Seminar on 'Common Admission Test (CAT)'
4th March 2006

IT IS that time of the year when all MBA aspirants are bending backwards trying to prepare for the admission tests. The first and arguably the most coveted of these is the notorious Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). While most students do opt for some form of organized tutorials, there is a wealth of information on the World Wide Web that can be leveraged to get the edge. To bell the CAT you need the knack .

Who better if not Miss Munira Lokhandwala an ex-IIM C which has maintained an unwavering 100% percentile for three years in a row. Get some quick pointers as she talks you through the preparation phase to separate the cats from the kittens

The seminar welcomed Miss Munira with questions like the confusion to take the GMAT, CAT or GRE, does GMAT expectant colleges need a work experience and the like. Some excerpts from the seminar as follows.Accoring to Miss Munira taking the CAT was more of a passion than a cutthroat exam .With logical reasoning questions we engineers can assure ourselves of a green card. CAT judges you more on accuracy, alertness, ability to muddle through pressure, the dogged determination and the belief to crack it.

Belief in yourself, some of the prerequisites of success is usually ignored providing an easy pass for the rest. It’s due to our foolish arrogance that our preparation may take a fall. Nine painless moths are enough if consistency is maintained. Look out for grey areas, easy falters and make certain not to recap them. With small doses of preparation daily cracking the CAT would be like a walk in the park.

CAT has revolutionized through the years. This is to deal with rapid change in people mindset. Reading is an inevitable part of comprehension. Reading assorted topics, fiction, daily bulletins would keep a check on world news. Coming to group discussions and personal interviews the do or die decision and be walked through with easy if mind bending brainteasers are habitual solved. If attempting all questions was a secret to solving, then sadly it has been taken by the countless lot. It may sound unusual but Miss Munira elucidated that the unpleasant question should be avoided or left alone best. Analyze, reject and tackle the comfortable questions. To separate the leaders from the pact Miss Munira briefed us on the top colleges in India. IIT SOM, Bajaj, SP Jain just to mention a few. Misapprehensions about college environment, placements, work experience which were more vital in management were clarified.

  It was evident that people driven by fervor are the polished products of such institutes. With light minds and with a guide like Miss Munira IEEE-VESIT witnessed its members geared to crack the CAT in the coming years with ease.