Anticipating the surprises on CAT day, many of the CAT 2016 aspirants who wish to get into one of the top rated IIMs in 2017 are worried how they should prepare and score high in next 15 days. In fact, in the changed exam pattern of CAT 2016 you may expect high score in 2 sections but a sudden dip in one section.

After going down from the status of top class recruiter to no-recruiter, the e-commerce giant Flipkart may not be seen this year in the campus placement process of 2017 at IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow or any other highly ranked IIM or IITs where it has already lost its status of coveted day one recruiting company.

CAT 2016 will make you face DILR section after getting through the VARC section in 1st one hour and the next section, you will face is Quant which is again calculation intensive. Why IIM Bangalore has placed the new DILR section between Quant and VRC sections in CAT 2016 instead of making it the last of the 3 sections is not without purpose. The sequence of making VARC as the first section; DILR as second and QA as third section is not coincidental but has emerged after some deep analysis and thought process.

Scoring 99+ in CAT 2016 more depends on how strong you are to avoid your temptation and less on how many more questions you attempt in the exam, is the expert view by Prof S K Agarwal, mentor on CAT 2016 preparation and expert on Verbal Ability.

XLRI-Xavier School of Management, recently hostedGNOSIS 2016-its Annual Finance Symposiumin Mumbai. The symposium is hosted by the Finance Association of XLRI every year to promote a platform for interaction between academia and industry leaders to discuss relevant issues and challenges faced by the industry as well as finding solutions to them.

You can download IIFT 2016 exam Admit Card from today onwards in case you have not received it by post. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has already dispatched Admit cards by post for its flagship MBA-IB course entrance exam to be held on November 27, 2016. The test will be conducted in 20 major cities across the country in single session in paper pen mode.

IIFT specifically advises the aspirants Applicants, who do not receive their Admit Cards by15thNovember 2016, can download their Admit Card from IIFTs website.

Data Interpretation in DILR section of CAT 2016 may prove to be a real game changer in determining your percentile score. The 16 tricky DI questions in 4 sets comprising MCQ and Non-MCQ format can push your percentile up or may pull it down in CAT 2016.

Less than a month remains for the CMAT 2017 registration last date which closes on December 10 and AICTE has not announced any facility to apply after the last date with any late fee. With the changes and modifications in the state level MBA entrance tests and their final selection rounds, more candidates are expected to be accommodated on the basis of CMAT 2017 score acceptable to top MBA colleges across the country. CMAT 2017 exam date is January 28, 2017 while January 29 has been kept as the Reserve day for CMAT 2017 exam.

Making a swift move from awarding high weightage to CAT 2016 scores to profile based importance IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta. Lucknow and FMS Delhi have changed their admission criteria for PGP 2017-19. Now even after scoring very high percentile in CAT 2016 you may not expect to get admission in any of these top B-schools as their focus has shifted to your profile which will be awarded higher weightage in final admission round as well as in shortlisting process.

IIMs, FMS: Higher weightage to Profile