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The Road Ahead…
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Your MBA Dream!!
 Your MBA Dream A Full time MBA programme is a two year
focused study on different aspects of
 Your options & management like strategy formation,
resource utilization, human resource
opportunities development, etc.
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Main Specializations
rules
 Marketing
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 Operations
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 Systems
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Selection Process
Personal Interview
Group Discussion Communication Skills
Team Player
Written Test
Communication Assertiveness
Reading Skills
Comprehension Reasoning Ability
Assertiveness
English Usage & Leadership Skills
structure Reasoning
Ability Creativity &
Vocabulary Flexibility
Leadership Skills
Quantitative Aptitude Nurturing Ability
Creativity &
Data Analysis Flexibility Initiative &
Confidence
General Awareness Nurturing Ability,
Initiative Awareness
And Confidence
Listening
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MBA Entrance tests in India
 Your MBA Dream • Common Admission Test (CAT)
• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
 Your options & Entrance test
• Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)
opportunities • Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), D
Univ Entrance test
• Xavier's Admission Test (XAT)
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• Management Aptitude Test (MAT)
rules • Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET)
• Common Entrance Test (CET), Maharashtra
 Predicting CAT @ 2009 • AIMS test for Management Admissions
(ATMA)
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MBA Entrance tests in India
CAT The most un-certain test with strict
 Your MBA Dream sectional cut-offs
IIFT A balanced (since 2006) paper with
 Your options & tough Quant / DI and General
Awareness
SNAP A balanced exam with focus on
opportunities General Awareness Section
XAT An entrance test with majority of
 CAT – The S-factor questions from ‘Higher Mathematics’
FMS A test with special emphasis on Verbal
rules Section
CET A test to ensure an admission with the
 Predicting CAT @ 2009 major 130+ B-Schools of Maharashtra
JMET A test for entry into IITs for MBA
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MAT The easiest of all which happens 4
times a year.
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CAT
The S-Factor rules

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CAT Trends… Past 8 years
 Your MBA Dream
 Your options &
opportunities 10
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CAT Trends… Cut-offs say it
all
 Your MBA Dream
 Your options & CAT Trends - Cut-offs
opportunities 60.00%
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CAT Trends… Overall
Analysis
 Your MBA Dream
•Increasing average time per question
 Your options &
since CAT 2000
opportunities
•Sub-division of question types based on
 CAT – The S- weight-age
factor rules •Varying number of choices per question
•Real-Time Management
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•Questions getting trickier and more
2009
logical reasoning based
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CAT @ 2009
Predicting the
unpredictable

Past CATs – A Critical
Analysis
 Your MBA Dream • CAT Verbal requires mere 28 –
30% correct questions to reach cut-
 Your options & off marks
opportunities • CAT Quant requires 25-30%
correct questions for cut-off
 CAT – The S-factor • CAT DI needs 30 – 35% correct
questions to reach cut-off marks.
rules
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2009
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Past CATs – A Critical
Analysis
CAT - Quant
 Your MBA Dream (Comparative analysis of last 4 CATs)
100% Mensuration
 Your options & 90%
Ratio & Proportion; Percentages &
Profit Loss
80%
Time; Distance & Speed
70%
opportunities 60%
Higher Math & Log
Logic, Sets & Functions
50%
Algebra & Inequilities
40%
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20% Geometry
10%
rules 0%
CAT 2008 CAT 2007 CAT 2006 CAT 2005 CAT 2004
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• It means those with reasonable accuracy in
‘Number Theory’ (never less than 15%); ‘Logic,
2009 Sets & Functions’ (never less than 8%) and Higher
Math (never lass than 10%) can be assured of
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Past CATs – A Critical
Analysis
 Your MBA Dream CAT - Verbal
(Comparative Analysis of ast 5 CATs)
 Your options & 100%
90%
80%
opportunities 70%
Para - Jumbles
60%
Grammar & English Usage
50% Factual, Inference, Jugmental & Main Idea
40% Gap Fills, Sentence Completion
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Reading Comprehension
20%
10%
rules 0%
CAT 2008 CAT 2007 CAT 2006 CAT 2005 CAT 2004
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Comprehension and sentence completion
(and gap-fills) question types, which
2009
together make up min 60% of the CAT
every year, would be assured of clearing
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Past CATs – A Critical
Analysis
 Your MBA Dream CAT - Data Analysis
(Comparative analysis of last 4 CATs)
 Your options & 100%
90%
80%
opportunities 70%
Data Sufficiency
Networks
60% Caselets
Graphs (Bar, Line, Pie Etc.)
50%
Analytical Reasoning Based
40%
 CAT – The S-factor 30%
Tables
20%
10%
rules 0%
CAT 2008 CAT 2007 CAT 2006 CAT 2005
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• That is, those with mastery over ‘Analytical
2009 Reasoning based questions’ (never less than
32%); can be assured of clearing DI cut-off in
a given year..
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CAT 2009 – Computer based
 Your MBA Dream
 Your options &
opportunities
•Linear
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rules •Adaptive
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2009
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CAT 2009 Challenges – if Linear!
 Your MBA Dream
• RC would be more challenging
 Your options &
• Paper-based strategies for RCs would
opportunities not help
• Paper-based practice would be a waste
• Online practice would be indispensible
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• DI graphs and tables would take
rules more time for calculation.
• Average time per question would
 Predicting CAT @ increase.
2009
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CAT 2009 Challenges – if
Adaptive!
 Your MBA Dream
• Each question becomes important
 Your options & rather than an over all score.
• Only MOCK CAT scores and ranks will
opportunities not help!!!
• Question wise analytics becomes
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• Initial Questions of each type becomes
rules important
• First 60% of the attempt would decide
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• You will not be able to skip the unwanted
2009 • Attempt all (even if you have to guess)
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CAT 2009 – if Adaptive!
 Your MBA Dream
 Your options &
opportunities
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rules
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2009
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CAT 2009 – if Adaptive!
 Your MBA Dream
 Your options &
opportunities
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rules
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2009
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CAT 2009 – Most expected Format!
 Your MBA Dream
The most expected format for CAT 2009 is
 Your options &
opportunities
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rules
LINEAR
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2009
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