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 you look at the verbal section, it was very grammar driven while GMAT is more reasoning based. Again we see a trend change.”
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Jamshedpur, Jan. 8: It was a mixed reaction among the aspirants XLRI School of Management, were tested on a new format today? N exams.
Although a majority of candidates have emerged for Xavier? No finding of suitability (XAT) at Loyola school? the only examination centre in the city? welcomes the new format, there were other, older models felt would have been easier, several brands of the client. The amendment had general knowledge of two-and-a-half-hour paper.
This was confirmed by an interpretation of data.
This amendment makes the test similar to that common Admission Test (CAT), which is the first step for cinema in
The students of their disappointment with the voiceover caught by the changing of the guard-CAT format.
MBA, the candidates another googly this year with the Common Admission Test (CAT), paper, all in a new avatar.
With the same Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IFT) and Xavier's Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) change their model verification of this year, the students are much plünderte.
Pankaj Chauhan, which this year CAT said: "Although the students who, obviously for CAT predetermined perceptions are most affected, sudden changes in the structure are certainly demoralizing.
Like this year options were reduced and negative labeling has been increased, the students on
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.
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NEW DELHI / AHMEDABAD: Controversies dog CAT. If the CAT was in the pocket, two years ago, when the question papers IIMs received durchsickerten, this time, the common Admission Test was ruined by a printing error in the paper.
What's more, experts say, some questions in the English section could different answers. So it is a fact that most of the examinations for admission to the prestigious for the country, the six best management schools, lightly taken by the authorities?
"It is unfortunate. We have not yet determined the course of the plot is not yet. We will make a
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,
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
Taking the graduate management admission tests GMAT just got a little bit easier. Not the test itself, but the process.
The GMAT bus that was parked at NC A&T Saturday. The mobile testing center gives would-be grad students the chance to take the test without having to travel to another city which is sometimes the case.
About a dozen students took the test at A&T Saturday.
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The working relationship and Xavier Institute (XLRI), a leading Business School, proposed that the authorization to test It would also be accepted, given that the examinations for admission to Indian Institute of Management for academic the next session.
A letter of proposal will soon go to the IIMS offers an alternative to the tests for admission (CAT) held yesterday but was cancelled by the government on an issue of alleged leakage of paper.
XLRI Admission Test (XAT) is for January 4. Father P.D. Thomas, the director of XLRI, said that such a measure would have time IIMS supply of operating a review,
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
Career Launcher, leading education service provider, is going to organize a seminar on GMAT preparations on 21 July 2007 in New Delhi.
According to the informed shared by Career Launcher with MBAUniverse, the seminar will be designed in collaboration of Veritas GMAT elite preparation, one of the leading GMAT prep company of the world.
The seminar will feature Chad Troutwine and Markus Moberg, Veritas Founders and MBA graduates from Yale School of Management. The event will be an interactive seminar targeted for working professionals who want to get into Global MBA programs.
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he Manhattan GMAT Strategy Guide Series, a highly acclaimed family of seven learning guides for advanced GMAT preparation, officially becomes a family of eight guides on May 1, 2007. Along with this additional book, ManhattanGMAT officially releases updates to all nine lessons in its complete GMAT preparation course, as well as several new tools: practice test assessments, a GMAT study problem tracker, and a test simulation booklet. With these new features,
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 2, 2007 -- Preparation for the GMAT just got a little more comprehensive at ManhattanGMAT, the worlds largest GMAT-exclusive preparation provider. The New York-based company
Communication breakdown postpones GMAT test in China
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) service has been postponed in China due to a communication disruption between East Asia and the rest of the world, a result of the recent earthquake near Taiwan.
Source : interfax.cn