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:

The next and final round of CAT 2014 will be held on November 23. More than 90,000 candidates are expected to take CAT 2014 on this day.

Exam Pattern:

Those who could crack more questions on Data Interpretation in the first session of first day of CAT 2014 exam on Nov 16, 2014, can expect a very high score getting an edge over their peers.

Questions on Data Interpretation and LR could prove to be the prime factors to push your score up or pull the same down according to the ability with which the sections were attempted. The questions were time consuming as well as required more skills to crack these questions.

Questions on Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning could be the game changer in the first day first session of CAT 2014. While Quant and especially Arithmatic was found moderate by the test takers, the DI and LR parts in respective section were found much difficult. The test takers after completing their exam came out cursing these sections and said Quant was easier, Verbal a bit difficult but DI and LR were the most difficult and time consuming parts.

Allaying the fear of technical glitches and management problems at the test centres, the first session on the first day of CAT 2014 began on time in most of the regions in the country. No report so far has been received about any problem due to which CAT 2014 couldnt begin on time.