The character or the pattern of the IRMA entrance examination for the academic session 2013-15 will see a change with more weightage being attached to the English comprehension and analytical reasoning sections. At the same time, the weightage of the issues of social concern section will get reduced.

With around 30 days remaining for CAT 2012, the most important thing aspirants need is expert advice that can guide them during the last leg of preparation. To give you the right advice on DOs and DONTs, MBAUniverse.com brings to you Topper Mantras. In todays Topper Mantras, we share with you the experience of Siddhant Gupta, who scored 98.67 percentile in CAT 2011 and is a student of IIM Raipur. Siddhant has done his graduation from the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. He worked with HEG Ltd for a year.

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Around three months are left for the IIFT entrance exam scheduled on November 25, 2012. With the registration deadline ending on September 3, 2012, preparation should be at its peak now. The first step of preparation is to become aware of the exam pattern and the trends of change.

The registration process for XAT 2013 has started from August 20. The last date is November 30. The examination will take place on January 6. The duration of the test is 2 hours and 30 minutes. The first two hours will consist of data interpretation & quantitative ability, analytical reasoning & decision making and verbal & logical ability. According to XLRI, students will have to attempt an open-ended essay or a multiple choice type question in the remaining period.

Genpact, a global leader in business process management and technology services, has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur (IIMU) to create a knowledge partnership. Under the seven-year agreement, IIMU and Genpact will jointly develop a centre for asset-based lending and finance and an analytics laboratory which will give students an opportunity to solve real-time problems, work on proprietary and the latest software tools and technology.

For a good number of MBA aspirants, the quantitative ability section poses real threats. But if you are serious about pursuing MBA and get admission to the IIM of your choice, you have to score well here.
There are six major MBA entrance exams -- CAT, XAT, NMAT, CMAT, IIFT and SNAP. If you are taking any or all of the tests, you must know the pattern of the quantitative ability section followed in each of them. This article will share with you the trend and analysis of the QA sections across the exams.

Cracking CAT is not a matter of days. It needs rigorous planning and determination. While it is tough for a working candidate to balance between work and preparation, it is equally difficult for a student to strike a balance between regular studies and preparation. In todays Topper Mantras, we will talk to Parag Poddar, who scored 99.65 percentile in CAT 2011 and took admission in IIM Indore.

Students across major B-schools donned patriotic colours as they celebrated the countrys 66th Independence Day. Several cultural and social events were hold to mark the day. Some B-schools also hosted blood donation camps.

XAT 2013 is the latest MBA entrance examination that has been announced recently. The registration process will start from August 20, 2012. Before deciding on taking the test, one must be aware of the pattern.
The pattern of XAT is not fixed and it throws surprises or elements of change every year. It is one of the toughest MBA entrance tests, cracking which can guarantee ones admission in premiere institutes of the country.
This article analyses the trends of XAT question papers in the past five years, helping one prepare for the kind of the changes to be encountered with.