If you are reading this article, you surely have some interest in MBA education, and are evaluating your options. You are perhaps working, or graduating from your college this year. So have you applied to CAT 2013 yet? Do you know that last date to apply for CAT is now just a few days away Sep 26. And you can also apply to other key MBA exams like XAT, NMAT, SNAP now. But you may still be asking the question, why now, and why so many exams. This article will clarify your doubts.

Symbiosis International University has revamped admission process for its B-schools as it introduced single registration and single PI-WAT for admission to all its constituent B-schools for academic session 2014-16.

Mr Dushyant Agarwalscored 99.95 percentile in CAT and 98.83 percentile in XAT. Presently, an MDI Gurgaon student of PGP-IM(Post Graduate Programme in International Management), Dushyant was also offered admission at IMT Ghaziabad. The engineering graduate had a working experience of about two years before joining the programme at MDI.

In this toppers Mantra session, Dushyant shares his success strategies for CAT preparation and GD/PI. He also speaks on his question solving strategy on D-day and other tips for scoring high percentile in CAT.

With about 15 days yet to go for CAT registration, the number of sold CAT vouchers has already crossed 1.8 lakh even as IIMs expect the last week rush to push the CAT 2013 number to a record level beyond 2.5 lakh this year.

Talking to MBAUniverse.com, CAT 2013 Convenor Dr Rohit Kapoor said that there seems to be a greater level of interest in CAT this year and the response so far has been very encouraging. He expects the numbers to cross the figure of 2.5 lakh as CAT aspirants still have more than 10 days to buy the CAT vouchers.

The number game:

Mr Apurv Jain scored an overall percentile of 99.32 in CAT 2012 and secured final admission offers form many IIM and other top B-schools like FMS-Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, MDI Gurgaon, SIBM Pune.

With just around 30 days remaining for CAT, which is scheduled to begin from October 16, its time you shape your last-month preparation strategy for this prestigious MBA exam.

So, where should be your focus in last one month of preparation? What factors are critical towards scoring high percentile in CAT? How should you make best out of last 30 days of your CAT preparation?

Dont you dream of scoring 99 percentile in CAT 2013 Exams?
With CAT 2013 just 40 days away, MBAUniverse.com brings CAT Toppers to share with you their success mantras for section-wise scoring and mock tests. The CAT toppers who are currently students of Top B-schools like IIM, FMS Delhi, NITIE also share their strategy on mock test and actual test.

So let us hear how did the CAT toppers crack the toughest MBA entrance exam in the country and how they scored high in individual sections like Quant, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning?

BIMTECH Greater Noida has launched a new campus in Bhubaneswar and the institute has already started its first batch of management programme with batch strength of 45 students. The institute has also got its first director in reputed academician Dr Prithvi Yadav who has taught at many top B-school including IIM Indore and IIFM Bhopal.

Arshpreet Singh cracked CAT 2012 with an overall 99.97 percentile and secured admission to IIM Ahmedabad. Mr Arshpreet is a CBSE Merit scholar & scored 6th Rank in Punjab state in AIEEE. He has done his Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. Arshpreet is an Academic Excellence Awardee with CGPA of 9.1.

As you appear for different MBA exams like CAT, XAT, NMAT and apply to top B-schools depending on the value of their MBA programmes on different parameters, your evaluation for B-schools on their payback period can bring you yet another new perspective.

While established IIMs like IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C grab top positions on most of the parameters, the list of B-schools bringing you fastest ROI suggests otherwise. Before you enter into an IIM Vs Non-IIM conflict for applying to your desired MBA programmes, we bring here the list of top B-schools on their fastest ROI.