CAT Information/Important dates

Focused CAT aspirants like you have already started preparation for CAT 2014 which is being conducted by IIM Indore. The countdown has already begun for computer based test CAT 2014. Professor Rohit Kapoor is the convener of the exam.

Important Dates :

Registration starts Date : 6th August’ 2014

Registration ends Date : 30th September’ 2014

Exam dates : 16th & 22nd November’ 2014 ( 2 days) in forenoon and afternoon sessions.

Admit Cards can be download from : 16th October’ 2014 till exam date

Results will be declared : Third week of December 2014.

Another significant change that CAT aspirants will see this year will be flexibility for devoting more or less time to each section according to their ability. Candidates will be able to switch from one section to another during the examination timing.

The examination will be conducted in 354 test sites of 99 cities. The test cities will be available from 16th Oct. 2014 at www.iimcat.ac.in. The CAT 2014 will give an option to prefer three test cities in the order of preference. A candidate will be allotted a test site in one among the three preferred test cities in any one of the four sessions after the last date of registration.

Besides 13 IIMs who consider only valid CAT scores, there are other 106 top B schools who will accept CAT scores for their MBA programs.

The difference between the paper and pencil test and the online test is that now the tests are conducted online otherwise, almost everything remains the same. Candidates are provided with sheets for rough calculations. The right answer is clicked using the mouse. Candidates can also scroll the entire paper and start from wherever they want. Likewise they can also change their answers. But all these has to be completed within stipulated time as there will be an on-screen countdown timer For each section. Once the time ends for the first section, candidates will move on to the second without having the option of being able to come back.

Thus, time management will have an inevitable part to play in CAT 2014.

There will be only 2 Sections in CAT 2014

• Quantitative ability and Data interpretation (QA & DI)
• Verbal ability and Logical reasoning (VA & LR)

The duration of Examination has been increased to 170 minutes instead of 140 minute exam. The Questions have also been increased to 50 in each section from existing 30 questions and you have 85 minutes to answer 50 questions in each section.

CAT 2014 – Notice the changes

All MBA aspirants must note the major changes done in CAT 2014 (Common admission Test) from this year

CAT 14 exam duration has been increased from 140 minutes to 170 minutes and the MBA aspirants will have to answer 50 questions instead of 30 questions earlier in each section of Quantitative Ability (QA) and Data Interpretation (DI) and Verbal Ability (VA) and Logical reasoning (LR).

Before CAT 14 exam aspirants had to solve QA / DI and VA / LR in a serial order in a stipulated time duration. From CAT 14 aspirants can switch over and come back from one section to another.

As per the new changes in CAT 2014, the MBA aspirants can allot time according to their choice to solve the sections depending on their convenience.

Important Tips for Logical Reasoning

Important Tips for Logical Reasoning

Before you try to answer a few sample questions, here are some general test-taking tips that should help you with the Logical Reasoning section.
Study the question carefully. A brief explanation of why each choice is correct or incorrect follows each practice question. If you understand this reasoning for the practice items, you will do well on the actual assessment.

NEVER assume or use any information that the question fails to give you. This is NOT an assessment of how much you know about economics in general. Consider ONLY the information given in each reading passage when choosing among the alternative responses.

Read both the factual passage and the sentence completion instruction carefully. Both must be considered in making your choice. Be sure to read all the response choices carefully before choosing one.
In questions that ask you to select a valid conclusion, always choose the one conclusion that must definitely follow from the information you are given. In questions that ask you to find the invalid alternative, choose the one conclusion that does not definitely follow from the information.

Pay special attention to words like "all," "some," or "none" when you read the factual information each question gives you. Other qualifying words such as "other than," "only" or "unless" are important, too. These words can play a critical part in precisely specifying the facts to be used in your reasoning.
Pay attention to negative prefixes also, such as non-, un-, or dis-. These can be crucial to specifying the basic facts in the paragraph. "Test-taking" courses or your college instructors may have advised you to avoid any response choices that contain the quantifiers "all" or "none." In both the practice questions here and in the actual economist assessment, these words are NOT signs of incorrect response choices. They will appear in both correct and incorrect response choices.

Pay close attention to the word "ONLY" and to the phrase "IF AND ONLY IF." Saying "The door will open IF AND ONLY IF both keys are used" sets up a highly specific condition that must be met. There is exactly one way to open the door-you must use both keys. By contrast, if the sentence says, "The door will open if the key is used," there may be several ways to open the door besides by using the key.
The questions in the assessment will vary in difficulty level, and difficult questions will be mixed in with easier ones throughout the assessment. When you encounter a question that is difficult for you, try drawing diagrams or other schematic notes on the "scratch" paper provided to support and confirm your thought processes. Also, bear in mind that you can stop working on a difficult question temporarily and return to it later.

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Common Management Admission Test CMAT 2015 - 16 (FIRST TEST) 25th to 29th September, 2014

AICTE will conduct the CMAT as an entrance test for admission to the colleges that offer MBA and for those which run postgraduate diploma in management programs. All the B-Schools recognized by AICTE can and are expected to accept the CMAT Score. AICTE will be conducting CMAT TWO TIMES in a year. The candidates will be given two opportunities to appear in CMAT; first in September 2014 and second in February 2015. The better of two scores will be used for admission for 2015-16 CMAT 2015-16 First Test Notification First Test  The test is scheduled to be conducted within a 5 day test window from 25.09.2014 to 29.09.2014 The candidates will have option of selecting date and city for appearing in the test. Registration Online registration Online from 3rd July, 2014 to 25th August, 2014 on website www.aicte-cmat.in Choice of 3 dates and 3 cities of India for online examination in the order of preference. First come first served; actual allotment subject to availability of the slots in a particular city. Important Dates Registration window opens on 03.07.2014 Last Date for Online Registration 25.08.2014 Print out of Hall ticket From 12.09.2014 Computer based test dates 25.09.2014 to 29.09.2014 Declaration of result 30.10.2014 Print out of Score Cards From 30.10.2014 to 30.11.2014

Know the CMAT exam pattern and importance

CMAT for PGDM/MBA admission 2015 is proposed to be held in September 2014. The CMAT first test 2015 will provide a good opportunity before CAT 2014 for the aspirants to test themselves and explore admission opportunities in AICTE approved B schools. Although more than 2 months are still at aspirants’ disposal and the topics according to CMAT exam pattern are more or less same, preparation for General Awareness along with other subject topics is a necessity.  

CMAT is a computer based test (CBT) conducted twice a year. Each candidate is eligible to appear in both the exams and the better of the two scores will be used for the admission for each academic year. The registration window for CMAT Sep 2014 is open and will close on August 25, 2014.  It’s better to apply well in time to get the preferred examination centre.

One of the most sought after exam

CMAT is one of the most preferred exams after CAT with more than 1 lakh registrations expected for CMAT Sep 2014. Since the scores of first CMAT 2015 will remain valid during the admission 2015 aspirants also prefer the first test to second test. The reason is by the time results of second CMAT are announced number of good B schools close their registration process. CMAT is widely accepted among the students’ community.

Importance of First CMAT 2015

Apart from B schools that accept CAT/XAT scores, there are other leading B schools who accept CMAT scores. Good marks in CMAT Sep 2014 exam will offer participants ample scope to get admitted into some of the highly ranked university and private B schools in the country.
 
CMAT has been designed to rank all the candidates who appear in the test, based on their aptitude towards the management education in order of merit. The objective of the test is not to eliminate the candidates from the process of seeking admission in the AICTE approved management programmes, rather to facilitate the institutions to select the suitable candidates as per their merit.

In 2012, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the government appointed regulator for technical education in India started conducting Combined Management Admission Test ( CMAT).  AICTE recommends all institutes offering MBA and PGDM courses to use CMAT for their admissions.

Other important exams  

There are more than 10 prominent management entrance exams in India like CAT, XAT,  NMAT, SNAP, MAT, ATMA. CMAT can be ranked as the second most important management entrance test.
 
The biggest beneficiaries of CMAT currently are those students who intend to take admissions into MBA programs falling under State Universities as they don’t need to take any other test to apply to MBA programs in these states. 

Admission Process:

Thirteen states have been accepting CMAT scores as the only gateway to MBA admissions under the government quota, instead of the State-administered Post graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET). The states which are likely to accept CMAT Sep 2014 scores are: Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh

B schools likely to accept CMAT Sep 2014 scores:

Instead of the state-administered Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET), many private universities also accept CMAT. Below is the list of some of the B schools who are expected to accept CMAT scores for admissions 2015-17.

List of leading B Schools accepting CMAT- 2014 scores

Institutes                                                                         Location

JBIMS                                                                                Mumbai
SIMSREE                                                                           Mumbai
Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM)                      Pune
MITSOB                                                                             Pune
Asia Pacific Institute of Management                                     New Delhi
AIMS                                                                                  Bangalore
IFIM Business School                                                          Bangalore
Alliance School of Business (Alliance University)                    Bangalore
IPE                                                                                     Hyderabad
KIIT School of Rural Management                                          Bhubaneswar
VIT University                                                                       Vellore
UPES                                                                                   Dehradun
Jaipuria Institute of Management                                             Noida

CMAT Sep 2014: Test Duration and Exam Pattern

Like CAT, CMAT is on line computer based test (CBT). Talking about the computer based pattern of the test, AICTE mentions, “Each candidate will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and scratch paper for rough work. After the test, candidates must leave the scratch paper at the desk.” The test comprises multiple choice questions.

According to AICTE, the test is divided in 4 sections. There will be 25 questions in each section. The total duration is 3 hrs (180 mins).

CMAT Sep 2014 Exam Pattern 
 

Type of Questions	Maximum marks	Number of Questions
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation	100	25
Logical Reasoning	100	25
Language Comprehension	100	25
General Awareness	100	25

 
While 4 marks would be awarded for each correct answer, there shall be negative marking for wrong answers. For each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.

As per the AICTE notification graduates in any discipline or final year students of graduate courses (10+2+3) whose result will be declared before commencement of admission for 2015, can apply for the CMAT online.

CMAT - Scoring & Ranking

The result of candidates appearing for computer based test CMAT Sep 14 will be displayed with Raw Scores and Rank secured in the All India merit list.

Raw Score:

• The raw score will be calculated by assigning:

1.  + 4 points for the correct answer

2. - 1 point for incorrect answer

3. 0 point for no answer

• Candidates will be provided with raw scores for each section.

Ranking:

• A national merit ranking will be prepared based on the raw scores. In case raw scores are identical for more than one candidate, the ranking will be based on sectional scores considered in the order of Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness

• In case more than one candidate secures same ranking as per the above criteria, the same Rank will be assigned to all of them but will be displayed by sorting their names alphabetically.

• Admission authorities and institutions, however, will be free to take their own decision at the time of admission as to what weightage they wish to give to a particular section.

• The National merit list will be prepared and displayed in the public domain indicating Roll Number, Rank and the Raw Scores.

CMAT Sep 2014 Results:

CMAT Sep 2014 results are expected to be declared on October 30, 2014. According to AICTE, CMAT results have been designed to rank all the candidates who appear in the test based on their aptitude towards the management education in the order of their merit.

The CMAT Sep 2014 exam score will be valid for the admissions to academic year 2015-16.

AICTE CMAT: Ups and downs- finally settled

The controversy on AICTE conducted CMAT first arose when on December 29, 2010 AICTE issued a press notification that CMAT will be the only and exclusive test for MBA admissions across the country. Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI), and many other bodies and B-schools, objected to this notification. EPSI and Jaipuria Group of B-schools took the matter to Delhi High Court where the Court struck down AICTE’s claim that CMAT will be the only test. Court allowed B-schools to use any of the six national tests: CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA, GMAT and CMAT.

On April 25, 2013 the Honorable Supreme Court of India ordered that management education is no longer a part of AICTE’s domain. Subsequently, on December 3, UGC issued a notification which attempted to bring PGDM B-schools into its ambit.

In the back drop of the UGC’s announcement of a new “draft guidelines” to regulate thousands of technical colleges including engineering and management schools, on December 28, 2013, EPSI, with support from MBAUniverse.com, organized a National Meet in New Delhi, which was attended by nearly 100 Chairmen, Directors & Deans from leading B-schools. Based on the discussions in the meeting EPSI had written a letter to the then Union HRD Minister Pallam Raju on December 31, 2013 asking his ministry’s intervention on this matter. On persuasion from EPSI and PGDM institutions, PGDM was excluded by UGC from its ambit.

Given the regulatory vacuum, EPSI moved Honorable Supreme Court in January 2014 to seek advice who will regulate PGDM. Honorable Court asked AICTE if it had any objections to regulating PGDM. Upon AICTE’s consent, Court ruled that AICTE be the regulator for Admissions 2014-15 academic year.  

The development came after a Supreme Court of India order dated January 16, 2014, that stated that AICTE will be regulating the PGDM institutions for the year 2014-15. Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) had filed an interim application in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India requesting it to direct AICTE to take necessary steps to initiate the process of granting extension of approval for the year 2014-15 in compliance of the order dated 28/08/2013 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. 

It has now been made clear by the Apex court of India that University Grants’ Commission has no role in technical education and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will be the regulatory authority for technical education.
 
Quickly moving forward upon the honorable Supreme Court Order dated May 9, 2014 on SLP(Civil) no. 7277/2014  restoring the regulatory powers to AICTE for MBA/PGDM and other technical as well as Engineering programmes, AICTE  has already initiated the process of approvals and invited applications from the prospective institutes a day after the judgment.

Getting the regulatory powers back AICTE has decided to continue conducting its widely accepted management exam CMAT for admission 2015.

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How important is General Awareness in CMAT

There will be 25 questions based on General Awareness in CMAT in the form of MCQs (Multiple Choice questions). Every correct answer will award you 4 marks improving your score and awarding you higher place in merit. Since there is no sectional cut off in CMAT and all the 4 sections have equal number of questions, General Awareness will play the same role in pushing up your merit position in CMAT as other sections can do. 

The importance becomes more prominent when there are certain confusing names, events and the aspirants tend to forget the exact description which means you may not be so good to manage the future affairs with this weakness. For example difference among the abbreviations like G-8, D-8, G-15, G-20, NATO, OAS,  OPEC,  OAPEC, OECD, OIC, APEC, ADB, ASEAN, EEC, EU, EFTA, SAARC, WCC, WTO, should be well understood and remembered in context so that you may not forget the same in the testing room.

Corporate top brasses like Mr Ratan Tata, a house hold name, who is known for his sharp memory in remembering and recalling the names of thousands of employees of his company and his natural instinct to call the each employee by his name filled the heart of his subordinates with pride which always worked as a booster for more dedicated working.

How to prepare for CMAT General Awareness

All the Candidates, in one or the other way, are enriching their General Knowledge on the topics they like and are inclined to. The need is to understand the basics “How and what to prepare to improve the General Awareness”.   

In fact, study of any subject is not as vast as the study of General Knowledge or as you put it General Awareness. But on the other hand, the best part on preparation for this section is that you do not need any special skill set as required for Quant and Verbal. What you need is your inclination and interest in regular reading of books and periodicals.

You might remember there are certain events that leave some bitter-sweet memories and leave a permanent mark in your memory. Similarly if you read the stuff with interest you will surely remember it.

You are still left with 2 months to CMAT Sep 2014. Rest assured you can prepare, revise and groom the General Awareness very well during this period, if you could attend and follow the below given preparation tips.

-The time for crawling preparation is over and the need is to shed the human nature of waking up at the eleventh hour.

-Two months are sufficient to prepare, revise, refresh well in this area. The tips to various areas of preparation are appended.  You are required to meticulously follow the guided path and rest assured- if you do it, you will succeed.     

-The Division – Before beginning to go for preparing the General Knowledge, you may divide the General Knowledge section in four parts  - A. Conventional   B. Business, Finance & Economy based   C. Current Affairs India (Political, Social, Sports, Films, awards etc.)  D. International (personalities-past & Present, global events etc.)

-Each part has to be given due weightage.  Conventional GK-available in books; Current GK- based on current reading of newspapers and periodicals;  Business & Economics GK -for example changes in Fiscal and monetary policy, CRR, Repo Rate, Devaluation and up valuation of Rupee.   Please remember current GK-whether Business, national and international has an on-going preparation method and thorough reading of the newspaper only can keep you updated. 

 Stuff to read

1.Conventional –Good books on GK are available in the market and may be considered the best to prepare in a short time like Manorama Year Book, General Knowledge refresher, General Knowledge by S. Chand & Co. and so on. Devote a few minutes every day and try to learn this type of GK as much as possible. You may even mug it up-if you can but better way will be to relate one event to the personality, it will help you to prepare more than one question in a single reading. You may have questions based on the topics like Authors of the books, Historical facts & events, Personalities, places, questions  based on inventions, discoveries and Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology etc

2. Business, Finance & Economy –This is one of the most favorite sections of GK that appear in the CMAT entrance examinations. Business and finance oriented General Knowledge improves your understanding of economic environment, strengthening your IQ and making you better equipped to face the Group discussions and Personal Interviews.  Try to cover hot topics in Business, Finance and Economy. Going through them will help you to prepare better for your forthcoming CMAT examination. Following tips will be a great help to you-

i) Please read whatever stuff is available on such topics as you may confront these questions in different manner like ‘ What is the current CRR’,  ‘Difference between CRR & SLR’ ‘ Instruments for money control’, “The authority that can change the Bank Rate of the Country” , ‘Which is the petroleum product from which subsidy has been fully withdrawn’, ‘Budget speech of the President marks the beginning or the conclusion of budget session’ ‘ Where the budget is presented first in Loksabha or RajyaSabha’, ‘Which company is not included in the NAVRATNA companies of India’ and so on.

ii) Regularly read the business, economy page of newspapers like The Times of India, The Economic Times periodicals like The week, India Today, The Economist – mark the striking events, read editorials and other articles analyzing various national and international events. Year books, purchased by you, will also be a good help in the preparation.

3. Current Affairs – India - Put more emphasis on last few years’ events in the country – Important changes, Events like Cricket World Cup, Victory at Lords after 28 years, Recent announcements by Government, Commonwealth games, creations of additional states, appointments – Private and Public sector, awards etc.   Global happenings that mark their impacts in the country must be well read.  Although there is no syllabus for GK, you must brush up whatever you have read. Draw a quick plan to revise and learn.

Regular reading of the national events in the newspapers like The Hindu and the above mentioned ones will be quite advantageous. You need to spend around 15 minutes a day to it and one event will link you to another. Read the associated events as they are also the probable questions.

4. International -   Answers to Questions based on International affairs sometimes are difficult to distinguish due to the close similarity in names, cities, figures etc. So the important part is to find out some key word in the articles wherefrom you learn and prepare the GK.

Put more emphasis on last decade events and global happenings like global depression, mutiny in certain countries, economic swings that made impact on Indian Economy, Appointments – like the second term of Obama as the President of America- his core international policies that may impact our Country, All about Malaysian Planes who were Lost and Shot in one year, their names, air route, what happened.  

Probable Questions

Following are a few indicative GK questions for CMAT Sep 2014.  Aspirants are advised to move on to prepare more and more questions on all the topics  

Set of Questions

1. Monetary policy of the country is decided by the

1. Ministry of Finance – Government of India

2. Group of Nationalized and commercial banks of the country

3. Reserve Bank of India

4. Government of India in consultation with leading corporate groups

2. Increasing the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) will –

1. Expand the money supply in the country

2. Contract the money supply in the economy

3. Neither expand nor contract the supply of money

4. The term is not related to Money supply but the demand of cash

3. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is-

1. Direct credit provider to Individuals in Rural areas

2. Rural Bulk credit provider and functions as a refinancing institution

3. Provides seasonal credit to farmers only

4. Provides credit to Rural housing only

                               4. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) defined and maintained by

a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) Federal Reserve
d) European Central Bank              

5. Gilt edged market refers to
a) Government securities
b) FII
c) Bullion market
d) None of these                 

6. Where is the headquarter of Green peace
a) Paris
b) New York
c) Madrid
d) Amsterdam                

7. Regional Rural Banks were given freedom to fix rate of interest from which year
a) 1996
b) 1999
c) 2003
d) 2007  
               

8. Anil Kakodkar committee is related to...
a) Airlines safety
b) Nuclear reactors
c) Sugar pricing
d) Railway modernization                                 

9. Which of the following regulates the commodities trading market?
a) SEBI
b) Forward Markets Commission
c) RBI
d) IRDA                      

 10. Softbank is a mobile operator of which country
a) China
b) Norway
c) Japan
d) Singapore                                       

Important note

No doubt the pressure becomes more when the examination is at hand; so have a balanced approach.  Too much of mugging or burning mid-night oil may not be so effective  as you may get confused or may forget whatever you learnt last night.  It is better to revise the items that you have already studied and keep pace to keep you up-to-date.

Since examination paper must have been prepared, at least a fortnight before the examination date, you may eliminate such events which take place a fortnight or so prior to examination date. 

 Answers

1. (c)  Reserve Bank of India  

2. (b) Contract the money supply in the economy

3. ( b) Rural Bulk credit provider and functions as a refinancing institution

4. (b) IMF

5. (a) Government securities

6. (d) Amsterdam

7. (a) 1996

8. (d) Railway modernization

9.  (b) Forward markets commission 

10. (c) Japan

Late for MBA-It’s 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?”

MBA Aspirants are generally in doubt on the admission options, especially when they decide late. While still waiting for their final graduation results, some of the aspirants even drop their plan of pursuing MBA/PGDM course just because they think that the management institute must have closed down their admission process by March-April.

But as a matter of fact most of the B-schools keep their admission open till as late as August-September.

The reason for this could be many: less number of students applications, urge to lure top students from various other entrance exams, search for the right mix of candidates or even to have a plan B in case students enrolled didn’t joined or deposited their 1st installment of fees.

There are many B schools across region i.e. East, West, North and South that keep their admission open without specified last date. For example, Myra School of Business, IFIM, ISB&M Bangalore, M S Ramaiah Institute of Management, Alliance School of Business, IMI & BIMTECH Bhubaneswar, ITM Business School, MITSOB, Universal Business School etc.


Another candidate Pooja Chawda from Vadodara asks, “how to take admission without CMAT?”

Many aspirants think that a written exam is a pre-requisite to get into a B-school. It might sound bizarre, but some B-schools offer admissions on the basis of academic background and personal interview. This way, these B-schools fill their seats with desired mix of batch. These B-schools, however, asks the aspirants to take an entrance exam at a nearest possible opportunity and submit the scores to the admission committee as a formality.  The most favorable entrance test in such a scenario is Management Aptitude Test (MAT), which is conducted 4 times a year.

A number of B-schools including a few run by Private Universities like Alliance University, KIIT University, Symbiosis International University, UPES, etc conduct their own entrance exams and also accept scores of other management entrance tests.

Some Aspirants also fail to appear for GD/PI assuming their low score in written MBA exam score would not be enough to secure admission in any good B-school. Sample this: “I have scored very low marks in CMAT, as I was preparing for my final exams. Is the percentage of marks for entrance exam is a very important factor in getting admission?” asks Hindusha Chellappa, another MBA Aspirant.

So, is it really necessary to score very high in MBA written exam to secure admission in good B-schools?

In fact, many B-schools give very limited weightage to CMAT scores. As ITM University Vice Chancellor Dr Prem Vrat says, “Eligibility criteria for our MBA programme is at least 50% marks in Bachelor’s Degree and qualifying CAT/CMAT/MAT. The scores are given a 30% weightage apart from academic percentage in bachelor’s programme, experience, GD & PI in a multi-criteria evaluation Framework. However, written exam scores are not used to screen out candidates using a cut-off. This helps in overall profile evaluation.”

B-schools also evaluate aspirants’ ability to grasp, their understanding for business environment, and their willingness and positive attitude towards MBA education. They also consider the spirit of an individual and their background in their final selection procedure. Dr. Stefano Caselli, Academic Director, MISB Bocconi, Mumbai endorses this view, as he says, “At MISB Bocconi, the selection is based as well on merit, combining both CAT and GMAT with challenging interviews and a deep analysis of the CV.”