Apart from being the gateway to coveted Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Common Admission Test (CAT) is the most prestigious and widely accepted written entrance exam for admission to top B-schools in India.
The first obvious thought that hits an MBA Aspirant is how to crack CAT. Just appearing in CAT does not guarantee you a seat in good B-school. You need to score high percentile, 85 or more, to reach to the next round of selection procedure at Top B-schools.

Its never late to start!
It appears true at least for MBA Aspirants who have woken up late for admission to B-schools in the academic session 2013-15.
I want to apply for MBA programme in 2013-15. What is the admission procedure? Can I apply now for the course? asks Pune-based Payal Jain, who has just completed her final year graduation exams, to MBAuniverse.com through its Ask Your Query section.

With just one month left for May Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) to begin, MBA aspirants must be ready for a rigorous preparation to score better in their last chance for B-school admission in the academic session 2013-15.

As you must be looking to utilise best the next one month for preparation of May CMAT 2013, this article of MBAUniverse.com Prep team of experts brings you strategy for preparation of General Awareness section which tests your knowledge and IQ.

The wait is ultimately over. CAT 2012 results have been declared in the wee hours of January 9, 2013, and the fate of around 1.92 lakh students has been decided. The official website to check CAT 2012 results is http://www.catiim.in/. The probability is high that the site may be running slow owing to huge traffic. So, do not panic. Wait for some time before the initial euphoria dies down. MBAUniverse.com was the first to have confirmed that CAT 2012 results would be declared on January 9, 2013, as scheduled (http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/6588/CAT-2012-results-on-Jan-9).

Once CAT 2012 results are declared, candidates should pull up their socks to determine the next course of actions. It is imperative to follow a structured and methodical approach to chart your way forward after CAT 2012 results.

In order to get admitted to your dream B schools, the following steps are needed; say various CAT toppers and experts. You must remind that CAT 2012 results will be accepted by 13 IIMs and 150 B schools across the country.
Let us take a look at the steps you should take once CAT results are declared.

Now that CAT 2012 results will be announced within 12-13 hours, IIMs as well as CAT 2012 convener have some words of advice for around 2 lakh candidates who sat for the exam. Since CAT 2012 results will play a stellar role in deciding the future of these candidates they are really worried and keeping their fingers crossed some timely suggestions on what to do on the result day will help them immensely.

The wait is finally over for more than 2.14 lakh CAT 2012 takers. CAT 2012 results will be declared on January 9, managing director of Prometric India, the agency that conducted the test, Soumitra Roy, has confirmed to MBAUniverse.com. This confirmation blows away all sorts of concerns regarding the result date that aspirants may be harbouring in their minds. CAT 2012 results are being declared more than two months after the most popular and important MBA entrance examination ended on November 6, 2012.

Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management (AIIM) has achieved 100 per cent lateral placement for the third batch of PGPIM (2011-12) despite challenging business environment faced by the infrastructure sector in 2012.
Despite the most challenging business environment faced by the infrastructure sector in 2012, we have achieved 100 per cent placement for the third batch of AIIM. It was not an easy task, but we worked hard at it. Finally, we placed all students in the month of December 2012. Dr Bakul Dholakia, director of the institute, told MBAUniverse.com.

On Sunday, January 6, 2013, the Xavier Entrance Test (XAT) 2013 raised the heart beat of more than 90,000 students with trickier and lengthier questions and different pattern of exam marking scheme. MBAUniverse.com, in this article, presents a detailed analysis of XAT 2013.

Let us first give you a birds eye view of the paper.

A number of interesting and innovative events marked the second foundation day celebration of IIM Trichy held on January 4 amid excitement and fanfare.