Over the last few weeks, various top B-schools have made their Admission 2012-14 announcements. To provide you a one stop info center on all the latest application announcements MBAUniverse brings to you this special update.

On Monday, September 19, 2011, IIMs declared that the registration to CAT 2011 has been extended by five days. With this announcement the MBA education community is excited as with this extension, combined with the entry of FMS Delhi, MICA, DMS of IITs, will lead to higher number of CAT takers this year, which will make the entrance exam more challenging for the test takers.

Outlook magazine has released the Best B Schools 2011 rankings in its latest issue dated Sept 18-26, 2011. With scams rocking Indian corporates, the MBA has become even more important, says the survey report. The Outlook B School Rankings 2011also present the ranking of B schools in different categories. The top B schools in each category are as follows:

There are about 40 days left for CAT 2011 test phase to begin. It is the time for you to work hard on your weak areas. For some, the weak area is Quantitative Ability, and for some it can be the area of Verbal Ability. This week, MBAUniverse.com will focus on these areas and share with you the expert tips on improving your weakness.

MBAUniverse.com had broken the news on 6 September 2011 that the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi has scrapped its own entrance exam and has switched to the CAT entrance exam for its admissions 2012.

There are hardly 40 days left for CAT 2011 now. You must be taking regular mock tests. The question which must be bothering you at this stage is, how to improve the score of the test? If you attain a high percentile in your mock tests, then only you can expect a satisfactory score at CAT 2011 so that you can receive the call from your dream B-School.

There are hardly 40 days left for CAT 2011. The CAT aspirants, who are working professionals, often find it difficult to balance their work and preparation. If you are serious about cracking CAT 2011, you must adapt yourself with the balancing act between your work and preparation.

The recent weeks have been witness to a big shake up in the MBA entrance exam space. Major MBA entrance exams have been scrapped -- MICAT entrance exam by MICA, JMET entrance exam by the Department of Management Studies of IITs, and the big entrance exam of Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi.

It is about 50 days to CAT 2011 now. It is high time that you strategize your preparation. The best way to figure out the right strategy is by taking mock tests. If one doesnt work out well, try another strategy and in this way, finalize it. This article of MBAUniverse.com will discuss some strategies which you must follow in these 50 days to CAT 2011.

If you are getting around 80 percentile in your mock tests, you must be aiming for more. There are still around 50 days left for CAT 2011 and if you make the right strategy, it will not be impossible for you to improve your score from 80 to above 95 percentile. But how? In this article of MBAUniverse.com, Rav Gandhi, CAT expert and JBIMS alumnus shows you the way.

Read further to know what Rav has to say.