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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Career launcher, a leading Educational conglomerate actively engaged in imparting preparatory courses for competitive examinations is all set to enter the schools-chains foray with an investment of over Rs.400 crore.

The group plans to set up a series of secondary schools across the country in the span of next five years.

We plan to set up around 50-60 schools in India by 2012, with an investment of around Rs.7 crore per school, Career Launcher Managing Director Nikhil Mahajan informed.

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J K Education Foundation of the JK Group is the latest, among private players, to set up a Business school (B- school) of its own. With an investment to the tune of Rs 45 crore, the B-school that is coming up in Gurgaon, will induct its first batch next year.

The J K group already runs a B-School — the J K Business School — but it is in collaboration with Jambheshwar University, Hissar, which grants the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree. The upcoming institute will solely be run by the J K group independent of the J K Business School.

The school is expecting a strength of 120 in its first year and will move on to 300 in a span of two years.

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The University of Alabama announced plans to offer an executive MBA degree in Huntsville starting in July 2008.

The degree will be offered through a cooperative agreement with the University of Alabama in Huntsville on the Huntsville campus, the school said Monday.

Courses will be taught primarily by faculty from the Manderson Graduate School of Business at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and the degree will be given by UA.

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In an initiative that will benefit young Saudi professionals who wish to advance their business careers, Olayan Group is calling for highly motivated candidates to apply for admission to the graduate program at the US-based Kelley School of Business at Indiana University to qualify for a two-year MBA scholarship.

The group is re-launching the Suliman S. Olayan Graduate Fellowship in International Business for 2008-09. Applicants should hold an undergraduate degree (BA or BS) and satisfy the necessary requirements for Kelleys MBA program. Requirements include a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.3 out of 4.

In addition, candidates are further required to score a total of around 650 in the GMAT test and no less than 600 in the TOEFL test. Successful candidates will commence their studies in Bloomington, Indiana, in August 2008.

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Attend an educational evening highlighting GMAT test preparation and UST MBA programs. A free Kaplan and UST MBA programs forum will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Schulze Hall auditorium, Minneapolis campus.

A panel discussion will include a question-and-answer session with administrators, faculty, admissions professionals, students and alumni from the Full-time and Evening UST MBA programs. Get valuable insight on the GMAT exam and prep methods from a Kaplan Test Preparation representative.

This is an opportunity to network with business professionals. Door prizes, including a Kaplan GMAT preparation course ($1,400 value) will be awarded.

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Students looking to further their education have many opportunities when considering graduate school options.

Among the most prominent are medical school, law school, MBA programs and masters and Ph.D. programs. Admission to these programs often requires a good grade point average, letters of recommendation, extracurricular activities and a standardized test specific to the area of study.

Admission to medical school requires the MCAT, law school the LSAT, MBA programs the GMAT and graduate school the GRE.

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The Graduate Management Admission Council(R) (GMAC(R)) has announced the appointment of a vice president who will oversee all international operations. The Council also named a vice president for the European, Middle Eastern, and Africa regions as part of a significant expansion of the organizations international presence.

GMAC is an association of 160 top graduate business schools around the world and owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test(R) (GMAT(R)), used by more than 3,000 business programs worldwide.

Ramesh Thadani, a former senior executive with the American Red Cross and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, has been named vice president of international operations and will be based at GMAC headquarters in McLean, Va. Julia Tyler, former associate dean of the London Business School MBA program, has been named vice president for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, reporting to Thadani. Tyler will be based in London.

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The Wisconsin MBA program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business was ranked 32nd in the regional category in this year’s Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of MBA programs.

The program dropped slightly from 25th place in 2006, leveling out near its previous rankings of 33rd in 2004 and 34th in 2005.

The Wall Street Journal’s seventh annual ranking was published in the newspaper’s Monday, Sept. 17 edition and was based on feedback from recruiters. To create the ranking, more than 4,000 recruiters were surveyed on their views of full-time MBA programs across 21 attributes including: students’ leadership potential and strategic thinking, their previous work experience, the faculty and curriculum, the career-services office and other issues.

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MBA applicants should work for 4-6 years before they plan to get into a top international B-school.

This was the advice offered by Mr Chad Troutwine, Founder of Veritas-Prep, a US-based leading GMAT-prep company while responding to a aspirant query on ‘AskMBAUniverse.com’, a new Expert-Q&A platform launched recently on the website. “The average amount of work experience at the top US MBA programs ranges from 4 years for Stanford to 6 years for Wharton,” said Mr Troutwine. “If you want to attend a top international B-school, I strongly suggest that you work for 4-6 years, gaining valuable leadership experience and industry-specific knowledge”.

Students with work experience of less than two years rarely get a chance to enter leading international B-schools. Emphasizing this fact, he said, “MBA applicants with less than two years of full-time work experience stand little chance of gaining entry into the top programs”. (For more details on AskMBAUniverse.com.

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