While some CAT aspirants take the test to improve their scores, others take chance to clear the test. Following are some valuable tips to those attempting the CAT for a second time.
Around sixty five percent of the students of the current academic year at the IIMs are students who have written the CAT more than once. Having said that it does not mean that you cannot get through this exam the first time around. However, this conservative percentage is an indicator of the change in the competitive landscape that present a different demography of the student at the IIMs. The last six years have seen a sea change in the kind of students taking the CAT and getting into an MBA. This change has essentially occurred in terms of an increase in the average age and the prior work experience that MBA aspirant have. The basic reason for both the above ... >>full
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test that most undergraduate students applying to colleges in the US need to appear for. Previously, though a student could appear for the SAT innumerable times, the effectiveness of the best scores would somehow be reduced. This was due to the SAT scores reporting policy, which would send all the test attempt scores of a student to the university he/she would apply to, by default. However, effectively mid-February 2009, student will now have the option of choosing and sending only their best score to institutes.
This move by the College Board has serious implications for students, who will be applying to universities in the US. For one, they can now appear for the SAT as many times as they want without having worry about all their scores being reported to the universities. Students will now be able to choose their best scores and ...
