CAT 2017: QA preparation - 5 mistakes to avoid in revised CAT exam pattern

15 days are left to appear in CAT 2017 exam on November 26, 2017. During this fortnight, your Quant preparation for CAT 2017 exam should get the final shape with pinning and removing all the errors analysed that you tend to make in CAT Mocks and in your sectional practice tests during CAT 2017 preparation.

No GST, Demon impact on IIM Summer Placements: IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta see record offers

While the economy may have slowed down from 7.5-8.0% to about 5.5-6.0% due to impact of GST and Demonetization, but Placements at IIMs are off to a good start. Summer Placements held last week at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta saw record offers from top companies like McKinsey, Accenture, Bain & Co and many others. Summer Placement trends assume greater significance as companies utilize this opportunity to evaluate candidates and give them Pre-Placement Offers for Final Placements immediately after their summers are over.
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FMS Delhi Placement Summer 2023: Average Stipend for 2022-24 Batch Rises by 13% at Rs.3.02 Lakhs for two Months; Top 10% Get Rs.4.02 Lakh Average Stipend

The highest RoI B-school in India, FMS Delhi has wrapped up its summer placement for MBA batch 2022-24 as early as in October 2022, with 13 percent higher average salary of Rs.302,000. All the students who participated in FMS Delhi Placement for summer 2023 have got internship offers from top recruiters. The median salary for summer placement 2023 at FMS Delhi has recorded 15% increase over last year. 290 out of 292 students from the MBA batch of 2022-2024 participated in the FMS Summer Placement process.

CAT 2017 Success mantra from Varsha, IIM Ahmedabad student Make a concepts book for challenging Questions

IIM Ahmedabad, the dream B-school of CAT toppers is no more a prerogative of engineers only. Candidates with diverse back ground are adding to the diversity in IIM Ahmedabad class rooms.

An inspiration for CAT 2017 aspirants, Varsha Murali who graduated as a fashion designer from Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune cracked CAT 2016 with 98.74 percentile, found her way to flagship PGP 2017-19 programme at IIM Ahmedabad. Varsha practiced as a freelance graphic designer during her preparation for CAT exam.

CAT 2017 exam preparation tips by IIML student & CAT topper Rachit Dont worry about wrong answers

IIM Lucknow student of PGP 2017-19 batch Rachit Gupta was a working professional before he cracked CAT and joined IIML. He is an inspiration for CAT 2017 aspirants as despite having very little time to study he opted for self-preparation. With his dedicated study schedule, he scored 99.83 percentile in CAT 2016 and got his dream IIM, the IIM Lucknow.

IMI New Delhi: Students to learn Leadership Lessons from Maruti, IOCL, AXIS Bank, HCL on Nov 4

International Management Institute (IMI) New Delhi is organizing Leadership event in HR on November 4, 2017. The students will get the opportunity to learn leadership lessons from the HR and other department heads of IOCL, Maruti Suzuki, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank. Prof Debashis Chatterjee, Director General of IMI New Delhi and former Director IIM Kozhikode is to facilitate the round table discussion with HR and L&D Head of these top companies.

Session with Problem Solving Marathon

CAT 2017 Admit Card: 5 must compliance points; dont skip to avoid loss of candidature

The CAT 2017 Admit Card is the foremost and mandatory document to be carried to the CAT 2017 test venue without which you can not appear in the IIMs admission test. But it is not the only document that you have to carry to the test venue on the testing day on November 26, 2017.
The explicit and implicit instructions in CAT 2017 Admit Card should be read between the lines as not following the dos and donts, documents and articles permitted at the CAT 2017 testing venue may result in loss of your candidature.
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IBSAT 2017: Registration closes on December 12; know the Key facts in MBA admission to 9 IBS schools

IBS Aptitude Test (IBSAT) 2017 is an important online computer based MBA entrance test to be conducted across India by ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (a deemed to be University). IBSAT 2017 is the gateway to MBA/PGPM 2018-20 at 9 campuses of ICFAI Business School (IBS). The exam will be conducted in the month of December 2017 in a 4 day test window from December 21-24, 2017. It will be a 2 hour computer based test.
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XAT 2018 Registration: Application last date - Nov 30; only exam to get you in XLRI & 145 B-schools

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2018 is the only exam that can lead you to admission in XLRI Jamshedpur. Registration for XAT 2018 closes on November 30 without late fee and on December 15 with late fee.
XLRI, the XAT 2018 convening authority has shared, Applicants should note that registration for XAT 2018 and appearing for XAT 2018 is the preliminary step towards applying to XLRI and XAT Associate Institutes. Applicants to different institutes, besides XLRI have to apply separately to Institutes of their choice.
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How to Register for XAT 2018 in easy steps

IIMs revamp CAT 2017 Exam pattern: Increase negative marking in DILR, Quant; Check the score loss

DILR and Quant sections in CAT 2017 exam on November 26, may bear the brunt of increased number of negative marking questions as compared to last 2 years CAT exams. IIMs released the official CAT 2017 Mock test on October 30 and have introduced perceptible changes in the CAT 2017 exam pattern and CAT syllabus.
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