The number of applicants for CAT has been continuously witnessing a decline since the past few years. The CAT 2010 saw a total of 2.06 lakh candidates registering for the exam. This was a drop of around 15 per cent compared to the CAT 2009 registration figures which was 2.42 lakh. The CAT 2009 registration figures had similarly witnessed a marginal dip in comparison to CAT 2008. The registered takers of CAT 2008 were 2.46 lakh.

Apart from Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability has questions on Grammar and Vocabulary which also needs due attention. To make you well aware about this section, Sidharth Balakrishna, CAT expert & mentor, author of CAT prep books and IIM Calcutta alumnus has shared this article exclusively with MBAUniverse.com on How to prepare for Verbal Ability three months before CAT 2011.

Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has announced its completion of Xuberance14 with 100% placements for the PGDM (BM) batch of 2012-2014. The average annual compensation stood at Rs. 12.08 Lakhs per annum.

Highlights of XIMB Placements 2014:

1. Xuberance 14 saw the batch of 176 candidates of PGDM program participating in the placement process.

2. 54 companies participated in Xuberance 14 of which 18 were new recruiters.

3. 20% of students have been extended PPO/PPI from their summer internship organizations.

Final admission round in MBA admission 2014 in highly ranked B schools is passing through a different innovative trend than what continued in the past. Number of times candidates find themselves trapped in the jugglery of words in WAT which may or may not be a part of Group discussion. A few B schools have started focusing more on Written Ability Test followed by Personal Interview while a few of others have introduced Psychometric tests, situation analysis, GD on caselet followed by summary writing and PI, Group exercises and so on.

The Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi has had a legacy of securing stellar placements, both in terms of the compensation and the wide variety of profiles on offer. This years placement season has continued this legacy, securing 212 offers for a batch where 205 students participated in the placement process, ensuring 100% placements. Average salary of total offers increased to Rs.16.18 lakhs per annum.
37 first-time recruiters visited the campus this season taking the total number of companies participating to 107. A total of 38 students received Pre-placement offers.

ATMA, the MBA entrance exam conducted by Association of Indian Management Schools has been announced, which will open the door for MBA admissions 2012-14 at leading B schools. Unlike previous years, there is a major change in the mode of delivery of the exam.

ATMA which was traditionally a paper pencil based test will have two avatars from 2012. ATMA will be held five times in the year 2012. While the first one will be held in the usual paper pencil based format, the next four tests will be held in the online format.

With CAT 2011 getting over, you may think that your battle is over. But apart from CAT there are many other MBA entrance exams which are yet to come and whose registrations are going on. If you want to widen your horizon and ensure your admission to a good B-School, you should take other MBA entrance exams as well.

The IIFT 2011 exam is just four days away. At this stage, you cannot start with anything new but if you wisely utilize these four days, you can definitely improve your current preparation level. To help you in this regard, this article of MBAUniverse.com brings to you the IIFT topper mantras for the last week to IIFT 2011.

CAT 2011 got over last week, but now it is time for MBA aspirants to crack yet another important MBA entrance exam. The big MBA entrance exam to be held this week is IIFT 2011, the entrance exam for IIFT Delhi and Kolkata for the Academic year 2012-14. The exam will be held on Sunday, November 27, 2011. As there are 5 days to go for IIFT 2011, this article of MBAUniverse.com talks about the overall pattern of the exam. The pattern of IIFT exam keeps changing. IIFT 2010 had 135 questions, whereas IIFT 2009 had 122 questions.