBA.
There is a famous declaration in Math that goes thus – “Any prime number greater than 5 can be written in the form 6k + 1″ . This is blather. Pure, unadulterated blather that is a unique product of our system of education. This is not wrong, mind you. It could have been banished easily if it had been. I have never hated something so much for being right.
The AWA (Analytical Writing Ability) is an important section in GMAT where you will be provided with a situation/ argument and will be asked to critically analyze the same.
Indian School of Business (Hyderabad and Mohali) has been ranked as the 29th Best B-School in the world by Financial Times 2016 Ranking. Even then, a majority of Indian MBA aspirants are not aware about the basic features of this school. Many consider it “Out of reach” and do not even care to apply. This post is intended to be a ‘myth buster’ and I hope it will be informative to the aspirants.
As iQuanta ( www.iquanta.in) has brought revolution in the field of Online CAT world, something to know about such an amazing initiative.
Before I start writing this post, I would want to make it clear that it is being written keeping in mind the needs and aspirations of Indian MBA Aspirants, who generally prepare for the Indian Management Entrance Exams (CAT, XAT etc) and hence have quite a few doubts about the GMAT.
Mihir Gupta has done his engineering in Electronics and Communications from GNDU, Amritsar. He is currently in his second year of Post Graduate studies at IIM Sirmaur. He gave CAT'14 and managed to score 98.65 percentile.Did your engineering background help you during test prep? Did it help you in subsequent rounds (WAT-GD-PI)?
