It is said that history repeats itself. The same happened with CAT 2011 registrations. Like last year, this year too, just when it was a week left for the CAT Voucher Sale and the CAT registrations, it was announced that the dates of CAT 2011 Voucher Sale and registrations have been extended. After the extension of dates, the CAT vouchers will now be available till Saturday, October 1, 2011. The registration process will go on till Tuesday, October 4, 2011.

IIM Calcutta had announced CAT 2011, the entrance exam for the 13 IIMs and over 150 B-schools in India, on 25 July 2011. CAT 2011 will be held in a 20 day window between October 22, 2011 and November 18, 2011. This year there are two changes in the pattern of the paper. With the change in the pattern of the exam there are many questions that are cropping up in the minds of MBA aspirants across the country with respect to time management, number of questions, preparation strategy, and other areas of the big entrance exam. MBAUniverse.com brings to you this special article written by Mr.

This year there has been major changes in the exam pattern. you still have some time left to improve your weaker areas

There are less than 50 days left for the CAT 2011 exam. This year there has been major changes in the exam pattern. The CAT has also become a bigger exam with reputed B-schools like FMS Delhi, DMS of IITs and MICA switching over to CAT scores for admissions 2012.

The CAT 2011 registration process started over two weeks back. If you have decided to take CAT 2011 and you are yet to register for it, it is high time for you to do so.

You can buy the CAT 2011 Vouchers from Axis Bank. You can check the list of branches from the CAT IIM website (www.catiim.in). There are two more weeks to go for the CAT 2011 Voucher Sale, the last date for which is Monday, September 26, 2011.

Now that less than two months are left for CAT 2011, the questions that are rising in the aspirants minds are not just based on preparation but many other factors that are going on inside their mind. These can be anything from registration to test taking strategy, time management and choosing the right date. In the last AskMBAUniverse.com Live Expert Chat held on Friday, August 26, 2011 with R Shiva Kumar, the CAT 2011 aspirants got the opportunity to get all these queries answered.

MBAUniverse.com had brought to you the news recently that the IIMs are rolling out their admissions criteria for 2012-14 batch admissions. The IIMs which have recently announced the admissions criteria for next years admissions are: IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Rohtak, IIM Raipur, IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode.

MBAUniverse.com is starting this special series on IIM Admissions 2012-14: Admissions Criteria. Today we bring to you first article based on the key highlights of the admissions criteria recently published by some of the IIMs.

It has been a week since the CAT 2011 registrations have begun. After purchasing your CAT voucher you can register yourself for the exam and pick the desired test day for yourself. If you are really determined about getting your desired schedule for CAT 2011, you must have already bought the CAT 2011 voucher and registered for the exam. But if you have still not got the time to register, you should not waste much time and get yourself registered for the test.

The new IIMs which have started functioning since the last one year are setting up their own methods of doing things which the veteran IIMs have not done over the years. Take for instance, the Joint Admission Process adopted for admissions 2011. The initiative was taken by IIM Ranchi and IIM Rohtak, which were also in charge of the process. The other new IIMs, IIM Raipur and IIM Trichy took part in it.

The Quantitative Ability area is one of those areas which is believed to give the CAT aspirants sleepless nights. If your weakest area is Quant, then you need to brush up on the specific important areas as now it is hardly two months left for CAT 2011.

To start with, we will focus on the area of Geometry which is considered to be one of the toughest portions of this section. As described by an expert, Geometry is all about visualization. Let us have a look at the area in detail.

The announcement of the new exam pattern in CAT 2011 has raised a buzz amongst the CAT takers. Everyone is trying to contemplate the pattern and preparation strategy for CAT 2011.

To address this issue, AskMBAUniverse.com conducted Live Expert Chat on the topic How to prepare for the new pattern of CAT 2011. The chat which was held on Thursday, July 28, 2011 with Byju Raveendran, founder, Byjus CAT Classes received a plethora of queries from the candidates on what the new pattern would be like and what would be the preparation strategy for CAT 2011.