Only 3 days are left for the IIFT MBA(IB) batch 2015-17 entrance test which will be on Sunday Nov 23, 2014 and will be in the paper pen mode. It will be a single session exam across the country. The flagship programme at IIFT is its 2 years MBA programme in International Business. IIFT conducts its own entrance test on the conventional pattern of paper-pen mode. The entrance test will be conducted in 20 cities across India in two hours duration from 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon. MBAUniverse.com brings a few strict donts from Prof. S. K.

CAT 2014 has announced that CAT 2014 shall involve administering a different Form of the Test across each of the 4 different Test Sessions. The different form of test implying different type of questions in each session may not mean any substantial deviation in number of questions asked in each part of each section. The prospective CAT 2014 test takers on Nov 22, 2014 should not be worried and should devise the testing room strategy dividing their time among the parts of the 2 sections with the aim to maximize their scores with more attempts.

The 5 questions on Error correction in Verbal Ability section may prove to be the game changer on Nov 22, 2014. In contrast to earlier CAT exams but in accordance with published CAT 2014 mock test on its site CAT exam Centre 2014 has focused more on basics of English language this year. While there used to be 1or 2 very tricky questions based on Error correction in earlier CAT exams, CAT 2014 has placed 4-5 questions of moderate difficulty in the exam.

Future managers at MDI-Gurgaon are following the famous quote by Albert Camnus You cannot create experience, You must undergo it in letter and spirit in the 3 day Management Convention at MDI Gurgaon. Marching on with the live projects and case studies to connect to the industry, students at MDI will focus on conducting research in collaboration with industry through an event called Delphique. The 18th edition of management convention DELHIQUE at MDI Gurgaon is going to be held from November 21 to 23, 2014.Chief Guest for this years edition is Mr.

Admission entrance test to MBA(IB) 2015-17 batch at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is on November 23, 2014 while the second day CAT 2014 exam will be a day earlier i.e. on November 22, 2014.

Bloomberg Business week, a leading US based business magazine, has released the 14th ranking of full-time MBA programs in which Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business has claimed the #1 position. Duke dethroned the University of Chicagos Booth School of Business. Harvard Business School (HBS) is ranked at #8 in this ranking. Only three Asian B-schools are ranked in this list. There is no Indian B-school ranked in the Top 100 of this global ranking.

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Putting a full stop to all the apprehensions, fears and problems that were being anticipated by many to come up in CAT 2014, the first two sessions of CAT 2014 exam with new pattern have been conducted successfully without any problem technical or managerial. The published full length CAT 2014 practice test, test day guide, exam duration and pattern on CAT 2014 have been of great help for the candidates.

CAT 2014 first day with 2 sessions is over with mixed reactions from test takers on the part of difficulty level and changed pattern of the exam. But the common reaction from all the candidates was that questions on Data Interpretation and Logical reasoning on both the sessions were bit more difficult than on Quant and Verbal Ability.

CAT 2014 first day with 2 sessions on November 16, 2014 passed off with no technical glitches during the exam and has reassured the test takers that CAT 2014 is surely an aspirant friendly test. The fear of expected technical problems and mismanagement at the exam centres has now vanished and CAT 2014 test takers have appreciated the way CAT 2014 on its first day was conducted.

MBAUniverse.com presents a first-person account of a candidate who took the CAT 2014 exam on first day on November 16, 2014 to help you get ready for your D-Day on Nov 22, 2014. Candidates account of his CAT 2014 experience follows: