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MBAFulfilling Your
aMBAtion
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
The Road Ahead…Your MBA Dream
Your options & opportunities
CAT – The S-factor rules
Predicting CAT @ 2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
Your MBA Dream!!A Full time MBA programme is a two
year focused study on different aspects of management like strategy formation, resource utilization, human resource development, etc.
Main Specializations
Marketing
Finance
Operations
Systems
Human Resource Development
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
Selection Process
Communication Skills
Assertiveness
Reasoning Ability
Leadership Skills
Creativity & Flexibility
Nurturing Ability
Initiative & Confidence
Awareness
Listening
Communication Skills
Assertiveness
Reasoning Ability
Leadership Skills
Creativity & Flexibility
Nurturing Ability
Initiative & Confidence
Awareness
Listening
Team Player
Communication Skills
Assertiveness
Reasoning Ability
Leadership Skills
Creativity & Flexibility
Nurturing Ability, Initiative
And Confidence
Team Player
Communication Skills
Assertiveness
Reasoning Ability
Leadership Skills
Creativity & Flexibility
Nurturing Ability, Initiative
And Confidence
Reading Comprehension
English Usage & structure
Vocabulary
Quantitative Aptitude
Data Analysis
General Awareness
Reading Comprehension
English Usage & structure
Vocabulary
Quantitative Aptitude
Data Analysis
General Awareness
Written TestWritten Test
Group DiscussionGroup Discussion
Personal InterviewPersonal Interview
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
MBA Entrance tests in India
• Common Admission Test (CAT)• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
Entrance test• Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), D
Univ Entrance test• Xavier's Admission Test (XAT)• Management Aptitude Test (MAT)• Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET)• Common Entrance Test (CET),
Maharashtra• AIMS test for Management Admissions
(ATMA)• IRMA, NIRMA etc.
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
MBA Entrance tests in India
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
CAT The most un-certain test with strict sectional cut-offs
IIFT A balanced (since 2006) paper with tough Quant / DI and General
Awareness
SNAP A balanced exam with focus on General Awareness Section
XAT An entrance test with majority of questions from ‘Higher
Mathematics’
FMS A test with special emphasis on Verbal Section
CET A test to ensure an admission with the major 130+ B-Schools of
Maharashtra
JMET A test for entry into IITs for MBA
MAT The easiest of all which happens 4 times a year.
CATThe S-Factor
rules
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT written test checks my Mathematics and English Prowess
Speed is the most important factor to crack CAT
Engineers have a very high probability of clearing CAT
I need to be exceptionally good in Quantitative ability to crack CAT
My actual competition is 1,45,000 students appearing for CAT
I need to attempt all questions to crack CAT
CAT requires rigorous 12 months of preparation
I am an average student and a simple graduate. I cannot clear CAT because…
I have an average vocabulary and an average reading speed
CAT MYTHS… DEMISTIFIED
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-
factor rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with
TCY
Your Dream
comes true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
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Difficulty Level - out of 10
(CAT 2000 taken as base - The most difficult
of the lot)
CAT-2000
CAT-2001
CAT-2002
CAT-2003
CAT-2004
CAT-2005
CAT-2006
CAT-2007
CAT-2008
CAT Trends… Past 8 years
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-
factor rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with
TCY
Your Dream
comes true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT Trends… Cut-offs say it all
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-
factor rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with
TCY
Your Dream
comes true
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CAT2008
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CAT2003
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CAT2001
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CAT Trends - Cut-offs
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT Trends… Overall Analysis
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-
factor rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with
TCY
Your Dream
comes true
• Increasing average time per question
since CAT 2000
• Sub-division of question types based on
weight-age
• Varying number of choices per question
• Real-Time Management
• Questions getting trickier and more
logical reasoning based
CAT @ 2009Predicting the
unpredictable
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
Past CATs – A Critical Analysis
• CAT Verbal requires mere 28 – 30% correct questions to reach cut-off marks
• CAT Quant requires 25-30% correct questions for cut-off
• CAT DI needs 30 – 35% correct questions to reach cut-off marks.
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
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CAT 2008 CAT 2007 CAT 2006 CAT 2005 CAT 2004
CAT - Quant (Comparative analysis of last 4 CATs)
Mensuration
Ratio & Proportion; Percentages &Profit Loss
Time; Distance & Speed
Higher Math & Log
Logic, Sets & Functions
Algebra & Inequilities
Number Theory
Geometry
Past CATs – A Critical Analysis
• It means those with reasonable accuracy in ‘Number Theory’ (never less than 15%); ‘Logic, Sets & Functions’ (never less than 8%) and Higher Math (never lass than 10%) can be assured of clearing Quant cut-off in a given year.
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
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CAT 2008 CAT 2007 CAT 2006 CAT 2005 CAT 2004
CAT - Verbal (Comparative Analysis of ast 5 CATs)
Para - Jumbles
Grammar & English Usage
Factual, Inference, Jugmental & Main Idea
Gap Fills, Sentence Completion
Reading Comprehension
Past CATs – A Critical Analysis
• It follows that thorough practice on Reading Comprehension and sentence completion (and gap-fills) question types, which together make up min 60% of the CAT every year, would be assured of clearing Verbal cut-off in a given year.
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
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CAT 2008 CAT 2007 CAT 2006 CAT 2005
CAT - Data Analysis (Comparative analysis of last 4 CATs)
Data Sufficiency
Networks
Caselets
Graphs (Bar, Line, Pie Etc.)
Analytical Reasoning Based
Tables
Past CATs – A Critical Analysis
• That is, those with mastery over ‘Analytical Reasoning based questions’ (never less than 32%); can be assured of clearing DI cut-off in a given year..
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009 – Computer based
•Linear•Adaptive
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009 Challenges – if Linear!
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
• RC would be more challenging• Paper-based strategies for RCs
would not help• Paper-based practice would be a
waste• Online practice would be
indispensible• DI graphs and tables would
take more time for calculation.
• Average time per question would increase.
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009 Challenges – if Adaptive!
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
• Each question becomes important rather than an over all score.
• Only MOCK CAT scores and ranks will not help!!!
• Question wise analytics becomes indispensible for success
• Initial Questions of each type becomes important
• First 60% of the attempt would decide your score range
• You will not be able to skip the unwanted
• Attempt all (even if you have to guess)
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009 – if Adaptive!
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009 – if Adaptive!
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009 – Most expected Format!
Your MBA Dream
Your options &
opportunities
CAT – The S-factor
rules
Predicting CAT @
2009
Taming CAT with TCY
Your Dream comes
true
The most expected format for CAT 2009 is
LINEAR
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
CAT 2009Taming it with TCYonline
Top Careers & You
Top Careers & You
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