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The CAT paper may be going the GMAT way. Sample this - from 2003 to 2006, the number of questions has fallen from 150 to 75. The GMAT paper has 78 questions. The number of choices and the duration of the CAT examination have also changed resembling a GMAT paper. And now, the CAT test might soon become an online exam like the GMAT. Mumbai T.I.M.E institute Director Arks Srinivas says, “The CAT paper's quantitative section used to be considered very difficult but 2004 onwards, it is becoming easier and more arithmetic driven which is what GMAT follows. And if

There are many management students across the country keen to join international B-schools like Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg or Stanford. The way to get into these institutes is the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT), the computer based online test conducted by Educational Testing Service (ETS) under the aegis of global nodal body Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). To crack the GMAT, Indian students get coached at GMAT-prep institutes. MBAUniverse asked one of the leading GMAT-prep institute Jamboree about its assessments of the exam, the performance of Indian students in the exam and the kind of services it offers to students. A GMAT

PowerScore Releases the GMAT Sentence Correction Bible The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible is a complete how-to instruction book for the Sentence Correction section of the Graduate Management Admission Test. This book has been carefully designed to reinforce students understanding behind the Sentence Correction section of the GMAT. As a comprehensive manual, it teaches students how to solve every type of GMAT Sentence Correction problem. The concepts and techniques discussed are drawn directly from our live PowerScore GMAT courses. In all of our preparation materials we rely on the analysis of questions released from GMAC, the producers of the GMAT. We

PowerScore Releases the GMAT Sentence Correction Bible The Power Score GMAT Sentence Correction Bible is a complete how-to instruction book for the Sentence Correction section of the Graduate Management Admission Test. This book has been carefully designed to reinforce students understanding behind the Sentence Correction section of the GMAT. As a comprehensive manual, it teaches students how to solve every type of GMAT Sentence Correction problem. The concepts and techniques discussed are drawn directly from our live PowerScore GMAT courses. In all of our preparation materials we rely on the analysis of questions released from GMAC, the producers of the GMAT.

Mobile GMAT Testing Center on the Natchez Campus The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has launched a pilot program whereby a GMAT bus will visit 49 cities over a seven-month period to provide mobile sites for students to take the GMAT. The GMAT bus will be on the Natchez Campus on January 13 and 17, 2007. Interested candidates can register online at www.mba.com. Students can follow the prompts online to register by entering the zip code for either Natchez, MS, or Alcorn State, MS. They can also call to register (800-717-GMAT) if they would prefer. More : alcornchronicle.com

The number of GMAT takers in India is growing every year. And experts predict the number to grow at between 20 to 25% over the next three to five years. Here’s what’s attracting Indians towards this international test. From less than six thousand in 2001, to over 16,000 last year, the number of Indians opting for GMAT, is increasing every year. Out of the two lakh people taking GMAT every year across the world, about 5% are from India. Experts say the number of GMAT takers in India is growing at 20% per annum already. Chad Troutwine, Co-Founder,

Joburg set for huge MBA tour The QS World MBA Tour, the worlds largest international programme of business school information fairs, will be coming to Johannesburg on Monday, March 26, with a record number of business schools from across the globe. The QS World MBA Tour is the primary recruitment tool for the worlds leading business schools, and has been touring the globe now for thirteen years. More than 200 international business schools will be travelling with the tour, up from 160 last year. US schools participating in the Spring tour include Wharton, Tuck, Georgetown, Columbia, Chicago and Haas; European schools

University Next Stop For Gmat Mobile Test Center This month Tuskegee students interested in taking the Graduate Management Admissions Test wont have to worry about driving to the nearest test center. This time the center will come to them when the University becomes the next stop for the GMAT Mobile Test Center on Jan. 31-Feb. 1. For the last seven months the GMAT Mobile Test Center, a full-length bus outfitted with the same high-tech facilities found at permanent GMAT testing centers around the world, has been touring college campuses all over the country. The bus, which will be parked to the rear

Anderson Schools to Offer GMAT Prep Course in March The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico will conduct a six-week GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) preparation program this spring. The program, which runs March 24-May 12, is designed to teach participants the math and verbal skills theyll need to be successful on the exam. Anderson isnt the only school that requires the GMAT – top-tier business schools across the country include the test in their admission decisions. The GMAT is only one of a handful of criteria we look at, including undergraduate GPA, work experience, and letters of

World MBA Tour offers RM9.9m business scholarships The World MBA Tour is offering over US$2.7mil (RM9.9mil) in exclusive scholarships to visitors of its business school fairs held in 40 countries including Malaysia. The largest international programme of business school fairs comes to Kuala Lumpur this Friday enabling fair visitors to vie for the scholarships. The World MBA Tour is the primary recruitment tool for the world’s leading business schools, and has been touring the globe now for 12 years. More : biz.thestar.com.my

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