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http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/7371/WAT-2014
WAT Topic for MBA: 20 days left for XAT Essay writing; fasten your belts
Aspirants seeking the admission to coveted B schools must gear up without wasting any time
further and begin their preparation for GD PI WAT
Aspirants seeking the admission to coveted B schools must gear up without wasting any time
further and begin their preparation for GD PI WAT. Out of above three, WAT is the most
important as it forms the basis of questions in your Personal Interview round also. Besides those
who are also preparing for XAT 2014, to be conducted on January 5, 2014 will have to encounter a
20 minutes’ Essay Writing Test which will form the part of main XAT examination. Whether it is
WAT or Essay Writing Test both are similar with a difference that XAT has included it with the
written examination and CAT associated management colleges conduct it after the declaration of
written test round.
CAT 2013 concluded on November 6, 2013 and probably aspirants must have been giving some
serious thought on WAT preparation. MBAUniverse.com provided an insight article that number
of IIMs and other leading B schools are either gradually substituting GD by WAT or concurrently
holding both the rounds i.e. WAT as well as GD.
IIM Admission Criteria 2014: No GD round, Focus on WAT & PI
Now learn the important aspects on WAT and essay writing from Prof. S.K. Agarwal, expert in
preparation of WAT and PI
How important is WAT in IIMs or Essay Writing in XLRI

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CAT 2013 written test result is going to be declared on January 14, 2014 and immediately after
that successful candidates will be called for the next round of admission, the WAT. If this Writing
Ability Test is casually taken by any aspirant, there is no way he or she can expect some miracle.
The weightage is more than anticipated.
Accomplished and well worded writing skill always makes good managers who reach the top
corporate positions. Realizing this fact, the top Management B-schools such as IIMs, XLRI,
IIFT, that earlier focused on Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI), have substituted
the Group discussion with Essay Writing and some of them have added this feature for admission
to their various Management programmes.
MCQs don’t require you to go on writing with a goal to communicate your thoughts but the
writing ability test does.
Need for WAT
Why is such a change of focus so much needed in the second or final admission round to the most
coveted B-schools? The need is obvious. GD although gives an opportunity to discuss pros and
cons of a topic, it, during the course becomes a free for all “fish market” where it is difficult to
understand anything in the ‘din’. This leaves a bad impression and the moderator has to intervene
sometimes. Even if you have the ability to express your ideas in an effective manner, some ‘bully’
in the group may deprive you of the opportunity. This is one of the major reasons of substituting
GD by WAT which brings out your inherent qualities of thought expression.
Future managers must be aware of the importance of error free writing without ambiguity of
thought and to make it clear, the top business schools have been resorting to conduct Writing
Ability Test, before granting admission to the world renowned MBA programmes.
Key topics: Concentrate on topics based on
i)
current affairs- like Mission to Mars, Inclusion of indigeneously built fighter air craft, Rise
of common man as a political force,
ii)
Social- How safe are women, social media, social activism, Lokpal Bill; corruption-how to
address it; Rising gap in the society; Is MBA necessary to become a good Manager
iii)
Business and Economics- Policies to curb inflation, Policies by New RBI Governor,
Economic development-causes of slow growth rate; Will India remain way behind China;
CHOGM summit in SriLanka, FDI in multi retail business;
iv)
Political- Recent rise of Aam Aadmi Party-will it define future of the country; crumbling or
revising democracy in India; State sponsored Terrorism or Terrorism is a subjective
thought; The type of Government India needs; Should pre election opinion polls be
banned
v)
Environmental-Global warming; Himalayan Tsunami; Developing countries are more
concerned on environmental issues than the developed ones.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for articles on Probable GD Topics for MBA Admission 2014