CAT 2016 registration, gateway to 20 IIMs and other top B-schools, is drawing to close on September 22, 2016 at 5 PM. Number of candidates are still holding back from applying and are waiting for some last minute change or clarification whether the exam would bring more surprises this year. But all this confusion and difficulty in completing the registration in next 2-3 days will not deter IIM Bangalore from closing the CAT 2016 registration process on September 22.

CAT 2016 aspirants stand benefitted with the success mantra shared by last year CAT toppers who not only cracked the exam with high percentile but also converted their call to top B-schools. MBAUniverse.com has brought a round of CAT toppers success stories alongwith their success mantra that led them to crack CAT with high percentile.

In the series we present the success story and CAT 2016 preparation tips shared by Shashank Heda, CAT topper with 99.9 percentile and a student of PGP 2016-18 batch at IIM Bangalore.

Verbal Ability in SNAP 2016 will consist of 3 parts namely Reading Comprehension passages, Core Verbal Ability and Verbal Reasoning. The section will have 40 questions in MCQ format and will carry a weightage of 40 marks out of maximum 150 marks.

XAT 2017 on January 8, 2017 after CAT 2016, is the second largest national level MBA/PGDM entrance test offering admission opportunity in 2017 to XLRI and other more than 140 highly ranked B-schools. XAT 2017 will only be a month away from CAT 2016 and in view of Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability in CAT & XAT, due to the close gap between both the exams, you have to synchronise your preparation for CAT 2016 as well as for XAT 2017 especially when there are more common topics to prepare in both the exams.

For the benefit of CAT 2016 aspirants, MBAUniverse.com has brought a round of CAT toppers success stories alongwith their success mantra that led them to crack CAT with high percentile. In the series we present the success story and CAT 2016 preparation tips shared by Disha Gupta, student of IIM Ranchi and CAT topper.

IIM Ranchi student and CAT topper of last year with 98.83 percentile Disha Gupta believes that you need more practice to succeed in CAT 2016 than getting glued to reading theory only since high score in all the 3 sections is equally important.

CAT 2016 registration number may increase and break past 6 year record as more aspirants are expected to take the exam. The motivation behind the move is said to be the rising trend in MBA placements. Almost all the top and middle rung B-schools whether IIMs, Non-IIMs, University affiliated or private PGDM institutes, all have recorded higher than last year placement in 2016 with more recruiters from all sectors. The registration process for CAT 2016 is proposed to close on September 22, if not extended further as used to happen in last 2 years.

IIM Ahmedabads 2 year PGP has been ranked 16 followed by IIM Bangalores 2 year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) which has been ranked 19 in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management 2016 ranking.
IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore are 2 of the top B-schools in India. While IIM Ahmedabad has gone down from 15th position in 2015 to 16th position in 2016, IIM Bangalore has moved up by 7 spots from 26 to 19 in the ranking positions.

FMS Delhi is the dream B-school for CAT toppers who prefer the campus to IIMs and other top B-schools. One of such CAT toppers in 2015 Saransh Garg who scored 99.98 percentile preferred to join FMS Delhi and now a student of MBA 2016-18 batch advises the CAT 2016 aspirants to be at top of their sincerity while taking a mock test and take it without any internal and external disturbance, as if you are taking final CAT 2016 exam.

IIFT 2016 entrance exam for MBA (IB) 2017-19 will offer good opportunity to get admission in either of the 2 campuses situated in Delhi and Kolkata of the highly ranked Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. The entrance exam in paper-pen mode will be held on November 27, 2016 in 20 cities across the country and will have 4 components without any sectional time constraints.

CAT 2016 Registration form has been suitably modified by IIM Bangalore, the CAT 2016 convening IIM after incorporating the demands raised by the aspirants. Way back in the month of June MBAUniverse.com took up the Aspirants demands with CAT convener at IIM Bangalore wherein CAT 2016 aspirants requested for certain changes in the registration form regarding the elimination of hidden age bar and adding Noida as test city.