I do agree that CAT aspirants need all-round skills to crack this test-which enables them to get into the best B-Schools.But CAT is becoming more n more sophisticated n of the type which require typical engg skills.Something shud definitely be done about this n respected paper setters shud set papers bearing this in mind that brilliant ambitious students exist in all streams n they need opportunities like CAT to prove themselves more....
RE:Regarding CAT
by Saurabh Jain on Sep 27, 2004 02:03 AM Permalink
yes, i absolutely agree with what shweta tomar has to say about the CAT exam.Irrespective of what the educationists and the coaching institutes say, CAT is definitely the exam for engineers and more so for students from IITs,REC's and other premier engineering colleges.What with even the latest edition of Business World says that chances of a person's getting into IIMs is very less if he is not the school/college topper types or doesnot belong to the premier engineering colleges.It is a more serious issue than even cracking the CAT exam.
RE:Regarding CAT
by anup on Oct 03, 2004 11:49 PM Permalink
hi, i beg to differ here..there's an important difference between GMAT and CAT..u can take cat as many times as u want..it is not viewed negatively..but u can't take GMAT that way.. most us schools view a repeat attempt negatively.. so what if u lost a year because of unfortunate circumstances, u cud get thru the following year or the year after that..if u consider the average age of the people getting into a us b-school(around 28 years because of the application of the workex criteria) and assuming that u start taking cat at the age of 22, u can take 6 attempts more to get into an iim rather than a us b-school:-).. am sure the unfortunate circumstances would not repeat in each of those six occasions..so i think, cat gives you more time and flexibility than GMAT.. Anup
