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XAT 2015 Comprehensive Analysis and Cutoffs

(XAT 2016 Cutoffs can be found here)

ARKS Srinivas04 Jan 2015

'Solving timed mock tests now is the key. Essay can be brought up in Interview'- Akriti Gupta, XLRI on Cracking XAT 2015

Transcript of the LIVE Chat with Akriti Gupta, 2nd year student at XLRI Jamshedpur on Cracking XAT 2015.

Team InsideIIM25 Dec 2014

How to survive the CAT

This is a story from seven years ago... when CAT was still a pen and paper exam... and when the number of CAT aspirants was growing (and not degrowing) at a double digit rate. This is the story of CAT 2008... more specifically my CAT 2008. I’ll try to make this as interesting as humanly possible. (Of course I am part Martian, so this might be more interesting than humanly possible.) My battered Nokia woke me up with a cheap rendition of some Mozart symphony. Had milk. Did the morning business (you know- brush teeth, shave, bathe and that thing people do on a commode.) Packed / double checked the bag. One of the parents asked me how I felt. I answered “OK” (my favorite monosyllable). In truth I felt like a crash test dummy. And then began the hour and half long journey to damn Mayur Vihar phase 3. It looked so much like Bawana (where my college at the time - DCE - was) that I almost kissed the ground and dramatically yelled “I’m home!” There were cows and the resultant cow dung everywhere. It was amazing how cow dung had been internalized as an important element of architecture in this hellhole. It was everywhere. On walls; on the roads, on the pavements, on cows and even on some people. And then there were the people. Damn everybody was giving the exam by the looks of it. There were people with beards and without; with kids and without; with hair and without. Masses of humanity were churned up by cars, autos, buses, all wearing some sort of bag and some sort of troubled expression. I had Avtar Singh for company which helped ‘coz the iPod wasn’t really cooling my nerves. The amazing thing about my body is that if I get too tense, I have to pee. So I did- thrice (before CAT even started). The invigilator had just distributed the double sealed booklets before I had to go again. The invigilator just gave me a look she probably reserves for convicted/ suspected perverts and asked me to stay calm and take my seat. I couldn’t leave the hall now until the exam ended. Damn my bladder! And thus the only thought in my head as I perused through the paper for the first ten minutes was “I gotta pee”. Of course this sensation was only made worse by the questions. If you have seen any criminal investigation shows on the telly (only the good ones), you’ll probably know how human memory gets distorted by trauma. And ergo, I have no recollection whatsoever of what ensued in those 2.5 hours. Just vague scenes, options, questions is all I recollect. And as the bell rang, the joy that the damn exam was over didn't hit me. My only joy was that I was free to pee! I ultimately mustered a 98.6 percentile with a disastrous score in DI resulting in zero IIM calls. Life didn't end though because I got through FMS with a 99.97 and ended up spending two glorious years there. What I learnt from my own experience of entrance exams was that whenever I entered exam halls with the feeling that I was taking on the world (as I did in CAT 2008) - that I was up against lakhs of other candidates, most of them brighter than me, - I did poorly. It was when I thought of the battle as simply me versus a set of questions on a piece of paper, it helped tremendously and the exam became an exercise in having fun. That is how I ended up clearing all my non CAT exams/ hurdles.

vaibhav Anand24 Dec 2014

Six Uncommon Mistakes that MBA Aspirants frequently commit

Couple of years back I was in the same boat as many of today’s MBA aspirants are. Today, as a professor, I sit on the other side of the table taking GDs and Interviews of students who are in search for that coveted B-school tag; a ticket to success that will assure them a place in one of top Indian or MNC corporate houses.

Ashutosh Kar22 Dec 2014

MBA from an IIT: Is it worth?

Almost every MBA aspirant in India dreams to get a coveted seat at one of the IIM’s, which are considered to be the best places to pursue management education in the nation. The top IIM’s offer high quality education and have an enviable placement record. There was a time when quality business education was synonymous with the IIM’s, but things are changing. Several colleges in India, particularly the schools of management from various IIT’s, with their infrastructure and unique course offerings have grown in stature and are looked upon as centres of excellence.

Media Cell DMS, IIT Delhi21 Dec 2014

Picking the Cherries - B School Selection

India, a country where every year thousands of aspirants enroll for CAT, the ultimate test of aptitude and an analytical mind, with a dream to pursue a course in Management from the Ivy leagues of the country. Conducted by the elite IIMs, CAT is not just a gateway for MBA but also an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds and discrete age groups to contribute to and learn from the developing world. However, amidst the lustre of MBA and its likes, choosing the right B-school remains to be a herculean task for every aspirant.

Media Cell DMS, IIT Delhi21 Dec 2014